2012 – 13 Marquette Golden Eagles men 's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2012 – 13 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Marquette was coached by Buzz Williams and played their home games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee , WI as were members of the Big East Conference . They finished the season 26 – 9 , 14 – 4 in Big East play to earn a share of Big East Conference regular season championship . They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament against Cincinnati . The Golden Eagles received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Davidson , Butler , and Miami , before losing to Syracuse in the Elite Eight
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2012–13 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team