BIG EAST GameThread: Marquette Golden Eagles (14-7) vs. Butler Bulldogs (14-6)

THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (13-7, 120 KenPom) vs. Butler Bulldogs (14-6, 38 KenPom)

THE LOCATION: BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI

THE HOUR: 11:00 a.m. CST

THE AUDIOVISUAL: FS1 (TV) and 540 ESPN (radio)

THE LINE: Butler (-3.5)

THE LIBATION: New Holland Brewing Company's Mad Hatter Midwest India Pale Ale

MARQUETTE PROBABLE STARTERS

• Duane Wilson (12.7 ppg; 2.8 rpg; 3.0 apg)
  
• Haanif Cheatham (11.1 ppg; 3.3 rpg; 2.2 apg)
  
• Jajuan Johnson (8.2 ppg; 2.7 rpg; 1.3 apg)
  
• Henry Ellenson (15.5 ppg; 10.0 rpg; 2.0 apg)
  
• Luke Fischer (12.8 ppg; 6.9 rpg; 1.0 apg)

BUTLER PROBABLE STARTERS

• Kellen Dunham (16.3 ppg; 2.4 rpg; 1.3 apg)
• Roosevelt Jones (14.5 ppg; 6.9 rpg; 4.6 apg)
• Kelan Martin (14.2 ppg; 6.3 rpg; 1.0 apg)
• Tyler Wideman (8.5 ppg; 6.1 rpg; 0.8 apg)
• Andrew Chra (11.7 ppg; 9.6 rpg; 1.1 apg)

THIS IS GOOD BEER. YOU SHOULD DRINK SOME.

I'm still not sure why we felt the need to include a game against a hat -- albeit an attractive hat -- in the middle of the conference season, but here we are, so: tonight's Pint Touch is New Holland Brewing Company's Mad Hatter Midwest India Pale Ale.