Big East Game Thread: Marquette Golden Eagles vs St. John’s Red Storm

THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (13-5, 3-3 Big East) vs St. John’s Red Storm (12-7, 1-5 Big East)

THE DATE: Tuesday, January 21, 2020

THE TIME: 8pm Central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI

THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Kevin Kugler and Tim Miles on the call

THE STREAMING: Fox Sports Go

THE RADIO: 94.5 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 -9

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 78% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 79-71.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 48.2, making it the eighth most potentially exciting game out of the 24 scheduled for the day.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Markus Howard (28.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.9 apg)
• Koby McEwen (9.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 3.2 apg)
• Sacar Anim (12.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.2 apg)
• Brendan Bailey (7.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.6 apg)
• Theo John (5.2 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.7 bpg)

ST. JOHN’S PROBABLE LINEUP

• Rasheem Dunn (11.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.2 spg)
• Nick Rutherford (5.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.2 apg, 2.1 spg)
• Mustapha Heron (13.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.6 apg)
• LJ Figueroa (14.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.3 spg)
• Josh Roberts (6.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.8 bpg)