Marquette vs. Villanova: A Narrow Big East Showdown

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00:00but a big battle in the big east marquette on the road tonight taking on villanova also a very

00:06short spread in favor of the road team that would be the golden eagles now just a point and a half

00:12minus 122 on the money line total stands at 142 and a half villanova had a chance to knock off

00:20yukon earlier this week squandered a 14 point second half lead about midway through that second

00:26half marquette trying to stay in any bit of that big east title race that st john's is really in

00:32command of at this moment what do you like tonight between the cats and the golden eagles yeah let's

00:37have some fun with this one too typically villanova plays their home games out on the pavilion on the

00:41main line this one will be at the wells fargo center which is the fact a home away from home

00:45just a few miles away from their campus but i do think the three-point shot is the key tonight ben

00:50because you're lining this up we know marquette likes to do the three-point shot number three

00:54in conference play doing that volume wise number six in conference play is villanova but here's

00:58where the battle is going to be won villanova is the best three-point shooting in conference play

01:02percentage wise 39 of their shots as a team go down but how about marquette's defense number one

01:07overall defending the three-point line but they will let you shoot the three-point shot and also

01:12villanova's defense 11th out of 11 teams been at letting you shoot the three-point shot i'm going

01:16to ride this one out i'm going to say we're going to be efficient in this game make the three-point

01:20shots in the close ball game climb those fouls in the final two minutes if you need them how about

01:25over 142 and a half between marquette and villanova why because the three lines the

01:29three-point line should be available tonight for both schools