Goldstein: Women’s basketball exceeding expectations

Blockton has emerged as women's basketball's star (Photo by Doug Peters/douglas.peters@mu.edu)Marquette women’s basketball might be good.

You may not know it looking at their record (9-11, 4-5 BIG EAST), but Marquette women’s basketball is having its most relevant season since 2010-2011, when they made the NCAA tournament. The Golden Eagles have already matched both their conference and overall win total from last season. It is possible they will finish the season above .500.

That may not sound very exciting, but it becomes far more impressive when considering the context. The 2014-2015 season under first-year head coach Carolyn Kieger was Marquette’s worst in 29 years. Marquette finished in…