At this point of the season, Marquette enters their final non-conference game of the year with nothing particular to play for other than pride.
Even if Marquette were to pull the road stunner on Friday night, it’s not going to be enough to pop the Golden Eagles into contention for an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament. That’s fine, to be honest. With as little experience as Marquette had on offense coming into the season, it was going to be an uphill battle for that at-large bid. In fact, it’s safe to say that it’s been an uphill battle for Marquette just to get to 6-5 on the season, considering that four of Marquette’s wins have come in overtime and the fifth was a result of a goal scored in the final 10 seconds of regulation.