National Marquette Day. National television. Two nationally ranked teams. What’s not to like?
THE VITALS: #9 Marquette Golden Eagles (18-3, 9-1 Big East) vs #25 Connecticut Huskies (15-6, 7-3 Big East)
THE DATE: Saturday, February 1, 2025
THE TIME: 7pm Central
THE LOCATION: A sold out (and striped out) Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
THE TELEVISION: Fox, with Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson, and Kristina Pink 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: Sidearm Stats
THE LINE: Marquette -7 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 77% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 77-69.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 61.2, making it the 18th most potentially exciting game out of the 146 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Florida at Tennessee.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (12.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2.6 spg)
- Kam Jones (18.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 6.3 apg, 1.6 spg)
- Chase Ross (11.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.1 spg)
- David Joplin (14.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.1 spg, 1.1 bpg)
- Ben Gold (8.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.0 apg)
CONNECTICUT PROBABLE LINEUP
- Hassan Diarra (8.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 6.4 apg, 1.5 spg)
- Solo Ball (14.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.3 apg)
- Jaylin Stewart (5.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.1 apg)
- Alex Karaban (15.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.7 bpg)
- Samson Johnson (8.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.7 bpg)
CONNECTICUT INJURY NOTES: Liam McNeeley has missed UConn’s last seven games with a high ankle sprain. He was a game time decision on Wednesday against DePaul and did not play, and will be a game time decision again on Saturday. Hassan Diarra was limited in practice since the DePaul game, but head coach Dan Hurley says he’s “pretty sure” Diarra will play on Saturday.
YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: All For You by Sister Hazel