Things started deviating from the plan even before Marquette stepped on the court in Queens, New York against the St. John’s Red Storm. A late-breaking snowstorm forced Marquette’s plane to be re-routed from Long Island to Stewart International Airport in the Hudson Valley, roughly an hour and a half away from the arena. The team did not get to its hotel until approximately 11:30 p.m., only eight and a half hours before their scheduled shoot-around.
Every bit of that fatigue showed on the court, where the Golden Eagles (12-4, 3-2 BIG EAST) dropped a disheartening 70-64 contest to the Red Storm (11-4, 3-1 BIG EAST).