Who wins in a fight, a Golden Eagle or a Wildcat?
THE VITALS: #16 Marquette Golden Eagles (20-6, 11-4 Big East) vs Villanova Wildcats (15-12, 8-8 Big East)
THE DATE: Friday, February 21, 2025
THE TIME: 6pm Central
THE LOCATION: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
THE TELEVISION: FS1 with Alex Faust and Donny Marshall on the call
THE STREAMING: FoxSports.com/live or the Fox Sports app
THE RADIO: 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee, available online at Wisconsin On Demand or The Varsity Network.
THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
THE LINE: Marquette -1.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 56% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 73-71.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 74.1, making it the second most potentially exciting game out of the 20 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Michigan State at Michigan.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (11.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2.6 spg)
- Kam Jones (19.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 5.8 apg, 1.4 spg)
- Chase Ross (10.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.9 spg)
- David Joplin (13.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.1 spg, 1.0 bpg)
- Ben Gold (7.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.0 apg)
VILLANOVA PROBABLE LINEUP
- Jhamir Brickus (9.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 5.2 apg)
- Wooga Poplar (15.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.3 spg)
- Jordan Longino (11.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.3 spg)
- Eric Dixon (22.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.2 apg)
- Enoch Boakye (3.8 rpg, 6.1 rpg)
YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage