College basketball is a weird sport. The waves of emotions you go through a season can be plentiful. Sometimes, you’re cheering for a near contender where there might be moments of ‘This team isn’t making out of the first weekend’, yet you always know they’re in. Then there are the bad years where moral victories are the name of the game. The years where your team keeps winning to find their way on the bubble. Then the ugly one. A promising start leading to a very unlikely chance at an NCAA Tournament bid. Let me present to you cheering for Marquette. But there are still reasons to watch.

1. The Howard/Rowsey show – I swear if Steve Wojciechowski finally moves Rowsey to the bench, I may lose my shit out of principle since it’s something he should have done a long time ago. That said, we p. tarobably will never see two guys with this kind of ability to shoot threes. Relish in watching that for a few more games.

2. The development of the young players – Wojo will not throw the towel in on the season, but it should be entertaining to see Greg Elliott, Jamal Cain and Theo John develop in the final couple of weeks. It would be cool to see one of the three have another big moment of the season. Cain had one versus Xavier. Elliott has been such a key contributor.

3. Marquette could make things interesting – I’m not saying they’re going to make the tournament, but there’s a real chance they could win out to finish off the year. It would mean sweeping Creighton who poses a problem next week in Omaha, but it’s not out of the question. If Marquette does that, they’re 10-8, but still, they would need some major Big East moves to make it into the dance.

4. Can the defense make some strides? – It’s been an up and down year for the defense with some flashes here and there. With five games left, it’d be nice to head into March with the defense looking better than normal. To me, people’s frustrations with the head coach lie with the defense not improving even though that was his calling card coming to Marquette.

5. Buying the Amin stock – I haven’t officially announced it, but I’m probably on the Sacar Amin Fan Club. I feel like he has some many great intangibles, and it would not surprise me if he has a huge season in 2018-2019. Amin has some real game, and he showed flashes of offense against Seton Hall. Let’s hope that continues on.

Charlie.