Big East Showdown: Marquette vs. Providence Preview

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00:00to the Big East. A Big East battle tonight in Providence, Rhode Island. The Friars play host

00:05to Marquette. Each team has played two games so far in Big East conference action in Shaka

00:11Sports Golden Eagles. A six and a half point road favor tonight against Providence. What is

00:17the breakdown for this matchup tonight out in Rhode Island? Well, when you look at Providence,

00:23obviously the ceiling is going to change if we find out that Bryce Hopkins is going to return

00:28to action. There is no word from that yet out of the 401. But Amica Mutual Pavilion, to me Ben,

00:34is still one of the great home court advantages that exists in college basketball. So Providence

00:39is going to be a very tough out at home with or without Bryce Hopkins. Beyond that though,

00:45Marquette, despite losing Tyler Kolick, despite losing Oso Aguedoro, is now emerging as one of

00:51the model programs in the sport. Cam Jones firmly separating himself as the best garden college

00:57basketball. And Ben, get this, if Cam Jones gets four assists today against Providence,

01:04he will have tied his total assist total from all of last season. That is an incredible, incredible

01:11feat considering that this game is being played on December 31st. And another thing I want to

01:15point out to you, because I know you love good nuggets, this season in games played against

01:21Power Conference competition and Dayton, Marquette is plus 30 when Stevie Mitchell is on the court.