Marquette essentially did nothing right in the second half, burning down a nine point lead with 23 and change to play and a six point halftime advantage on their way to a 70-62 loss to DePaul on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Eagles are now 16-12 overall and 7-9 in Big East play with two games left to go.
The Golden Eagles will need to win their final two games to finish at .500 in league play, which is not a recipe for an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament. As of Saturday morning, MU was appearing in just 31 of 87 projections on Bracket Matrix, and a loss to the ever-so-slightly woeful Blue Demons will not encourage the other 56 bracketologists.