Big East GameThread: Marquette Golden Eagles at Creighton Bluejays

THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (14-11, 5-8) at Creighton Bluejays (19-7, 8-5)

THE DATE: Saturday, February 17, 2018

THE TIME: 9:15pm Central

THE LOCATION: CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Nebraska

THE TELEVISION: Fox Sports Wisconsin, or selected other FS Regional providers, with Steve Physioc and Nick Bahe on the call

THE STREAMING: Fox Sports Go

THE RADIO: 540 ESPN Milwaukee, with Steve “The Homer” True and Jim McIlvaine on the call

THE LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast

THE LINE: Marquette +7.5

THE PROJECTION: KenPom gives Creighton a 74% chance of victory with a predicted score of 87-80.

THE STAKES: Marquette has eight Big East losses on the season already. Earning an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament without help from the Big East tournament with a 10-8 record is a likely possibility. Earning said bid at 9-9 is much less likely.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Andrew Rowsey (19.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.1 spg)
• Markus Howard (21.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.8 apg)
• Sacar Anim (7.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.8 apg)
• Sam Hauser (14.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.1 spg)
• Matt Heldt (4.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg)

CREIGHTON PROBABLE LINEUP

• Davion Mintz (5.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.0 apg)
• Marcus Foster (20.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.0 spg)
• Khyri Thomas (14.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.5 spg)
• Ronnie Harrell (7.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.7 apg)
• Toby Hegner (9.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg)