After being picked to finish ninth in the Big East, the Marquette men’s basketball team has continued to defy the odds.
Winners of eight of their last nine games, the No. 16 Golden Eagles (16-5, 9-2 Big East) move into a tie for first place in the conference with No. 13 Xavier. It is the first time since the 2012-13 season that Marquette has sat on top of the Big East.
While it wasn’t always pretty in its 89-69 win over DePaul on Saturday afternoon, scoring just 33 points in the first half, they are one step closer to winning at least a share of the Big East regular season title.