THE PREGAME VIEWING: Marquette Golden Eagles (16-9, 10-6 Big East) vs #1 UConn (26-0, 15-0 Big East) at Noon Central on FS1
THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (9-16, 4-10 Big East) at Xavier Musketeers (12-12, 4-9 Big East)
THE DATE: Saturday, February 14, 2026
THE TIME: 2pm Central
THE LOCATION: Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
THE TELEVISION: TNT & truTV, with Spero Dedes, Robbie Hummel, and Jared Greenberg calling the action
THE STREAMING: TNTDrama.com/WatchTNT or HBO Max
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THE RADIO: 94.5 FM/ESPN Milwaukee, available online via The Varsity Network.
THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast
THE LINE: Nothing yet from our friends at FanDuel.
THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Xavier a 65% chance of victory with a predicted score of 79-75.
THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 49.4, making it the 26th most potentially exciting game out of the 132 Division 1 contests scheduled for the day. #1? Purdue at Iowa with a Score of 85.2.
MARQUETTE PROBABLE LINEUP
- Nigel James (15.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 4.7 apg, 1.8 spg)
- Adrien Stevens (7.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.2 spg)
- Chase Ross (15.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.4 apg, Big East best 2.4 spg)
- Royce Parham (11.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
- Ben Gold (8.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg)
MARQUETTE INJURY NOTE: Redshirt junior guard Sean Jones missed the last 11 games with a foot issue. He was not wearing a walking boot as far back as the home contest against Providence, but head coach Shaka Smart is unsure if Jones will play again this season.
XAVIER PROBABLE LINEUP
- All Wright (7.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.1 apg)
- Malik Messina-Moore (10.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 3.6 apg, 1.1 spg)
- Tre Carroll (Big East best 18.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.3 bpg)
- Filip Borovicanin (9.9 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 4.3 apg, 1.4 spg)
- Jovan Milicevic (11.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.3 apg)
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