Marquette Golden Eagles men’s lacrosse is coming off the two biggest seasons in program history. In both 2016 and 2017, the Golden Eagles won the Big East tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They may have been on the board to earn an at-large bid in 2016, but they definitely needed the automatic bid in 2017. MU needed the two wins in the conference tournament just to get to eight on the season and finish with a .500 record after the NCAA tourney loss to Notre Dame.
Heading into the 2018 season, I wouldn’t be prepared to predict or expect the Golden Eagles to make the tournament for a third straight season.