It’s schedule day with Marquette and the Milwaukee Brewers debuting their schedule yesterday. For the Golden Eagles, it took forever to actually see the schedule. Big East dragged their feet a little bit with their conference slate. For Marquette, it’s front-loaded with home games but also, there are some chances for a losing streak built in there. Golden Eagles have a lot of fun players, but there’s a young team again who might be one year away from being truly special.

Tough start for Golden Eagles – The Big East schedulemakers did not do Marquette any favors early on in the conference season. They begin with games against Xavier, Providence and Villanova in three of the first four games of the conference season. All three teams are going to be some of the best in the conference. To make matters worse, Providence and Villanova are both on the road. There is a home game against Georgetown in there, and for Marquette, it could be a 1-3 start to begin the Big East. And it doesn’t get easier after with Seton Hall and Butler looming the following week.

Two total home games in February – One of the more puzzling things about the Marquette slate is the fact they are barely home in the month of February. For a team that might need to win late in the year to force their way on the bubble, this is very tough. Granted, they play St. John’s twice, DePaul and Georgetown once, so, it’s not as difficult as January, but you may be asking for a lot with the amount of road games this team will have to play in the shortest month of the year.

What’s the best possible outlook – I made my best attempt to not be a homer when it came to Marquette’s schedule, and the best they could do is 10-7. I feel like if they were to get to 10 wins, it’s probably a tournament team barring they do okay in the non-conference season. Maybe this is naive of me, but I feel the team as a whole – Players, coaches, took a major step last season. They have a chance to be frisky.

Charlie.