Golden Eagles and Cardinals To Fly Tonight In Louisville

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Marquette will take to the road to play at Louisville in front of a national audience on ESPN tonight at Freedom Hall. Marquette has won three straight games at the historic Freedom Hall, no team has done that since Cincinnati when it won three straight from 1998-2000.

This is the first of the two-game series between Marquette and Louisville, the teams will meet again on Feb. 17 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. Last season, Marquette swept the two-game series.

The last four games of this series have been extremely close as the games have been decided by an average of four points and no game has been decided by more than seven. On Feb. 24, 2001, the teams played what was the longest game in Marquette history--a triple overtime thriller that saw Louisville win, 77-74.

TV: ESPN, Brad Nessler, Rick Majerus, Heather Cox

Radio: WISN 1130 AM; Steve ?The Homer? True and George Thompson

Marquette Records:
14-4 overall
2-3 Conference USA
12-2 home
2-2 road

Head Coach Tom Crean Records:

116-57 (.671), 6th season
54-31 (.635) in C-USA
78-15 (.839) at the Bradley Center
2-2 (.500) at the US Cellular Arena
24-34 (.414) on the road
12-7 (.632) on neutral sites

Marquette and Louisville

All-Time: Marquette trails, 23-31

Tom Crean Era: Marquette leads, 7-4

Last Meeting: March 6, 2004, at Marquette 81, No. 25 Louisville 80

Last Meeting at Freedom Hall: Jan. 31, 2004, Marquette 77, at No. 4 Louisville, 70
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