[PaintTouches]New Big East gives MU no room for error

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New Big East gives MU no room for error

Three years ago Marquette found itself in a position early in the season where its non-conference results left a hazy outlook toward the rest of the season. The Golden Eagles went 9-4 before the turn of the calendar, beating the likes of cupcakes Prairie View A&M, Longwood, Texas A&M Corpus-Christi and Centenary, among others. Jimmy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=painttouches.com&blog=28348875&post=10120&subd=painttouches&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

Source: New Big East gives MU no room for error

[Rollout-the-Barrel]

I'm an optimist but 8 top 50 games in this year's Big East vs. 12 top 50 games in 3 year's ago Big East isn't as bad as I though it'd be...If you count WV, MU won 4/12 of those games(33%) in 2010-2013. Do they have to win 4/8 (50%) year?  I'd say at least 3/8 with a overall 12-6 in conference.

[MUfan12]

Win your home games, and steal one on the road against Nova, Gtown, or Creighton. Easy, right? 

[MarquetteDano]

No room for error, no doubt.  One thing we will have going for us in the NBE is an actual chance to win the BET.  I wonder what oddsmakers had us even last year as co-regular season champions to win the BET?  15%?

I would say even if we finish fifth in the regular season standings we will have better than a 15% chance to win the Big East Tourney.

[Jay Bee]

With an 11-7 conference record on an 8-1 / 3-6 split, MU's 2013-14 conference games will produce a better RPI than MU's 2010-11 conference games.

Could really use a quality road win though from a qualitative perspective. Might as well start off winning in Omaha before 2014 even begins.

[RubyWiscy]

MU has the talent to win BE. Question is do they have the chemistry and work ethic. IMHO

[ronald dragon]

We need the rest of the big east to finish strong in non confrence

[MarquetteDano]

We need the rest of the big east to finish strong in non confrence

Some critical games coming up to that end:

DePaul at Northwestern
Nova at #2 Syracuse
Wake Forest at Xavier
Providence at #23 UMass
And bunch of cupcakes that must be fully digested.

[ronald dragon]

I think the league will finish 8-2 in out of conference, the Nova-Cuse would be a huge win