What will change from their meeting seven days ago with a spot in the conference championship game on the line?
THE VITALS: #1 St. John’s Red Storm (28-4, 18-2 Big East) vs #5 Marquette Golden Eagles (23-9, 13-7 Big East)
THE DATE: Friday, March 14, 2025
THE TIME: 5:30pm Central
THE LOCATION: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
THE TELEVISION: Fox, with Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson 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 +3.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives St. John’s the nod for this game as “semi-home,” but that’s still giving full faith on the home court advantage. As such, the Red Storm have a 64% chance of victory with a predicted score of 73-69.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 77.1, making it the eighth most potentially exciting game out of the 38 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Kentucky vs Alabama in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (10.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2.4 spg)
- Kam Jones (19.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 6.0 apg, 1.4 spg)
- Chase Ross (10.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.8 spg)
- David Joplin (13.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.0 spg)
- Ben Gold (7.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
ST. JOHN’S PROBABLE LINEUP
- Simeon Wilcher (8.2 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.1 spg)
- Kadary Richmond (12.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 5.4 apg, 2.1 spg)
- Aaron Scott (8.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.5 spg)
- RJ Luis (18.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.4 spg)
- Zuby Ejiofor (13.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.4 bpg)
YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day
YOUR BIG EAST TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY
Game 1: #1 St. John’s vs #5 Marquette, 5:30pm Central, Fox
Game 2: #2 Creighton vs #3 UConn, 8pm Central, Fox
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