It was a pleasant sight to see YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles men’s basketball team earning one solo top 25 vote in the preseason Associated Press poll. Shouts to Dave Borges who had Marquette at 23rd in the country to start the year.
After Marquette has started off the campaign with two wins, Borges has made new friends. The Golden Eagles are now getting a whopping THREE votes in the AP balloting for a total of TEN points! Borges has moved MU to #20, while Jeff Neiburg (Philadelphia Inquirer) has them
at #23 and Kevin Sjuts (KOLN/KGIN, Lincoln, NE) voted MU #25. This makes Marquette the unofficial #33 team in the country, which is neat.
UConn stays steady at #4 from the preseason til now, so they’re the top ranked team on Marquette’s schedule this season. Virginia is up three spots to #6 to wrap up the top 10 opponents. St. John’s isn’t that far outside the top 10 at #13, same as they were in the preseason. Michigan fell four spots to #20 ahead of this week’s matchup with the Golden Eagles, and that does it for ranked teams on deck this season.
There’s only two Marquette opponents receiving votes alongside the Golden Eagles. Texas A&M picked up five points on a #23 and a #24 vote, while Creighton was voted #25 in the country by the esteemed and very wise Dave Borges.
Marquette returns to action on Wednesday night when they head across the lake to visit Michigan. Tipoff in Ann Arbor is scheduled for 6pm Central, and FS1 will have the television broadcast.
You can check out the entire top 25 right here, and you can see how everyone voted for Marquette right here.
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