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Three Reasons To Believe Marquette Basketball Didn't Turn A Corner Against Butler

Hey, it was a big win for the Golden Eagles. Not debating that. But there are reasons to not get excited about the future.

1) Marquette is not going to shoot like that for nine more games.

While it was a fantastic performance by the Golden Eagles to beat the Bulldogs on Saturday, I don't think that performance is able to be replicated, much less sustainable. Here's what I mean:

That's 58 of Marquette's 75 points from dudes who shot their asses off against Butler. I almost put Duane Wilson (3-5, 1-3 behind the arc) on that list, but that's actually below his season averages on both accounts.