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Baltz’s Book: Slow starts beginning to catch up with MU, missed free throws prove costly and breaking down the big week ahead

Marquette now sits in a tie for second place in the Big East with Creighton at 9-2.

It was an up and down week for Marquette men’s basketball, who checks in at No. 11 in the latest AP Poll — down two spots from last week. It’s the first time since mid-November that the Golden Eagles haven’t been in the top 10.

Here are my thoughts from the Golden Eagles’ 1-1 week:

Let’s talk about the slow starts

This may be the most obvious takeaway I have written about in my time doing this notebook, but it feels foolish not to address it.