Marquette's NCAA Tournament drought continues in blowout loss to North Carolina

Posted Mar 17, 2022
So much went right for Shaka Smart in his first season as Marquette men's basketball coach. Everything went wrong at the end. The ninth-seeded Golden Eagles suffered a 95-63 decimation by eighth-seeded North Carolina on Thursday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, the result never in doubt after the game spiraled on MU early in the first half. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

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