Yep, not a Game Thread, a LIVE BLOG, because I have FloSports and I don’t know if anyone else will.
THE VITALS: #15 Marquette Golden Eagles (5-0) vs Georgia Bulldogs (5-0)
THE DATE: Saturday, November 23, 2024
THE TIME: 10 am Central
THE LOCATION: Imperial Arena, Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas
THE TELEVISION: None.
WHAT? We talked about this two weeks ago. It’s a college football Saturday, ESPN/Fox/CBS are all blocked up with games.
SO I CAN’T WATCH THE GAME? You can.
OH THANK GOODNESS. Well, not so fast. The game is being streamed exclusively on FloSports.
WHAT’S A FLOSPORTS? It’s a sports streaming service that’s been around since 2006. The Big East has been a partner with them for women’s basketball since 2020 and everything but men’s basketball since 2021.
SO I HAVE TO PAY TO WATCH THIS. Yes. Use this link to pay $20 to watch this game either on your computer in a browser window or via the FloSports app on your mobile device or your smart TV.
WHAT IF I REFUSE TO DO THAT? Jail, probably.
WHAT? Pay it or don’t, whatever, but I’m going to be live blogging the game further down the page here, so get that reload button ready.
THE RADIO: 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee, available online at Wisconsin On Demand or The Varsity Network.
THE LIVE STATS: Sidearm Stats, or at least that’s what Georgia’s schedule page says.
THE LINE: Nothing yet from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 74% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 78-71.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 62.4, making it the most potentially exciting game out of the 45 Division 1 games scheduled for the day. #2? Stanford at Santa Clara at 57.1.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (13.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.8 apg, 2.6 spg)
- Kam Jones (22.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 6.0 apg, 2.0 spg)
- Chase Ross (13.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 3.2 apg, 3.2 spg)
- David Joplin (12.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.6 spg)
- Ben Gold (8.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.2 bpg)
MARQUETTE INJURY UPDATE: Junior guard Sean Jones remains out while recovering from ACL surgery in January.
GEORGIA PROBABLE LINEUP
- Tyrin Lawrence (11.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.8 spg)
- Blue Cain (10.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.0 apg)
- Silas Demary, Jr. (14.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.6 spg)
- RJ Godfrey (9.4 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.2 bpg)
- Asa Newell (16.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.0 spg, 2.0 bpg)
YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: If You Could Only See by Tonic. Only a link today, I don’t want the YouTube embed messing up the reloading for people in the live blog. Also: No, I did not intentionally pick that, I am just going down a Spotify playlist and fate threw us a joke here.
Friday, 7pm Central: This is where the live blog’s going to go eventually. This is just serving as a placeholder for the time being.