Marquette Women’s Basketball Preview: at St. John’s

Going into the December 29th loss to St. John’s, Marquette was sitting at #56 in the NET. The loss knocked them to #66. Beating Villanova got Marquette back to #54. Losing to Seton Hall didn’t really affect anything in that regard, but losing to Georgetown in what BartTorvik.com’s Game Scores says is the worst performance of the entire season knocked the Golden Eagles back to #60, and other results around the country have them at #62 as I type this up on Monday afternoon.

I can’t tell you for certain exactly where Marquette would be in the NET if they had made seven of the 14 layups they missed against the Red Storm, and didn’t give up that 17-0 run in the first and second quarters to the Pirates, AND didn’t give up a 19-0 run to start the game against the Hoyas. I’m pretty sure they’d be better off than #62, and I feel comfortable guessing that they’d be somewhere in the top 50. Somewhere in the top 50 has the Golden Eagles at least in the discussion for an NCAA tournament bid.

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Instead, Skylar Forbes has just been out to lunch for the past two games, shooting 4-for-20 from the field, 1-for-9 from behind the arc, and committing six turnovers. Instead, Halle Vice was effectively benched against Georgetown, ultimately playing just 24 minutes while shooting 1-for-5 and pulling in just four rebounds, which was a far cry from her 32 & 11 performance in the win over Villanova or even just her recent run of four straight double-doubles and five in six games.

Instead, barring something along the lines of the Golden Eagles running the non-UConn table the rest of the way, their shot at making the NCAA tournament is about zero right now. That’s the difference between standing at 5-4 in the Big East and standing at 8-1. Seven layups and just not taking 18 minutes worth of a nap in two different games.

Big East Game #10: at St. John’s Red Storm (15-5, 5-4 Big East)

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Time: 7pm Central
Location: Carnesecca Arena, Jamaica, New…

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