Marquette Got Smoked

After their first, transitional year into the Big East, Marquette appeared to be ready to do something. They started the preseason ranked, were ranked all but one week of the season (once, as high as eighth), and did pretty well against some big-name schools (like beating Big East powerhouse Pitt twice).

And then they got blown out of the brackets by Michigan State.

Not that I should be surprised. Marquette only seems to be able to advance out of the first round when there's a chance that might beat Kentucky somewhere down the line.

Oh well; we'll see what next year brings.