Through two weekend of Big East basketball, the landscape seems to have shifted for Marquette, at least a little bit.
It’s not a surprise that Marquette is 3-0 in conference play, although their 30 point average margin of victory is a shock. The league dealt MU three straight home games to start Big East play, and given what the Golden Eagles have been doing to everyone else this year, winning big isn’t a surprise. It is, however, surprising that the average margin is 30 after throwing up a 33 point win on then-#24 DePaul. The Blue Demons were the preseason co-favorite to win the league alongside Marquette, and even without All-American Allazia Blockton in the lineup thanks to an ankle injury a few minutes into their first Big East game of the year, the Golden Eagles still ran their Chicago based rivals off the road.