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Marquette Golden Eagles (6-10, 1-4 Big East) vs RV Villanova Wildcats (12-3, 3-1 Big East)
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Time: 1:30pm Central
Location: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Marquette Stats Leaders
Points: Chase Ross, 16.0 ppg
Rebounds: Ben Gold, 6.8 rpg
Assists: Nigel James, 3.9 apg
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Marquette Injury Note: Sean Jones has missed the last two games with a foot issue. Since he was in a walking boot on Wednesday, I don’t expect him to be available again until we see him without the boot on.
Villanova Stats Leaders
Points: Bryce Lindsay, 16.0 ppg
Rebounds: Duke Brennan, 11.4 rpg
Assists: Acaden Lewis, 5.0 apg
KenPom.com Rankings
Marquette: #118, exactly where they were before beating Xavier and still at their lowest ranking since going into a home game against Butler at #120 on January 30, 2016, in Steve Wojciechowski’s second season in charge
Villanova: #25
Game Projection: Villanova has a 76% chance of victory, with a predicted score of 75-68.
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This Season So Far: We can absolutely say it’s going pretty well for Villanova, the question at hand is whether or not it’s going surprisingly well.
In the very first game of the season and thus head coach Kevin Willard’s tenure, Villanova had a competitive game with a BYU team that was expected to be nationally relevant coming into the year, and with six minutes to play, they had a 59-57 lead on the Cougars out in Las Vegas. Took a 71-66 loss, but not the worst showing against a team that might have the #1 pick in the NBA draft, y’know? After that, seven straight wins against on-paper lesser opponents, but importantly for the VU fan headspace, no silly losses that pretty much disqualified the Wildcats from the NCAA tournament before Thanksgiving like they had seen the last few years.
The winning streak got broken up by a 28 point loss to Michigan, but Dusty May’s Wolverines have an average margin of victory this season of 28.2. They’re doing that to everyone, so no shame there. Nova then won the…
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