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Periscope: #24 Vanderbilt vs. Marquette

By KingJamesIV

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Tonight, Vanderbilt squares off against the Marquette Golden Eagles for the first time since the first round of the 1974 NCAA Tournament, a game which Marquette won 69-61 in Tuscaloosa, AL. Payback's been a long time comin'. Marquette leads the all-time series 3-1.

Vanderbilt could be back to full strength tonight as well. Andre Walker has been cleared to play after his bout with mononucleosis, with Stallings even mentioning during his weekly call-in show his pleasant surprise at how well AW had practiced. Lance Goulbourne finally made it back to town after seeing his original flight home canceled due to the light dusting of snow NYC just received. It is still unknown when the NCAA will rule on his eligibility. If a rush decision comes in between now and gametime, he would be available, though it seems that the NCAA may currently have a skeleton crew in place until January 3rd, which would make such a case improbable at this point.

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Schedule Breakdown

Vandy has certainly played a tougher non-conference slate to date, though Marquette has played the strongest opponent of either team in Duke. Vandy is ranked higher, according to kenpom.

Vanderbilt, as currently ranked, will be the third best offensive team and second best defensive team that Marquette will have faced. Marquette will be the third best offensive and fifth best defensive team that the Commodores will have played. This is Marquette's first true road test, as their only previous opponent on the road was Wisconsin Milwaukee.

Statistical Breakdown

Keep in mind that these numbers have come against vastly different strengths of schedules.

Four Factors: Vanderbilt holds sizeable advantages in FTRate and eFG%. Marquette has advantages in TO% and OReb%. Prediction: I think Vandy will probably best the Tigers in FTRate and eFG%. Marquette will probably win TO%. If Lance is able to play tonight, I think Vanderbilt has a pretty good opportunity to take OReb% thanks to a size advantage.

Traditional Statistics - Marquette Golden Eagles

FG 3PT FT Rebounds Misc
G M M A Pct M A Pct M A Pct Off Def Tot Ast TO Stl Blk PF PPG
Jimmy Butler 12 31.6 5.1 10.6 48.0 0.5 1.5 33.3 4.7 6.0 77.8 2.3 4.2 6.5 2.1 1.5 1.3 0.4 1.3 15.3
Darius Johnson-Odom 12 27.1 4.6 11.0 41.7 1.5 4.8 31.6 3.5 4.4 79.2 0.5 3.2 3.7 2.3 1.7 0.6 0.3 2.3 14.2
Jae Crowder 12 23.0 4.5 8.4 53.5 1.1 2.4 44.8 1.7 2.9 57.1 2.2 3.9 6.1 1.1 0.6 1.6 0.8 1.6 11.8
Vander Blue 12 27.0 3.9 7.8 50.0 0.3 1.3 26.7 2.1 3.1 67.6 0.9 2.7 3.6 2.9 2.2 1.8 0.6 2.1 10.3
Dwight Buycks 11 27.7 3.6 7.5 48.8 0.9 2.7 33.3 1.5 1.9 81.0 0.9 2.7 3.6 4.5 2.3 1.6 0.1 1.8 9.7
Davante Gardner 10 10.8 2.7 4.4 61.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.8 71.4 1.3 1.6 2.9 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.3 7.4
Chris Otule 12 12.5 2.3 3.1 73.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.4 47.1 1.1 2.0 3.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.7 2.3 5.2
Joseph Fulce 5 10.8 1.8 2.6 69.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0 1.0 100.0 1.0 3.2 4.2 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.0 4.6
Erik Williams 10 9.7 1.5 3.1 48.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.7 71.4 1.1 1.4 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 1.3 3.5
Junior Cadougan 11 19.8 0.9 2.0 45.5 0.1 0.5 20.0 0.9 1.9 47.6 0.3 1.4 1.6 3.5 1.8 0.5 0.2 1.9 2.8
Jamail Jones 8 8.4 0.8 2.1 35.3 0.4 1.0 37.5 0.4 0.4 100.0 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 2.3
Reggie Smith 8 9.9 0.5 1.4 36.4 0.1 0.5 25.0 0.3 0.8 33.3 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.3 0.5 1.4
Robert Frozena 7 2.6 0.1 0.7 20.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.6 75.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.7


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Tipoff is scheduled for 20.00 CT and the game will be televised by ESPN2HD (Comcast ch. 203 HD in Nashville), though the game will also be available on ESPN3.com. Our open gamethread will go live about an hour before tipoff. Also, don't forget to head over to Stat-King to submit your predictions for the game.

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