GameThread: #18 Marquette Golden Eagles vs Southern Jaguars

THE VITALS: #18 Marquette Golden Eagles (10-2) vs Southern Jaguars (1-11)

THE DATE: Friday, December 28, 2018

THE TIME: 7pm Central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum

THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Wayne Randazzo and Stephen Bardo on the call

THE STREAMING: Fox Sports Go

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

THE LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats

THE LINE: Marquette -31

WHAT? Yep, Golden Eagles by 31, at least when I checked to put this bad boy together.

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 99% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 90-62.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom gives this game a Thrill Score of 7.9, the 24th best game of the day out of 27, which includes two games against non-Division 1 opponents.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Markus Howard (25.0 pts, 4.3 rebs, 4.5 asts, 1.1 stls)
• Sacar Anim (6.2 pts, 3.3 rebs)
• Sam Hauser (15.0 pts, 6.7 rebs, 2.2 asts)
• Joey Hauser (10.3 pts, 6.0 rebs, 2.4 asts)
• Theo John (6.3 pts, 3.9 rebs, 2.3 blks)

SOUTHERN PROBABLE LINEUP

• Brendon Brooks (4.0 pts, 1.5 asts)
• Eddie Reese (15.4 pts, 3.0 rebs, 2.7 asts, 1.4 stls)
• Aaron Ray (6.3 pts, 3.4 rebs, 2.6 asts, 1.1 stls)
• Richard Lee (11.3 pts, 1.5 rebs)
• Bryan Assie (4.2 pts, 3.5 rebs)