On the heels of back to back losses to Big East behemoths Villanova and Xavier, YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles desperately needed to fatten up on a conference bottom feeder, and, as luck would have it, the woebegone Blue Demons of DePaul -- losers of six straight, and 9 of their last 10 contests -- were next up on the slate.
But if you were expecting a walk in the park, you haven't been paying very close attention this season. Turning in its most dreadful 40 minutes of basketball since being humiliated at home by Iowa in November, Marquette gift-wrapped an inexcusable, postseason-killing 57-56 win for the Blue Demons tonight at the Bradley Center.