Big East Game Thread: Marquette Golden Eagles vs #13 Seton Hall Pirates

THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (18-9, 8-7 Big East) vs #13 Seton Hall Pirates (20-7, 12-3 Big East)

THE DATE: Saturday, February 29, 2020

THE TIME: 1:30pm Central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI

THE TELEVISION: Fox, with Tim Brando, Donny Marshall, and Lisa Byington 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 -2

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 58% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 75-72.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 74.4, making it the second most potentially exciting game out of the 137 scheduled for the day. #1? Michigan State at Maryland.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Markus Howard (27.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.0 spg)
• Koby McEwen (10.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 3.3 apg)
• Sacar Anim (12.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)
• Brendan Bailey (7.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.2 apg)
• Theo John (5.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.0 bpg)

SETON HALL PROBABLE LINEUP

• Myles Powell (21.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.5 agp, 1.3 spg)
• Quincy McKnight (11.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 5.3 apg, 1.6 spg)
• Jared Rhoden (9.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.1 apg, 1.1 spg)
• Sandro Mamukelashvili (10.9 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.3 apg)
• Romaro Gill (7.9 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.4 bpg)