It’s only one game, but it’s very clear that the Golden Eagles played one hell of a defensive game against UMBC on Tuesday night. No matter what you want to say about the game or the performances in it, you can not deny the fact that Marquette absolutely housed the Retrievers in terms of shutting down their offense.
One of the newer features on KenPom.com is an archive of single-game records, both best and worst, for every team during the entire history of the website, which now dates back to the 2001-02 season. In other words: There are 17 full seasons worth of Marquette games tucked into the system.