ESPN's Dana O'Neil, a longtime Big East observer, rates Marquette's out of conference schedule as a 10 (1-10 scale 10 being highest). her comments (followed by a link to the article if you want to see what she has to say about others in our conference):
MARQUETTE
Toughest: Ohio State (Nov. 16), New Mexico (Nov. 21), at Wisconsin (Dec. 7)
Next toughest: Arizona State (Nov. 25), Wooden Legacy (Nov. 28-Dec. 1 in Fullerton and Anaheim, Calif.)
The rest: Southern (Nov. 8), Grambling State (Nov. 12), New Hampshire (Nov. 21), IUPUI (Dec. 14), Ball State (Dec. 17), Samford (Dec. 28)
Toughness scale (1-10): 10 -- Love when a good team plays a good schedule. Buzz Williams has a delicious mix, traipsing across leagues (Big Ten, Pac-12 and Mountain West) and mixing in a decent tourney as well. The only oddity is that the Wooden Legacy title game might merely be a Big East preview, with Creighton and Marquette seemingly headed toward each other.
http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/88029/nonconference-schedule-analysis-big-east-3?ex_cid=espnapi_public (http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/88029/nonconference-schedule-analysis-big-east-3?ex_cid=espnapi_public)
How are we playing New Mexico on Nov. 21, and also New Hampshire on Nov. 21? I'm not sure the NCAA is going to like that...
Quote from: striker14 on September 11, 2013, 07:49:30 AM
How are we playing New Mexico on Nov. 21, and also New Hampshire on Nov. 21? I'm not sure the NCAA is going to like that...
Split squad.
Quote from: MerrittsMustache on September 11, 2013, 08:18:53 AM
Split squad.
That explains why New Mexico is listed as one of the toughest games!
Think Dawson is going to get some minutes against his home state team?
Already posted
Quote from: striker14 on September 11, 2013, 07:49:30 AM
How are we playing New Mexico on Nov. 21, and also New Hampshire on Nov. 21? I'm not sure the NCAA is going to like that...
NM is actually 12/21 not 11/21