Marquette men's basketball huddles prior to the Golden Eagles' win over Central Arkansas Dec. 28.
Usually having seven other BIG EAST schools projected to go to the NCAA Tournament would be a positive. That is given one condition, as Creighton head coach Greg McDermott sees it.
“If we don’t totally beat the hell out of each other,” McDermott said. “That’s kind of my fear.”
With the BIG EAST schedule boasting an unprecedented level of nonconference success entering league play, Marquette has an especially difficult path to earning enough wins to set up a deep postseason run.