Next four games

[muskieman]

1 at home against Providence but the next two will be away at the surprise team Depaul and a Marquette team that has won their last four games including Providence and Seton Hall before finishing away at CU.

X needs to get a couple of Ws in the away game at a minimum but as a certain coach use to say it will be a war. Time to shine guys

[Anti-Homer]

As usual,

I agree w/you. This is a soft part of the schedule, relatively speaking. Other than the other top leagues in cbb, this would be a very difficult run for all of the other ones. Great to be in the BE, with the talent, and obviously the coach to finish in the top three.

[tacitus]

I do not see a "soft" game in the next four, personally. We should beat Depaul. They are getting thrashed in the BE. But they did win at Louisville and still have a winning record despite being 1-5 in the league. I think we win by 10-15, but I expect them to challenge us at times.

The other three games will be tough. Providence is very good. Marquette is on a roll. Creighton is notoriously tough to beat in Omaha, between the crowd and the refs, and they were no push over in Cintas.

I think the next four games are just really important. We need to win at Depaul, to stay ranked, to stay on everyone's radar for an at-large bid, to stay in third place in the Big East. If we can then beat Marquette on the road, we will have a strong hold on third place. Beat Providence at home, and then we are in second place. Win at Creighton, and then we just keep trucking and hope that Nova drops a few more games.

For me, the only "soft" spot in our remaining schedule is when we get Butler and then Depaul at home to start of February. No matter what happens between now and then, those two games will give us a chance to regroup for the final stretch of games.