As classes for the semester end, the men’s and women’s basketball teams enter an important stretch featuring final non-conference tests and the start of the BIG EAST schedule. Here are five dates to watch:
Monday, Dec. 18: Men’s basketball vs. Northern Illinois (Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.)
Usually, a buy game with students home for winter break wouldn’t garner much attention. This one is different; it’s the first game in which redshirt sophomore Harry Froling is eligible to play.
Froling came to Marquette via Southern Methodist University, where he played one semester before transferring. NCAA transfer rules have forced him to sit out since then.