There are a lot of reasons to like Marquette here…revenge after being embarrassed at Uconn and Uconn having already clinched. But that’s a trap. The Huskies need to make a statement and Marquette will be without their best player. Huskies

No Tyler Kolek for Marquette and UCONN will dig in on D and make sure that they don’t have a repeat of when they went to Creighton and allowed the Blue Jays to light them up. Take the under.

Talk about absorbing a hoops equivalent of a Joe Frazier left hook! Tyler Kolek's oblique strain has removed perhaps the top PG in the country from the Marquette lineup; he's out until at least the Big East Tourney next week, and we'll see about his availability for the Big Dance. Without Kolek and also deft-passing and tough-rebounding 6-11 Oso Ighodaro (illness) on the weekend vs. Creighton, Shaka Smart's team understandably fell short at Omaha. Ighodaro is expected available tonight, but minus Kolek it's going to be hard to derail the Huskies, who walloped the Golden Eagles with Kolek (who admittedly didn't do much, only 2 for 11 from the floor) by 28 at Storrs on February 17. Play UConn