(5) Big East Marathon on MLK

[MU/Panther]

MLK Day- Big East Marathon on FS1

8:30am-Skip and Shannon: Undisputed

11:00-Marquette at Butler-- Tim Brando, Len Elmore
Line: Butler -8

1:00 Creighton at Xavier- Joe Davis, Jim Jackson
Line: Even

3:30- DePaul at St. John's- Brian Custer and Jim Spanarkel
Line: St. John's -9

5:30- Seton Hall at Villanova- Gus Johnson, Bill Raftery
Line: Villanova -14

8:00-Providence at Georgetown- Justin Kutcher, Tarik Turner
Line: Georgetown -5.5

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

That's a huge opportunity. I'm expecting us to fall to 3-5 once Nova leaves town, but tomorrow may be our best shot to steal one. Butler just gutted out a win over Xavier while we were able to sit our starters with both teams on short rest.

Either way, come next week we'll have 5 of our most difficult conference matches out of the way, with a trip to Xavier the toughest test left.

[MU/Panther]

If MU wants and thinks they are a NCAA team, they can't lose the next three games.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

That's patently not true. MU will be underdogs the next three games, and there are probably about 340 teams in the country that would be underdogs if they had to go to Butler, Creighton, and host Villanova. Marquette is in fine position, even if they go 0-3. They need 7 wins and will have 5 of the 6 toughest conference games out of the way. Winning any of the next three is a bonus and should not be expected. Lose all three and it doesn't change their tournament odds from today one single bit.

[Nukem2]

That's patently not true. MU will be underdogs the next three games, and there are probably about 340 teams in the country that would be underdogs if they had to go to Butler, Creighton, and host Villanova. Marquette is in fine position, even if they go 0-3. They need 7 wins and will have 5 of the 6 toughest conference games out of the way. Winning any of the next three is a bonus and should not be expected. Lose all three and it doesn't change their tournament odds from today one single bit.

Maybe just a teeny bit?

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

Winning would definitely help the case, but losing won't hurt it.

[MU/Panther]

Boy, did the line move for Xavier -4

[MU/Panther]

Mo Watson went out twice with a left knee injury. Let's hope Creighton doesn't play him on Saturday.

Creighton up 36-34 on Xavier.

[warriorfan4life]

Mo Watson went out twice with a left knee injury. Let's hope Creighton doesn't play him on Saturday.

Creighton up 36-34 on Xavier.

God this sucks for Creighton and the league. May not have believed that they were the 7th best team in the country, but they were really good and really entertaining.

[mufan2003]

Hope it is just a sprain and not a tear.