The eighth-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles take on the Xavier Musketeers in the final Big East regular season game. Marquette is 13-6 in the Big East and is now tied with Creighton for second place. Xavier is one game under .500 in the Big East at 9-10. Marquette beat Xavier 88-64 in their first meeting. Marquette is putting up 79 points a game. The Golden Eagles are giving up just 69.5 points a game. Xavier is putting up 76.2 points a game this season. The Musketeers are giving up 73.8 points a game. Marquette will be without their best player Tyler Kolek for the third straight game but the Golden Eagles are still one of the best defensive teams in the nation. Marquette's defense will be the difference in this game and even without Kolek the offense will score enough to get the win and cover.

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