Pregame notes: Marquette at No. 7 Creighton
Omaha, Neb. — Marquette (12-6, 3-3 Big East) will aim for its first Big East road victory of the season when it takes on No. 7 Creighton at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at CenturyLink Center. The game marks the Golden Eagles' third road game in a row against a team ranked in the top 15.
The game will be televised on FOX with Justin Kutcher (play-by-play) and Nick Bahe (analyst) calling the action. On radio, the game will air on ESPN 540, the flagship of the MU radio network, where Steve "The Homer" True and Jim McIlvaine will have the call.
I'll be tweeting some of my observations throughout the game, so check out our season-long live Twitter stream here and feel free to follow me on Twitter at @Matt_Velazquez. You can also follow the live box scores on our college basketball scoreboard page.
Below are the probable starting lineups and a few notes that will help prepare you for the game.
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
Markus Howard, 5-foot-11, G, fr.
Haanif Cheatham, 6-foot-5, G, soph.
Jajuan Johnson, 6-foot-5, G, sr.
Sam Hauser, 6-foot-6, G, fr.
Luke Fischer, 6-foot-11, C, sr.
Isaiah Zierden, 6-foot-3, G, sr.
Marcus Foster, 6-foot-3, G, jr.
Khyri Thomas, 6-foot-3, G, soph.
Cole Huff, 6-foot-8, F, sr.
Justin Patton, 7-foot, C, fr.
Pregame read: The gauntlet continues Saturday for Marquette at No. 7 Creighton. The Bluejays won't have senior leader Maurice Watson Jr., who suffered a torn left ACL on Monday, but they still have plenty of weapons left at their disposal and will be playing at home where they're tough to beat. If the Golden Eagles are going to have a chance, they're going to need to step up their defense from the display they put on in the second half against Butler.
Wojo competing for charity: For the second year in a row, Wojciechowski is taking part in the Infiniti Coaches' Challenge in order to raise money for Camp Hometown Heroes, a summer camp that benefits the children of fallen military members.
There are 48 Division I coaches taking part in the competition, which is in its sixth year. The farther a coach advances in the competition, the more money is raised for his charity. The winning coach will receive $100,000 to benefit his charity of choice.
The first round of voting takes place January 2 and runs through January 22. Half of the coaches advance to a second round, held between January 23 and February 12. From February 13 to February 26, the 16 advancing coaches from round two will compete in a third round where only four coaches advance to the final, fourth round. From February 27 to March 12, fans can vote for one coach per day with the top vote-getting coach and charity announced on March 12.
Click here to learn more about the competition and/or vote.
Matt Velazquez can be reached at mvelazquez@journalsentinel.com and twitter.com/Matt_Velazquez.