Big East Game Thread: #19 Marquette Golden Eagles at Providence Friars

THE VITALS: #19 Marquette Golden Eagles (17-8, 7-6 Big East) at Providence Friars (15-12, 8-6 Big East)

THE DATE: Saturday, February 22, 2020

THE TIME: 11 am Central

THE LOCATION: Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, RI

THE TELEVISION: Fox, with Gus Johnson, Donny Marshall, and Andy Katz on the call

THE STREAMING: FoxSportsGo.com

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 +1.5

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 52% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 72-71.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 69.3, making it the sixth most potentially exciting game out of the 132 scheduled for the day. #1? Kansas at Baylor.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Markus Howard (26.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.0 spg)
• Koby McEwen (10.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.5 apg)
• Sacar Anim (13.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.4 apg)
• Brendan Bailey (7.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.3 apg)
• Theo John (5.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.0 bpg)

PROVIDENCE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Luwane Pipkins (9.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.0 spg)
• David Duke (11.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.3 spg)
• A.J. Reeves (7.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.1 apg)
• Alpha Diallo (14.1 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.0 bpg)
• Nate Watson (9.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg)