Big East Basketball: Way-too-early power rankings for 2023-24 season
By John Makuch
3. Marquette Golden Eagles
The reigning Big East Champions are in a great spot to defend their crown this upcoming season, and it all comes down to coach Shaka Smart.
Yes this team loses Olivier Maxence-Prosper, but that is about it when it comes to players this team was unable to bring back.
The stars of last year now enter their senior season including Tyler Kolek and Oso Ighodaro, and they should be expected to be even better.
The future also looks bright with three players coming in next year as freshmen including four-star guard Tre Norman.
This team is simply reloading, rearming, and getting ready for another run at a championship, and this three-spot might be a bit too low for them.
For a team that was upset in March Madness, they should have a different hunger to them heading into what are some of these players’ final years dawning the gold and blue.
When you bring back a team with all these veterans, good things usually happen, and that should ring true for this squad from Milwaukee