Leading by just three at halftime against 16th-seeded Midwest Dream Squad, the favored Golden Eagles Alumni found themselves in danger of being on the wrong end of a major upset.
“We were relaxed and relied on having more talent than they have, which we can’t do,” guard Dwight Buycks said. “We can’t go out there thinking like that because that’s how upsets happen.”
That’s when Marquette alumni turned to a staple of Golden Eagle teams for the last two decades – three-point shooting – to outlast the Dream Squad 103-89 in the The Basketball Tournament (TBT) Round of 64.