BIG EAST GameThread No. 1: Marquette (9-3) vs. UConn (10-2)

MARQUETTE PROBABLE STARTERS

• Junior Cadougan (9.5 ppg; 2.9 rpg; 4.6 apg)
• Vander Blue (13.4 ppg; 2.5 rpg; 1.9 apg)
• Trent Lockett (7.5 ppg; 4.6 rpg; 1.5 apg)
• Juan Anderson (3.7 ppg; 3.1 rpg; 1.2 apg)
• Chris Otule (4.8 ppg; 3.2 rpg; 0.1 apg)

UCONN PROBABLE STARTERS

• Ryan Boatright (15.8 ppg; 2.8 rpg; 4.6 apg)
• Shabazz Napier (16.5 ppg; 3.9 rpg; 3.8 apg)
• Omar Calhoun (11.2 ppg; 3.4 rpg; 1.1 apg)
• DeAndre Daniels (10.0 ppg; 4.3 rpg; 0.5 apg)
• Tyler Olander (4.3 ppg; 3.8 rpg; 1.1 apg)

SO NOT ONLY IS THERE NO BUZZ WILLIAMS FOR THIS GAME

• But word is that Marquette assistant Brad Autry, and not Jerry Wainwright, will be coaching the team in Buzz's stead. This aggression will not stand, man. #FreeOlGil

THIS IS GOOD BEER, YOU SHOULD DRINK IT.

• We ring in the New Year the same way we do every year: with the Champagne of Beers, Miller High Life.