GAME THREAD: RV Marquette vs Detroit Mercy

This Tyler Spratt fella seems pretty important for UDM. | Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images THE VITALS: RV Marquette Golden Eagles (1-0) vs Detroit Mercy Titans (0-0) THE DATE: Friday, November 6, 2026 THE TIME: 7pm Central THE LOCATION: Al McGuire Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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THE VITALS: RV Marquette Golden Eagles (1-0) vs Detroit Mercy Titans (0-0)

THE DATE: Friday, November 6, 2026

THE TIME: 7pm Central

THE LOCATION: Al McGuire Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

THIS IS IN MY SEASON TICKET PACKAGE, RIGHT? No sir, students only at the Al on Friday night.

AH, RATS. AT LEAST I CAN WATCH IT ON TELEVISION.

Welllllllll……

IS IT NOT ON TV EITHER??? I’ll be on my couch watching it on my television, that’s for sure.

YOU’RE DOING THE THING AGAIN. Correct.

THE STREAMING: ESPN+, with Josh Maurer

and Brian Butch on the call.

HOW MANY MORE OF THESE ESPN+ GAMES ARE THERE? Four more after this one.

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

THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast

THE LINE: Marquette -31.5 according to our friends at FanDuel.

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 99% chance of victory in this game, with a predicted score of 88-62.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 10.1, making it the 50th most potentially exciting game out of the 59 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Michigan vs Connecticut with a Score of 74.7.

THE RECOMMENDATION: I’ll be at home on the couch for this game since it is Students Only, and because of [gestures broadly], I have a wireless keyboard for my iPad just in case something else needs blogging while the game is going on. So that’ll be my set up here, but I highly recommend that you use the SB Nation app to chat about the game in the comments. I’ve been using it to post comments in the soccer and volleyball previews/Game Threads this fall, and I’ve really been enjoying how smoothly it works. The point of the story is that now’s a great time for you to 1) make sure you have an account to post in the Game Thread comments and 2) download the app to joining the game discussion even easier! It’s available in the United States wherever fine phone apps are available.