Big East Coast Bias · Jan 29, 2019
What’s up with Marquette’s slow starts?
While watching Marquette Golden Eagles games this year, a startling trend jumped out to me: the team has frustrating starts. Game after game the team would be down early. I ran some numbers to see if they would back up this concern and they did.
In the first 10 minutes of games this season, Marquette’s +/- is +16. While this number might not seem that bad, if you look at games against major conference teams (Indiana, Kansas, Louisville, Kansas State, Wisconsin, Buffalo and in Big East play), the team is a disappointing -30 in the first ten minutes.