No, your eyes do not deceive you. This is a Marquette women’s basketball preview, and yes, we are talking about the start of Big East play at the start of December. No, non-conference play has not ended, there’s still three more of those games to go, including a bit of a big showdown with Colorado looming in the distance.
But Creighton and Xavier already started off Big East action last week, and we’ve got to fit in 20 games somehow, so here we are. It’s important to note that Marquette is off on the road for their first pair of Big East contests since 1) the league wanted this weekend of action, there’s 5 games on Friday and 4 on Sunday, and 2) Marquette wanted the Al McGuire Center available for the volleyball team to host the NCAA tournament.