GAME THREAD: Marquette vs Maryland

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THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (3-1) vs Maryland Terrapins (2-1)

THE DATE: Saturday, November 15, 2025

THE TIME: 1pm Central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

THE SPECIAL EVENT: Marquette

legend Jerel McNeal will be honored with a banner in the rafters at halftime.

THE NOT SO SPECIAL EVENT: Buzz Williams is the head coach at Maryland, and deserves to be roundly booed repeatedly on the occasion of his first game back to Milwaukee since leaving Marquette for Virginia Tech in 2014.

THE TELEVISION: Nope.

LET ME GUESS, MORE ESPN+. Nope.

HOW IS IT NOT ON TELEVISION IF IT IS NOT ON ESPN+? Because the Big East has more than one media partner.

THE STREAMING: Peacock, with (sigh) John Fanta and Donny Marshall on the call.

THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast

THE LINE: Marquette -6.5 according to our friends at FanDuel.

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 67% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 76-72.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 61.7, making it the fourth most potentially exciting game out of the 73 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? BYU vs Connecticut in Boston at 77.9.

MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP

Nigel James (9.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.8 spg)
Chase Ross (18.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.5 spg)
Zaide Lowery (9.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.3 spg)
Ben Gold (9.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.0 spg, 1.0 bpg)
Caedin Hamilton (6.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.0 bpg)

MARQUETTE INJURY NOTE: Sean Jones suffered some sort of shoulder injury in practice on Tuesday and did not play against Little Rock on Wednesday. He had his arm in a sling during that game, and afterwards, 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.”

MARYLAND PROBABLE LINEUP

David Coit (10.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.3 spg)
Andre Mills (11.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.3 spg)
Darius Adams (9.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 spg)
Elijah Saunders (10.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.3 apg)
Pharrel Payne (20.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.3 apg)

MARYLAND INJURY NOTE: Myles Rice had a walking boot on his left foot during Maryland’s win over Alcorn State on Tuesday. He also missed their opener against Coppin State, but did play 27 minutes off the bench in the Terrapins’ 10 point home loss to Georgetown. Rice had 19 points on 4-for-9 shooting along with seven rebounds, an assist, and four turnovers against the Hoyas. Is he healthy enough to play if it’s going to be a competitive game and not a 20 point win as has been the case for the Terps’ two victories this season? We’ll see.

YOUR 90s ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE DAY: Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers