Do you remember when Steve Novak scored 41 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a victory over No. 2 UConn in 2006? What about when Jimmy Butler nailed the overtime game-winner at St. John’s in 2010?
Maybe you do, maybe you don’t. Admittedly, I don’t. Those games occurred during the Marquette men’s basketball renaissance, when the Golden Eagles made eight consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances between 2006 and 2013.
However, I was fortunate enough to come to Marquette for what I would call the peak of that success. The team made the Elite 8 for the first time since 2003.