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At 17-15, the Golden Eagles were not selected for the National Invitation Tournament.

Associate AD Mike Broeker tweeted that the Golden Eagles would not play in any of the post-season tournaments beyond the NIT.

Said Buzz Williams, "We are obviously disappointed not to be participating in the postseason this year. We were excited by the opportunity to continue to compete and improve, but weren't included in the NIT field. It's extemely difficult to know our seniors, who have accomplished so much on the court during their careers have played their finals games at Marquette."

The exclusion was surprising, and maybe not so surprising.

For one thing, Marquette didn't help itself by losing its last four games.

For another, the NIT extends automatic bids to teams that win their conference regular-season title but don't make the NCAA Tournament. An example was UW-Green Bay, which should have made the NCAAs.

All in all, a disappointing year for a team that struggled to score and didn't play defense up to the usual Williams standard.

Next up, of course, will be the yearly postseason chatter of Williams taking another job.

Auburn is said to be pursuing former UWM coach Bruce Pearl, but this story mentions that the Tigers could also be interested in Williams.

No time would be a good time for a coaching search, but Marquette might be vulnerable if Williams left because it doesn't have a pernament AD. Bill Cords is serving as the interim, but MU is not expected to fill Larry Williams' job until it first hires a president.