BIG EAST GAME THREAD: Marquette at Seton Hall

THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (8-14, 3-8 Big East) at Seton Hall Pirates (15-6, 5-5 Big East)

THE DATE: Saturday, January 31, 2026

THE TIME: 11am Central

THE LOCATION: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey

THE TELEVISION: Nope. We’ve been over this.

THE STREAMING: Peacock, with (sigh) John Fanta and Jordan Cornette on the call

THE RADIO: 94.5 FM/ESPN Milwaukee, available online via The Varsity Network.

THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast

THE LINE: Marquette +7.5 according to our friends at DraftKings.

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Seton Hall an 82% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 74-64.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 37.9, making it the 47th most potentially exciting game out of the 139 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? BYU at Kansas with a Score of 81.4.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

• Nigel James (15.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.7 apg, 1.7 spg)
• Adrien Stevens (6.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.1 spg)
• Chase Ross (15.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.3 apg, Big East best 2.4 spg)
• Royce Parham (11.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg)
• Ben Gold (8.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg)

MARQUETTE INJURY NOTE: Redshirt junior guard Sean Jones missed the last eight games with a foot issue. He was not wearing a walking boot for the January 19th home game against Providence, but he was still listed as out ahead of Tuesday’s game against Creighton on the availability report.

SETON HALL PROBABLE LINEUP

• Budd Clark (10.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 4.6 apg, 2.2 spg)
• Mike Williams (8.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.1 spg)
• AJ Staton-McCray (11.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.6 spg)
• Elijah Fisher (7.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 spg)
• Stephon Payne (6.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.0 spg, 1.5 bpg)

YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: Bullet In The Head by Rage Against The Machine

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