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According to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, Marquette will be heading out to Salt Lake City this fall for a game against Utah.

Utah and Marquette will start a home and home series next year in Salt Lake City, source told @CBSSports. Return game in Milwaukee in 17-18. — Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 29, 2016

While the game and/or series could possibly happen, neither Marquette nor Utah has publicly verified any future matchups.

"Nothing to confirm at this point," Marquette deputy athletic director Mike Broeker told the Journal Sentinel.

That's a similar sentiment to the one coming out of Salt Lake City, according to the Salt Lake Tribune's Kyle Goon.

From what I'm hearing, Utah and Marquette are not yet on the same page for a home-and-home men's basketball series. Still could happen, tho. — Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) March 29, 2016

Marquette has a couple strong ties to Utah. Assistant coach Stan Johnson was an assistant at Utah from 2008-'11 and during his playing days was a three-year letter-winner at Southern Utah. This past November, the Golden Eagles signed 6-foot-7 forward Brendan Bailey, who resides in American Fork, Utah, about 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City. While Bailey has signed his national letter of intent, he is not expected to play for Marquette this coming season as he plans to take a two-year Mormon mission and join the Golden Eagles in 2018.

In addition to the reported game at Utah, Marquette's projected 2016-'17 schedule, which is anticipated to be officially released by the program early in the summer, features six other expected matchups. However, only one — the annual matchup with Wisconsin to be held at the BMO Harris Bradley Center — features both a matchup and location.

The Golden Eagles will play in the 2K Classic, which includes hosting two games of either IUPUI, Howard, Gardner-Webb or Eastern Michigan before heading to Madison Square Garden for a pair of games. The final matchups are not set yet, but Pittsburgh, SMU and Michigan will be joining Marquette in Manhattan on Nov. 17-18, and the Golden Eagles will face two of those three squads.

Since MU hosted Iowa in the Gavitt Tipoff Games last season, the Golden Eagles would likely go on the road this year. However, this is assuming they are included in the Big East-Big Ten battle this season, which includes eight teams from each league.