GameThread: Marquette Golden Eagles vs Louisville Cardinals

THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (3-2) vs Louisville Cardinals (3-1)

THE DATE: Friday, November 23, 2018

THE TIME: 6pm Central

THE LOCATION: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York

THE TELEVISION: ESPN2, with Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas on the call

THE STREAMING: WatchESPN

THE RADIO: 540 ESPN Milwaukee, available through the TuneIn app, with Steve “The Homer” True and Tony Smith on the call

THE LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast

THE LINE: Marquette -4

THE PROJECTION: KenPom gives Marquette a 62% chance to win, with a predicted score of 79-75.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Markus Howard (19.6 pts, 5.2 rebs, 5.6 asts)
• Jamal Cain (4.2 pts, 5.0 rebs)
• Sam Hauser (16.4 pts, 6.4 rebs, 1.8 asts)
• Joey Hauser (11.4 pts, 6.2 rebs, 2.6 asts)
• Theo John (7.4 pts, 4.4 rebs, 2.4 blks)

LOUISVILLE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Darius Perry (13.0 pts, 1.3 rebs, 3.5 asts, 1.0 stls)
• Christen Cunningham (5.3 pts, 1.5 rebs, 2.3 asts)
• Dwayne Sutton (6.8 pts, 5.3 rebs, 1.8 asts)
• VJ King (10.8 pts, 4.3 rebs, 1.3 asts)
• Steven Enoch (10.5 pts, 4.0 rebs, 1.0 blks)

Louisville Lineup Note: Jordan Nwora is leading the team in scoring at 19.3 points per game and has scored 20 or more in three of UL’s four games this season. He has also not started at all this season. He came damn close to a points/rebounds/turnovers triple-double on Wednesday night, so I don’t expect Chris Mack to suddenly reward him with a spot in the starting five.