Home court advantage when the program's ready to boom? NICE.
The Big East's athletic directors have decided: Marquette will host the 2017 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament at the Al McGuire Center on March 4-7, 2017.
It will be the second straight year that the tournament will be played in an on-campus facility, and the first year since The Reformation that DePaul is not the host of the annual championship tournament.
Here's some quotes from the various power players, starting with Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman:
“The BIG EAST is very proud to bring our 2017 Women’s Basketball Tournament to Marquette University and ‘The Al,’ and we look forward to working with Bill Scholl and his staff in planning this marquee championship competition.