Big East GameThread: #16 Marquette Golden Eagles vs Georgetown Hoyas

THE VITALS: #16 Marquette Golden Eagles (23-7, 12-5 Big East) vs Georgetown Hoyas (18-12, 8-9 Big East)

THE DATE: Saturday, March 9, 2019

THE TIME: 1:30pm Central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI

THE TELEVISION: Fox, with Tim Brando 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 -10

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette an 85% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 82-71.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom gives this game a Thrill Score of 39.2, the 41st best score out of the 102 games scheduled for the day.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Markus Howard (24.9 pts, 4.0 rebs, 4.0 asts, 1.1 stls)
• Sacar Anim (8.3 pts, 3.2 rebs, 1.2 asts)
• Sam Hauser (15.1 pts, 7.1 rebs, 2.3 asts)
• Joey Hauser (9.6 pts, 5.3 rebs, 2.4 asts)
• Theo John (5.7 pts, 4.9 rebs, 2.2 blks)

GEORGETOWN PROBABLE LINEUP

• James Akinjo (12.9 pts, 2.8 rebs, 5.4 asts, 1.0 stls)
• Mac McClung (13.0 pts, 2.6 rebs, 2.0 asts)
• Jagan Mosely (3.2 pts, 2.0 rebs, 2.2 asts)
• Josh LeBlanc (9.4 pts, 7.6 rebs, 1.0 asts, 1.0 stls, 1.2 blks)
• Jessie Govan (17.9 pts, 7.7 rebs, 1.4 asts, 1.2 blks)