After two defeats at the hands of Creighton earlier this season, it was clear that Marquette was going to need to play their best match of the season in order to top the Bluejays on Saturday and win the Big East tournament. Officially, the two teams tied for the Big East title at 16-2, but the Bluejays had lost to UConn and St. John’s while MU had shown that they couldn’t get over the Creighton-shaped bump on their path.
That didn’t change on Saturday.
By way of set scores of 25-20, 25-22, and 25-20, #1 seeded Creighton swept #2 seeded Marquette to secure the Big East tournament title and the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.