GameThread: Marquette Golden Eagles vs #17 Wisconsin Badgers

THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (7-2, KenPom #36) vs #17 Wisconsin Badgers (8-2, KenPom #8))

THE TIME: 1pm Central

THE AUDIOVISUAL: FS1 (TV) - Fox Sports Go (Streaming) - 540 ESPN (Radio)

THE LINE: Wisconsin -4.5

THE PROJECTION: KenPom gives Wisconsin a 57% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 73-71. For the record, KenPom predicts this to be Marquette's slowest game of the year, both for games already played and games yet to be played.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Luke Fischer (13.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.1 bpg)
  
• Sam Hauser (10.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.9 apg)
  
• Jajuan Johnson (14.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.8 apg, 2.4 spg)
  
• Haanif Cheatham (11.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.2 spg)
  
• Markus Howard (8.9 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.1 apg,

WISCONSIN PROBABLE LINEUP

• Ethan Happ (13.5 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.7 spg)
  
• Vitto Brown (7.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg)
  
• Nigel Hayes (12.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.5 apg)
  
• Zak Showalter (6.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.0 spg)
  
• Bronson Koenig (15.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5 apg)

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