THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (8-14, 3-8 Big East) vs Butler Bulldogs (13-10, 4-8 Big East)
THE DATE: Saturday, February 7, 2026
THE TIME: 1pm Central
THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
THE TELEVISION: FS1, with Noah Reed and Phil Martelli on the call
THE STREAMING: FoxSports.com/live or the Fox Sports app
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THE RADIO: 94.5 FM/ESPN Milwaukee, available online via The Varsity Network.
THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
THE LINE: Marquette -2.5 according to our friends at FanDuel.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Butler a 51% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 79-78.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 56.5, making it the 19th most potentially exciting game out of the 155 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Illinois at Michigan State.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Nigel James (15.4 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 4.7 apg, 1.7 spg)
- Adrien Stevens (6.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.1 spg)
- Chase Ross (15.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.3 apg, Big East best 2.3 spg)
- Royce Parham (11.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
- Ben Gold (8.5 ppg, 5.4 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 as far back as the home contest against Providence, but he was still listed as out ahead of last weekend’s game against Seton Hall on the availability report.
BUTLER PROBABLE LINEUP
- Finley Bizjack (17.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.3 apg)
- Jamie Kaiser (9.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.0 apg, 1.2 spg)
- Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor (3.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.8 apg)
- Michael Ajayi (16.2 ppg, Big East best 11.3 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.0 spg)
- Drayton Jones (7.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.0 bpg)
BUTLER INJURY NOTE: Freshman point guard Azavier Robinson missed Butler’s most recent contest with a wrist injury suffered in the previous game. as of February 4th, there was no set timeline for return for Robinson, who had eight points, two rebounds, four assists, and four steals in the first meeting with Marquette.
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