Big East Tournament GameThread: #2 Marquette Golden Eagles vs #7 St. John’s Red Storm

THE VITALS: #2 Marquette Golden Eagles (23-8, 12-6 Big East) vs #7 St. John’s Red Storm (21-11, 8-10 Big East)

THE DATE: Thursday, March 14, 2019

THE TIME: 6pm Central

THE LOCATION: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery, and Lisa Byington 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: StatBroadcast

THE LINE: Marquette -2

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 63% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 77-74.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom gives this game a Thrill Score of 64.2, the 10th best score of the 62 games scheduled for the day.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Markus Howard (25.0 pts, 3.9 rebs, 4.0 asts, 1.1 stls)
• Sacar Anim (8.4 pts, 3.2 rebs, 1.2 asts)
• Sam Hauser (14.8 pts, 7.1 rebs, 2.4 asts)
• Joey Hauser (9.8 pts, 5.3 rebs, 2.5 asts)
• Theo John (5.7 pts, 4.9 rebs, 2.1 blks)

ST. JOHN’S PROBABLE LINEUP

• Shamorie Ponds (19.7 pts, 4.3 rebs, 5.3 asts, 2.6 stls)
• Mustapha Heron (15.1 pts, 4.8 rebs, 1.3 asts, 1.0 stls)
• Justin Simon (10.3 pts, 4.9 rebs, 3.2 asts, 1.4 stls)
• LJ Figueroa (14.6 pts, 6.3 rebs, 1.8 asts, 1.8 stls)
• Marvin Clark II (11.1 pts, 5.4 rebs, 1.4 asts)