When I arrived on campus four years ago, I knew I was coming to a basketball school. As an aspiring sports reporter, that was a major reason I picked Marquette over my second choice, Fordham. Marquette had made the NCAA Tournament eight years in a row and was just coming off an Elite Eight run.
As Luke Fischer said Sunday night in the Alumni Sports Complex, you expect tournament bids to come easy for high-majors.
Well, things didn’t exactly go according to plan. Buzz Williams had one of his worst seasons at the helm and then jumped ship to chase ACC glory.