All due apologies to Northern Illinois and American, but following Marquette‘s victory over Wisconsin, MU’s non-conference schedule is essentially wrapped up at this point.
From the perspective of evaluating what Marquette’s NCAA tournament profile looks like heading into Big East play, we have all the data that we’re going to get. The fact of the matter is that NIU and AU are not going to move the needle all that much, and all that’s at risk is whether or not MU wins the games.
Yes, head coach Steve Wojciechowski and his staff are going to take the Huskies and the Eagles seriously between the end of finals and Christmas, but for the purposes of what we’re doing here, MU’s non-conference schedule is over.