As Marquette’s eventual 72-69 victory over DePaul approached its conclusion, it was hard not to notice the toll the game took on sophomore wing Sam Hauser.
When Marquette was in transition, Hauser gingerly jogged up and down the court instead of vigorously running as he usually does. With the Golden Eagles up five and three and a half minutes left, Hauser backed into a post-up on the right block, dribbled a few times, then turned around for his patented fadeaway jumper.
Instead of finding its way into the net, the shot barely had enough oomph to deflect off the front iron.