With three returning starters, six returning players in total, and six brand new players on the roster, I don’t think anyone was particularly expecting Megan Duffy to tax her Marquette women’s basketball season by scheduling particularly hard in 2023-24.
As such, it’s not surprising to find out that there are just three teams in the Associated Press’ preseason top 25 on Marquette’s schedule this season, and two of them come by way of the Big East membership.
The lone non-conference team in the top 25 is Illinois, which comes in at #23 to start the year.