I’m not going to try and convince you that losing by 18 in the first Big East game of the season was a good thing for Marquette women’s basketball. Obviously that’s not the case.
However, we do need to keep an eye on the big picture, because that’s what is really important here in Megan Duffy’s first season on the sidelines. Marquette is 9-3 under Duffy’s guidance so far, and here are the three losses:
- In overtime without Selena Lott against a Northwestern team that is currently 12-1 and inexplicably not ranked (although that will change after they just smashed the hell out of #12 Maryland on Tuesday)
- By 6 against then-#10 and currently #15 Mississippi State after holding a lead in the fourth quarter
- on the road against #16 DePaul, the only squad to beat that Northwestern team so far this season
That’s it.