Marquette Golden Eagles are not having a good Big East season. We all know that. Things are rough. But last night, Marquette was absolutely unleashed against a very bad Butler team. They won wire-to-wire with a dominating victory, 73-57. This is a good win for Marquette. Does it matter in the grand scheme of things for the season? Not really. Marquette doesn’t become a bubble team because of this win, but it instills a bit of confidence in this Marquette team to close out the season potentially.

Player of the Game: Jamal Cain – Marquette decided to move Jamal Cain to the second unit, and it worked out tremendously for Steve Wojciechowski. Cain was terrific in this one with 14 points and 14 rebounds. He did most of his work inside of the paint versus in the corner three area. It was good to see Cain have a strong game after two rough outings.

Honorable Mention: Greg Elliott – Good for Greg, man. Greg Elliott has went through hell and back with the injuries he had at Marquette and now gets an opportunity to start in his senior year. Elliott made sure that the Marquette coaching staff didn’t regret it. He scored 10 points early on and finished the game with 17. It looked like he might be hurt midway through, but Elliott fought through it. I might be grumpy about this season, but I want to see Elliott finish strong.

One thing I’m wondering about: Where the fuck was this lineup change three weeks ago?! – Look man, I know it’s Butler, but do you think this lineup change could have helped when things started going sideways? This is the quintessential problem with Wojo. He is always a day late and a dollar short. If this move sparks a late-season rally, I’m going to wander in traffic for a little bit.

One thing I liked: They did it without Carton or Garcia – DJ Carton and Dawson Garcia each did not have a huge impact in this game. Carton scored eight points, Dawson had 12, but neither played a significant role last night. Marquette has won or been in many games without those guys being factors. Good to see they could accomplish that without them.

Next up: Marquette gets 10 days off before they play UConn. If I were Marquette and a team wanted to play a game in the middle of that, I would schedule it. Why not? It doesn’t hurt anything and keeps these guys warm.

Charlie.