Every seat was filled.
The entrance was lined with people on both sides of the door.
Current Marquette women’s basketball players sat in the front row, while program staff and alums stood along the back and side walls.
Everybody in, nobody out.
This was the scene at new Marquette women’s basketball head coach Cara Consuegra’s introductory press conference Thursday.
As Consuegra walked into the room, the cameras flashed and the applause began. She was greeted with high-fives, hugs and everything in between.
It was though a local hero who spent the last 13 years away was back home — and not a single person was going to miss the grand return.