THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (5-1) vs #5 Maryland Terrapins (7-0)
THE DATE: Sunday, December 1, 2019
THE TIME: Noon Central
THE LOCATION: HP Field House, Kississimee, FL, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World
THE TELEVISION: ESPN
THE STREAMING: WatchESPN.com
THE RADIO: 540 ESPN Milwaukee, available through the TuneIn app, with Steve “The Homer” True and Tony Smith on the call
THE LIVE STATS: I still have no idea if there’s live stats to be officially watched for this tournament.
THE LINE: Marquette +3
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Maryland a 55% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 79-78.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom gives this game a Thrill Score of 78.4, making it the most potentially exciting game out of the 38 scheduled for the day.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Markus Howard (29.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 2.3 apg)
- Koby McEwen (12.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.0 spg)
- Sacar Anim (9.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.3 apg)
- Brendan Bailey (4.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.0 apg)
- Theo John (5.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.5 bpg)
MARYLAND PROBABLE LINEUP
- Anthony Cowan Jr. (16.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 4.6 apg, 1.1 spg)
- Darryl Morsell (7.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 spg)
- Aaron Wiggins (10.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.9 apg, 2.0 spg)
- Makhi Mitchell (4.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.0 bpg)
- Jalen Smith (14.1 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.0 spg, 1.9 bpg)