The Marquette Golden Eagles were one of the surprises of the 2018-19 regular season, as a team unranked to start the year rose as high as No. 10 in the country and battled all season with defending national champion Villanova for Big East supremacy. Now, coach Steve Wojciechowski's team gets to see whether it can hang on the national stage when it matters and deliver the Marquette program its first tournament win since 2013.
Can All-American candidate Markus Howard and the Golden Eagles deliver on their regular-season promise?
ESPN+ has your answers, as Joe Lunardi has enlisted a team of bracketologists to compile advanced metrics, key scouting intel, and best- and worst-case tournament scenarios for all 68 teams to help you make smart picks in your bracket.