GAME THREAD TIME! Join us to watch the Golden Eagles vs the Lobos in the first round of the national championship tournament.
THE VITALS: #7 Marquette Golden Eagles (23-10, 13-7 Big East) vs #10 New Mexico Lobos (26-7, 17-3 Mountain West)
THE DATE: Friday, March 21, 2025
THE TIME: 6:25pm Central
THE LOCATION: Rocket Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
THE TELEVISION: TBS, with Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel, and Jon Rothstein on the call
THE STREAMING: March Madness Live
THE RADIO: 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee, available online at Wisconsin On Demand or The Varsity Network.
THE LIVE STATS: NCAA.com because the NCAA is a bunch of galactic weirdos about live stats for the tournament for some reason.
THE LINE: Marquette -3.5 from our friends at FanDuel.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 62% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 77-73.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 74.3, making it the fifth most potentially exciting game out of the 16 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? North Carolina vs Ole Miss.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (10.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.5 apg, 2.3 spg)
- Kam Jones (19.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 5.9 apg, 1.4 spg)
- Chase Ross (10.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.8 spg)
- David Joplin (13.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.1 spg)
- Ben Gold (7.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
NEW MEXICO PROBABLE LINEUP
- Donovan Dent (20.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 6.4 apg, 1.5 spg)
- Tru Washington (11.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.0 apg, 2.1 spg)
- Mustapha Amzil (11.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.4 apg)
- Filip Borovicanin (5.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.2 apg)
- Nelly Junior Joseph (14.0 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.3 spg, 1.5 bpg)
YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: Hey Jealousy by Gin Blossoms