Friday, March 6, 2026

4 Youngest Teams: Marquette, Penn State, Colorado, Arkansas

Read this piece on John Dodds' CBS247 Sports blog spelling out the youngest power conference teams in the country.

4 Youngest Power Conference Teams:

Penn State (18.85 years old)

Colorado (18.93)

Arkansas (19.07) 

Marquette (19.29)


As we get prepared to report from Madison Square Garden and the Big East Tournament Wednesday, the headline of this one was Pudner: Marquette's win over Providence was impressive/ analytics say MU could have beaten many teams on Wed.

Only Duke or Michigan Would Have Beaten Marquette on Wednesday. MU's average age in 19.29 yrs old, one of the youngest teams in The Big East.

Only Duke or Michigan Would Have Beaten Marquette on Wednesday.  A calculation of Marquette's Net rating if it were based only on Wednesday's incredible performance comes out to +38. That means their play that night would project to a 38-point win against an average Division I team.

Read the rest of the story at Dodds on sports, and another story on the monster outing in the game by two freshman guards.

Marquette's Fr. Guards James & Stevens combine for 41pts/11Rebs/6STs in 78 to 56 blowout win over Providence