Can the Golden Eagles extend their semifinals streak to three straight years?
THE VITALS: #5 Marquette Golden Eagles (22-9, 13-7 Big East) vs #4 Xavier Musketeers (21-10, 13-7 Big East)
THE DATE: Thursday, March 13, 2025
THE TIME: 1:30pm Central, or 30 minutes after the previous quarterfinal game ends
THE LOCATION: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
THE TELEVISION: None
WHAT? THE GAME’S NOT AVAILABLE TO WATCH? I didn’t say that. I said it’s not on television.
DO YOU MEAN……? Yep, been scheduled that way since the new TV deal was announced in June, don’t say I didn’t give you advance warning.
THE STREAMING: Peacock, with Noah Eagle, Donny Marshall, and John Fanta on the call
THE RADIO: 94.5 ESPN Milwaukee, available online at Wisconsin On Demand or The Varsity Network.
THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
THE LINE: Marquette -1.5 from our friends at Draft Kings.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 62% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 75-71.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 73.9, making it the eighth most potentially exciting game out of the 48 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Kansas vs Arizona in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Stevie Mitchell (10.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2.3 spg)
- Kam Jones (18.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 6.1 apg, 1.5 spg)
- Chase Ross (10.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.2 apg, 1.7 spg)
- David Joplin (13.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.1 spg, 1.0 bpg)
- Ben Gold (7.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
XAVIER PROBABLE LINEUP
- Dayvion McKnight (9.7 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.3 apg, 1.5 spg)
- Ryan Conwell (16.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.4 spg)
- Marcus Foster (7.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.0 spg)
- Dailyn Swain (10.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.5 spg)
- Zach Freemantle (17.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.1 spg)
YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: Long Day by Matchbox Twenty
YOUR BIG EAST TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY
Game 1: #9 Butler vs #1 St. John’s, 11am (Peacock)
Game 2: #4 Xavier vs #5 Marquette, 1:30pm (Peacock)
Game 3: #10 DePaul vs #2 Creighton, 6pm (FS1)
Game 4: #6 Villanova vs #3 Connecticut, 8:30pm (FS1)
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