Michigan welcomes Marquette to the Crisler Center tonight (7:00 p.m., FS1) for its highest-profile home non-conference game of the season. The Golden Eagles return many of their top pieces from last year’s disappointing 12-20 season, hoping the experience pays off for their young players.
Shaka Smart added a few key transfers to that returning core, and it looks like he has a team that can compete at the top of the Big East. Marquette hasn’t played a good team yet (352nd in schedule strength) but won its opening two games over Mercyhurst and Detroit Mercy by a combined 96 points. Smart’s team also knocked off Michigan State, 86-79, in an October exhibition game that it led for 35 minutes.
Michigan will hope to bounce back from Friday’s humbling defeat to UConn and protect home court as it plays its second of four November Big East matchups.
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