Second-Seeded Marquette Sent Home by Louisville After its best finish in seven seasons in the Big East, second-seeded Marquette opened the conference tournament in disappointing fashion, making an abrupt exit Thursday night, falling to seventh-seeded Louisville, 84-71, in the quarterfinals. Falling behind by as many as 15 points early in the first half, Marquette was unable to withstand Louisville's mile-a-minute offense. The Cardinals, led by the dizzying Peyton Siva, set a tone for the game by racing out from the start. Louisville will face the winner of third-seeded Notre Dame versus sixth-seeded South Florida on Friday night. The Cardinals (24-9) hurried the Golden Eagles into 26 turnovers, 14 of which came off steals. Louisville also beat Marquette (25-7) on the boards, outrebounding the Golden Eagles by 26-18 on the offensive glass. Kyle Kuric (20 points) led four Cardinals scorers who reached double figures. Siva added 18 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals. A one-man show for Marquette, Darius Johnson-Odom finished with 23 points. The foul-troubled Jae Crowder, the Big East player of the year, made only 4 of 13 shots and finished with 10 points. Louisville took a 50-40 lead into halftime after a breakneck 20 minutes of action. Playing briefly with more authority, Marquette narrowed the deficit to 54-50 after Louisville started the second half slowly. But that was as close as the Golden Eagles would get, and Louisville was able to outrun them to the finish. Louisville lost to Marquette, 74-63, on Jan. 16 in a regular-season meeting. Marquette had won 13 of 15 regular-season games heading into the tournament. The Golden Eagles reached the quarterfinals of last year's tournament as a No. 11 seed before third-seeded Louisville knocked them out.