Big East Game Thread: #20 Marquette Golden Eagles vs #22 Providence Friars

THE VITALS: #20 Marquette Golden Eagles (14-5, 6-2 Big East) vs #22 Providence Friars (14-4, 6-2 Big East)

THE DATE: Wednesday, January 18, 2022

THE TIME: 8pm Central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

THE TELEVISION: CBS Sports Network, with Andrew Catalon and Steve Lappas on the call

THE STREAMING: CBSSports.com

THE RADIO: 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee, available online at Wisconsin On Demand

THE LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats

THE LINE: Marquette -7.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 70% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 80-75.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: Marquette’s streak of playing in the most potentially exciting game comes to an end, as KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 65.7 and that’s only good enough for fourth best amongst the 38 Division 1 games scheduled for the day. #1? Arkansas at Missouri.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Tyler Kolek (9.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 7.9 apg, 1.7 spg)
• Stevie Mitchell (7.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.5 spg)
• Kam Jones (15.8 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.4 spg)
• Olivier-Maxence Prosper (14.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg)
• Oso Ighodaro (12.0 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.0 spg, 1.7 bpg)

PROVIDENCE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Alyn Breed (6.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.7 apg)
• Devin Carter (13.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.9 spg, 1.1 bpg)
• Noah Locke (10.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.2 apg)
• Bryce Hopkins (16.2 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 2.2 apg)
• Ed Croswell (12.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.4 spg, 1.1 bpg)

PROVIDENCE LINEUP NOTE: Starting point guard Jared Bynum has missed PC’s last two games with an abdominal issue. He’s averaging 9.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per game.