New Mexico
Marquette basketball’s March Madness opponent is New Mexico to open 2025 NCAA tournament bracket
Marquette’s Stevie Mitchell named Big East’s scholar-athlete of year
Mitchell is the second straight Golden Eagles player to earn the award after former teammate Oso Ighodaro.
The Marquette men’s basketball team is headed to Cleveland.
The Golden Eagles (23-10) earned a No. 7 seed in the South Region and will face 10th-seeded New Mexico on Friday at Rocket Arena.
Game time will be announced later on Sunday.
Shaka Smart’s NCAA Tournament history at Marquette
The Golden Eagles have made the NCAA tournament in all four seasons with Shaka Smart as head coach.
Here is how MU has fared:
(2022; 9 seed): Lost to North Carolina, 95-63, in first round
(2023; 2 seed): Beat Vermont, 78-61, in first round; lost to Michigan State, 69-60, second round
(2024; 2 seed): Beat Western Kentucky, 87-69 in first round; beat Colorado, 81-77, in second round; lost to North Carolina State, 67-58, in Sweet 16.