HOW TO WATCH: #9 Marquette Golden Eagles vs. Butler Bulldogs

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VITALS: #9 Marquette Golden Eagles (9-2, 0-0 Big East) vs. Butler Bulldogs (7-4, 0-0 Big East)

THE DATE: Wednesday 18 December 2024

THE TIME: 20.00 central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The television: FS1, with Jeff Levering & LaPhonso Ellis 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

LIVE STATISTICS: Side arm stats

THE LINE: Marquette -13.5 off our friends at Draft Kings.

THE PROJECTION: KenPom gives Marquette an 88% chance of victory with an expected score of 81-68.

VOLTAGE LEVEL: KenPom gives this game a Thrill Score of 40.0, making it the 11th most exciting game out of 56 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Oklahoma vs. Michigan with a 75.2.

MARQUETTE POSSIBLE LAYOUT

  • Stevie Mitchell (11.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.4 apg, 2.3 spg)
  • Kam Jones (20.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 6.4 apg, 1.6 spg)
  • Chase Ross (11.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.4 apg, 2.4 spg)
  • David Joplin (14.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.2 spg)
  • Ben Gold (8.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.5 apg)

MARQUETTE INJURY UPDATE: Junior guard Sean Jones remains out, while recovering from ACL surgery in January.

BUTLER POSSIBLE LINEUP

  • Finley Bizjack (6.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.6 apg, 0.5 spg)
  • Pierre Brooks II (15.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.3 spg)
  • Jahmyl Telfort (16.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.0 apg, 0.5 spg)
  • Patrick McCaffrey (12.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.4 spg)
  • Andre Screen (6.1 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.3 bpg)

BUTLER INJURY UPDATE: Butler forward Augusto Cassia is out indefinitely with a knee injury against North Dakota State. He averaged 5.1 points and 3.1 rebounds in 15 minutes a night while starting eight times.

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