Vincent Tullo for The New York Times
MILWAUKEE — The image of Markus Howard on the wall of the Marquette basketball meeting room seems perfect. It shows Howard, the Golden Eagles’ leading scorer and one of the most dynamic players in the Big East Conference, in the middle of a team huddle. All eyes are on him, his stature and his leadership unquestioned.
If Marquette (23-8) is to pull out of its four-game losing streak and advance through this week’s conference tournament at Madison Square Garden, Howard, who on Wednesday was named the Big East’s player of the year, will need to make his usual assortment of fallback jumpers, 3-pointers and twisting drives to the basket.