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Villanova (20-14, 10-8 Big East) Postseason: NCAA Tournament Second Round (78-71 loss to No. 8 North Carolina) This is the ninth installment of a 10-part series evaluating the schedules of the 10 Big East teams for the 2013-14 season. Above record, tournament finishes are from last season. Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, […]

St. John’s (17-16, 8-10) Postseason: NIT Second Round (68-50 loss at Virginia) This is the eighth installment of a 10-part series evaluating the schedules of the 10 Big East teams for the 2013-14 season. Above record, tournament finishes are from last season. Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall analyses are available by clicking […]

With the whole pay-or-not-to-pay debate raging in college athletics, there are many articles and even more pieces of data trying to swing the argument one way or the other. This is not one of them. I simply saw a cool chart and wanted to see what it would look like with Marquette involved. Said chart […]

No. At least not according to Sports illustrated’s Andy Glockner. Before anyone gets in a tizzy about this perceived lack of respect and starts bombarding Glockner on Twitter (@AndyGlockner in case you were interested) he did have Marquette as one of the final cuts along with Maryland. So that means at worst he believes Marquette […]

Creighton (28-8, 13-5 Missouri Valley) Last season: NCAA Third Round (66-50 loss to No. 1 Duke)  This is the second installment of a 10-part series evaluating the schedules of the 10 Big East teams for the 2013-14 season. Records, tournament finishes are from last season. To read Butler’s analysis, click here. The Bluejays join the […]

This is the first installment of a 10-part series evaluating the schedules of the 10 Big East teams for the 2013-’14 season. Records, tournament finishes are from last season. Butler (27-9, 11-5 Atlantic 10) Last season: NCAA Tournament Third Round (74-72 loss to No. 3 Marquette) The Bulldogs will face some tough sledding in their […]