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Big East GameThread: Marquette Golden Eagles @ Villanova Wildcats

In their last chance to earn a marquee regular season win, YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles hit the City of Brotherly Love to tangle with Jay Wright's Villanova Wildcats.

By Rubie Q

SidebarMARQUETTE PROBABLE STARTERS

Derrick Wilson (5.5 ppg; 3.6 rpg; 4.1 apg)

Jake Thomas (8.1 ppg; 2.8 rpg; 1.5 apg)

Jamil Wilson (12.0 ppg; 5.7 rpg; 2.4 apg)

Juan Anderson (3.5 ppg; 3.5 rpg; 1.1 apg)

Chris Otule (6.0 ppg; 4.3 rpg; 0.2 apg)


VILLANOVA PROBABLE STARTERS

Darrun Hilliard (13.6 ppg; 3.8 rpg; 2.8 apg)

Ryan Arcidiacono (10.0 ppg; 2.4 rpg; 3.6 apg)

James Bell (15.7 ppg; 6.1 rpg; 1.6 apg)

JayVaughn Pinkston (14.5 ppg; 6.0 rpg; 1.6 apg)

Daniel Ochefu (6.1 ppg; 6.1 rpg; 1.3 apg)


MARQUETTE HAS PLAYED IN FRONT OF A NATIONAL AUDIENCE THREE TIMES THIS SEASON

The first two times, things, uh, didn't go so well. The last time Marquette played Villanova, Nova's starting backcourt went off for about 75 points against Derrick Wilson, Jake Thomas, and Todd Mayo. As Phil Seymour Hoffman once said to Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski: "This is our concern, Dude."


THIS IS GOOD BEER. BOTTOMS UP.

The calendar has turned to March, which means that spring is right around the corner (he wrote as he shoveled another four inches of snow off his driveway). So for today's Pint Touch, we'll go with Capital Brewery's annual spring beer, Maibock.