New Headline: Marquette’s Legendary Season Comes to a Tumbling End: Team Embarks on New Challenge To Define Elite Status

The question is: How much is Cara Consuegra responsible for the silence from the women’s basketball program right now? | Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images On Sunday, March 1st, Marquette women’s basketball ended the regular season with a 69-65 road win over Providence. On Saturday, March 7th, Marquette women’s basketball ended their run in the Big East tournament after just one game, falling 57-44 to Creighton in the quarterfinals.

On Sunday, March 15th, Marquette women’s basketball had their season ended by a lack of inclusion in any of the postseason events. The NCAA tournament bracket was announced at 7pm Central on ESPN, and the Big East is represented by two teams in the field of 68. UConn is a #1 seed and Villanova is a #10 seed.

With Marquette’s postseason profile already on shaky ground when they were 10-4 in the Big East and 16-7 overall, the chances of an at-large bid to this field was officially extinguished by the Golden Eagles going 2-5 in their last seven games. That includes a pair of losses to Creighton, a team that is also not going to any postseason tournaments. The WBIT bracket was announced by way of a selection show on ESPN+ at 8pm Central, and the Golden Eagles were nowhere to be seen.

Seton Hall, the team tied with Marquette in the Big East standings at 12-8, made it in and because of circumstances elsewhere in the country, the Pirates will be hosting their opening round game even though they’re not one of the 16 seeded teams in the field of 32. St. John’s, one of the two teams that finished one game behind Marquette and Seton Hall in the Big East standings, is also in the WBIT, earning a first round game at Columbia.