Things did not start out super fantastic for Golden Eagles, the team of Marquette alumni in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. A lot of shots went up early in their first round game against Johnnies, the squad of St. John’s alumni, but it took buckets from Jake Thomas and Maurice Acker late in the frame to pull the MU guys even with Johnnies at 16 at the end of the first quarter. Things continued on a rough patch for the first six minutes of the second quarter as it started to look like we were going to get a competitive but not particularly fun to watch game.