Two and a half weeks after the UConn Huskies blew out the Marquette Golden Eagles 81–53 in Hartford in a top-five matchup, the reigning national champions are going for the season sweep in a top-10 showdown Wednesday night in Milwaukee.
No. 8 Marquette (22–7, 13–5 Big East) will be without star guard Tyler Kolek (oblique), who has been ruled out for the remainder of the regular season, and forward Oso Ighodaro (illness) is questionable. Accordingly, the Golden Eagles have been installed as home underdogs for the first time all year against No. 2 UConn (26–3, 16–2 Big East).
The Huskies are at full strength coming off back-to-back blowout wins at home, most recently a 91–61 win against Seton Hall on Sunday. After losing its conference opener to the Pirates, UConn proceeded to win 16 of its next 17 games to clinch the Big East title with two games remaining.
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