The Golden Eagles close out their season series with the Bulldogs. Can they get the sweep?
THE VITALS: #9 Marquette Golden Eagles (17-3, 8-1 Big East) at Butler Bulldogs (9-11, 2-7 Big East)
THE DATE: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
THE TIME: 7:30pm Central
THE LOCATION: Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Jeff Levering and LaPhonso Ellis 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 -6.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 73% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 76-70.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 63.8, making it the fourth most potentially exciting game out of the 29 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Baylor at BYU.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (11.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2.7 spg)
- Kam Jones (19.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 6.5 apg, 1.7 spg)
- Chase Ross (10.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.2 spg)
- David Joplin (14.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.2 spg, 1.2 bpg)
- Ben Gold (8.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.1 apg)
BUTLER PROBABLE LINEUP
- Finley Bizjack (7.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.1 apg)
- Pierre Brooks (15.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.7 apg)
- Jahmyl Telfort (15.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 3.4 apg)
- Patrick McCaffery (12.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.4 apg)
- Boden Kapke (2.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg)
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