At the beginning of the round Big East, Marquette was one of the most interesting teams, showing the need for at least one victory to sew up the at-large NCAA tournament bid.

Marquette was the night after the victory he needed, seeded No. 11 Golden Eagles added another style, upsetting sixth-seeded West Virginia on Wednesday, 67-61, in the second round at Madison Square Garden.

The second album from Junior Cadougan guard, which has recently emerged Marquette, led the Golden Eagles with 15 points.

Marquette (20-13) will face third-seeded Louisville (23-8) Thursday night in the quarterfinals. The Golden Eagles are all but assured a spot in the NCAA tournament might be part of a record 11 teams in the conference to win an auction.

"They know what everybody says," Coach Buzz Williams said of his players aware of their NCAA tournament chances. "Is that necessarily true? I do not know. You're so caught up in the melodrama, what happens in this time of year, you win, you win. "

With the leader of Marquette in the Big East in scoring, the game against West Virginia defender 1-3-1 zone that seemed to be the main attraction. However, the mountain range "of 3 points gave them a 36-29 advantage at halftime.

Marquette has back-to-back 3-pointers by Darius Johnson-Odom go ahead, 61-55, 3 minutes 54 seconds to play. It helped swing momentum for good.

During downtime, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins his face turned red as he shouted to his team to defend. Forward Kevin Jones led the Mountaineers with 15 points.

Instead, it was Marquette that featured a more robust brand of basketball last moments. Golden Eagles forced bad shots and mountaineers to clear space under the basket for rebounds.

West Virginia shot just 39.2 percent on the whole.

"This has been an issue a year," Huggins said of the team's poor output in the second half. "We just do not make plans open. I said and he said and he said we just did not make plans. "

With little time in West Virginia was not cold when trying to mount its final charge, with the guard Joe Mazzulli, fifth grade, turning the ball over about 22 seconds left.

Last year, West Virginia, won the Big East tournament, the way to the Final Four appearance, mainly because of his greed confusion defense.

But the team this season, which is not as talented left without Da'Sean Butler, seemed safe at the right time after winning the previous four to five. Mountaineers (20-11) better than Notre Dame, Louisville and Connecticut along the leg.

On the other hand, it seemed, of Marquette, who had fought against the best teams in the Big East, was going in the opposite direction before coming to New York. Golden Eagles season was the worst loss in their last match of the regular season at Seton Hall on Saturday.

Marquette has lost his only meeting with Louisville this season, 71-70, on Jan. 15.

In games, beginning Wednesday night, had not the elegance seventh-seeded Cincinnati to pick their way to a 87-61 victory on winning 15th-seeded Bearcats South Florida's sixth in seven games.

"They had a great season," Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said of his players. "But they have to follow, they need to win in March. And before we make our way to get the respect they deserve."

Yancy Gates striker led Cincinnati with 25 points, 10 of 11 shots in the field.

South Florida (10-23) was hoping to make some of the good feelings of surprise at 70-69 tenth-seeded Villanova on Tuesday night. The Bulls have won just two games away from home before, but they do not play with the same energy on Wednesday.

Cincinnati (25-7) will host the second-seeded Notre Dame (25-5) Thursday in the quarterfinals.

The Bearcats lost their only meeting this season against Notre Dame, 66-58 January 19.

"We were a different team at the time," said Cronin. "We have not had the confidence we have now."

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