Marquette eliminated in the first round

Actually, I’m more surprised that my alma mater was even invited to the Big Dance. My former roomie Paul said Marquette was doing better than expected in its first year with the Big East but he wouldn’t say they were having a winning season (they were bordering over .500). 
 
They were upset by a lower-ranked school in the tournament according to all the fuss in the sports media. Now those basketball players can return to their studies and hunker down for their finals in May. Right after I sign my big bonus from being discovered at this week’s SXSW event! I am a little bummed that Marquette was knocked out in the first round, but I am not nor ever was patriotic about my university’s sports teams. Even during my undergraduate days, I never attended a game. The basketball team made an ugly impression on me during my freshman and sophomore years. During my freshman year, the freshman players lived in McCormick and the whole team ate there. They received much better food than the rest of us residents, who paid to live there, and they were the most ungrateful dicks about it. Sophomore year, I had three of those guys in my theater appreciation class. This was a relatively easy course, I know I exerted some effort and received (I wouldn’t know about earned) an A. All you really had to do in this course is write some short papers on the two productions the school did that semester, read four plays and participate in the class. Joe Nethan (spelling?) was the dumbest of the bunch and he sat behind me. He had the nerve to ask me if he could copy off my quiz the teacher was giving. Being 19 then, I think I probably responded with an expletive. 
 
As the years have gone by, my lack of Marquette patriotism hasn’t really changed. I admit to attending. I admit to having a good time (overall). I will even wish the team well on its athletic and non-athletic endeavors. But I will never send Marquette money (they’ll just waste it in my opinion), I am still annoyed over the spineless PC-ridden decision to rename the team to Golden Eagles (instead of the offensive Warriors) and I will never be a rabid fan of the basketball team. MU’s defeat doesn’t mean my degree is worthless.