In case you didn’t follow Marquette athletics in the month students were off from school, here are the five most important things that happened over break:
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Marquette upsets Providence (January 5th)
There wasn’t a lot of optimism about Marquette’s chances of beating No. 8 Providence in the Friars’ own building. The Golden Eagles were 0-2 in the BIG EAST and weren’t particularly close to victory in either of those games. Providence, on the other hand, had only lost once all season coming into the Marquette game and boasted a national player of the year candidate in point guard Kris Dunn.