GAME THREAD: Marquette vs Albany

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THE VITALS: Marquette Golden Eagles (0-0) vs Albany Great Danes (0-0)

THE DATE: Monday, November 3, 2025

THE TIME: 7pm Central

THE LOCATION: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

THE TELEVISION: None

WAIT, WHAT?

THE GAME’S NOT ON TV? Not in the traditional sense, no.

IS IT ON TV OR NOT? If I wasn’t going to be at the game as a season ticket holder, I would watch it on my TV, I’ll say for sure.

STOP DANCING AROUND IT, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Hang on, we have to do the actual heading for this part, you’re interrupting me.

SORRY, GO AHEAD. Thank you.

THE STREAMING: ESPN+, with Jeff Levering and Tre Demps on the call. This is Marquette men’s basketball’s debut on ESPN+ as part of the new media contract signed with ESPN this summer.

HOW IMPORTANT IS AN ESPN+ SUBSCRIPTION FOR MARQUETTE WATCHING THIS SEASON? Depends on how much you want to watch Albany, Southern, Little Rock, and Valparaiso, all of which are home games.

I AM A COMPLETIST AND MUST WATCH EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY GAME. Then you’d better get your credit card out, brother.

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

THE LIVE STATS: Stat Broadcast

THE LINE: Nothing yet according to our friends at FanDuel

THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 97% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 85-64.

THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL: KenPom.com gives this game a Thrill Score of 12.9, making it the 66th most potentially exciting game out of the 108 all-Division 1 games scheduled for the day. #1? Florida vs Arizona in Las Vegas.

MARQUETTE BEST GUESS LINEUP

(w/last year’s stats)

Sean Jones (5.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 2.0 apg in 16 games in 2023-24)
Chase Ross (10.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.8 spg)
Zaide Lowery (4.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg)
Royce Parham (5.1 ppg, 2.2 rpg)
Ben Gold (7.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg)

ALBANY BEST GUESS LINEUP

Your guess is as good as mine, the Great Danes have nine transfers and didn’t play a public exhibition game. Amir Lindsey was named to the preseason all-America East Team, so I presume he’ll start.

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