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Blake Schuster

Marquette’s Shaka Smart was egregiously playing defense on the court vs. Creighton and didn’t get T’d up

No. 10 Marquette picked up a massive conference win on Saturday, defeating Big East rival No. 22 Creighton, 72-67, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

But it wasn’t just a homecourt advantage that helped the Golden Eagles put away the Bluejays. It was some elite defense by one of the most unexpected figures in the program: head coach Shaka Smart.

Smart has always been animated on the sidelines during games but he took that way too far during a Creighton offensive possession in front of the Marquette bench in the first half. While attempting to instruct his players on how to defend, he ended up jumping into the play on the court.

Plenty of criticism goes to Smart here, but don’t let the officials off the hook, either. This should’ve been an easy technical foul on the head coach. Instead it goes down as a successful defensive stop for Marquette.

Fans couldn’t believe Smart got away with this.

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