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Marquette Heads to Butler in Friday Night Matchup

Four games set for Saturday; time change for St. John's/Xavier tilt in Cincinnati


SCHEDULE UPDATE
Due to the impending winter weather throughout the BIG EAST footprint, tipoff for Saturday's game featuring St. John's at Xavier has been moved forward one hour to 1:30 p.m. ET.

The game will air in its entirety on truTV - and will stream on HBO Max - beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET.  TNT will join the game in progress at the conclusion of Georgetown at Providence.

 
MBB Minute: Marquette travels to Butler in the lone BIG EAST matchup on Friday night.  Tipoff at Hinkle Fieldhouse is set for 8 p.m. ET and the game will air live on FS1.

Friday, Jan. 23

FS1
Marquette at Butler - 8 p.m. ET
Jeff Levering (pxp); Dickey Simpkins (analyst) 

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Looking Ahead: There are four games set for Saturday, beginning with a pair of games at 12:30 p.m. ET as Villanova visits UConn, while Georgetown heads to Providence.

Due to the impending winter weather throughout the BIG EAST footprint, Xavier's home game with St. John's will start an hour earlier - at 1:30 p.m. - and will air in its entirety on truTV.  TNT will join the game in progress at the conclusion of Georgetown/Providence.

The day's action concludes with Seton Hall visiting DePaul at 5 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 24

FOX
Villanova at UConn - 12:30 p.m. ET
Alex Faust (pxp); Nick Bahe (analyst)

TNT & truTV; HBO Max
Georgetown at Providence - 12:30 p.m. ET
JB Long (pxp); Jim Spanarkel (analyst); Jared Greenberg (reporter)

truTV; HBO Max
St. John's at Xavier - 1:30 p.m. ET
Brian Anderson (pxp); Grant Hill (analyst); Andy Katz (reporter)

Seton Hall at DePaul - 5 p.m. ET
Brandon Gaudin (pxp); Greg Anthony (analyst); Nabil Karim (reporter)

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This Week in the BIG EAST Podcast:  Austin Swartz from Creighton, Marquette head coach Shaka Smart, and legendary broadcaster Bill Raftery are the guests on the fourth episode of This Week in the BIG EAST.  Now in its 12th season, This Week In The BIG EAST (#TWITBE) is distributed by Westwood One radio and is available wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.  

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