GAME THREAD: Marquette vs Central Michigan

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THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (3-3) vs Central Michigan Chippewas (2-3)

THE DATE: Saturday, November 22, 2025

THE TIME: 1pm Central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

THE TELEVISION: truTV,

with Brian Anderson, Grant Hill, and Lauren Jbara on the call

THE STREAMING: truTV.com or HBO Max

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

THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast

THE LINE: Nothing yet from to our friends at FanDuel.

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 97% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 87-66.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 11.0, making it the 32nd most potentially exciting game out of the 36 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Penn State vs Providence at Mohegan Sun Casino.

THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING: Marquette volleyball is playing #12 Creighton in the Big East tournament semifinals. That match starts at the Al McGuire Center one hour before this game starts, and ESPN+ has the broadcast for it. I think it was very rude of the men’s basketball team to play a home game at the same time as The Best Team On Campus’ postseason match was going to be going on at home as well. Am I making a mistake in attending this game with my already paid for season tickets instead of the volleyball that I would have had to buy on top of my volleyball season tickets? LET’S FIND OUT TOGETHER!

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

Nigel James (10.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.8 spg)
Chase Ross (19.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.8 spg)
Zaide Lowery (10.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.7 spg)
Ben Gold (10.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 1.0 apg)
Caedin Hamilton (6.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg)

MARQUETTE INJURY NOTE: Redshirt junior guard Sean Jones suffered some sort of shoulder injury in practice on November 11th and has not played since. He had his arm in a sling that keeps things immobilized, and after the Little Rock game, head coach Shaka Smart said that the medical staff was still evaluating the best path forward for Jones… but he would probably be out “for a little while.” Jones was still wearing the immobilizer sling on Wednesday night against Dayton.