#MUBB Opens Season vs. Radford at 7:30 p.m. CT

The Marquette University men's basketball team (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) opens its 2022-23 campaign on Monday, Nov. 7 when the squad hosts Radford (0-0, 0-0 Big South) at 7:30 p.m. CT in Fiserv Forum. FS1 will feature the national television broadcast, with Jeff Levering (play-by-play) and Brian Butch (analyst) calling the action. Following Monday's game, the Golden Eagles continue their season-opening homestand on Thursday, Nov. 10 against Central Michigan. The matchup against CMU will be played on campus at the Al McGuire Center and the 3,500-capacity arena will feature a crowd exclusively made up of Marquette students.

FS1 Featuring League-Wide Coverage Monday

Eight BIG EAST teams open the 2022-23 campaign at home Monday night and FS1 will feature complete coverage with its Opening Night Tip-Off program.

Casey Jacobsen and Bill Raftery will anchor coverage from the studio and provide live coverage of each of the eight outings at various times throughout the evening. Action begins at 5:30 p.m. CT when Butler takes on New Orleans at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Fans interested in watching the matchup with Radford in its entirety are encouraged to download and register on the FOX Sports app.

Marquette Hoping To Continue Opening Success

Marquette has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success on opening night and hopes to continue that trend in 2022-23 when the team faces Radford in the first game of the year in the program's 106th season of competition.

The Golden Eagles are 89-16 (.848) all-time in campaign lidlifters and have claimed 29 of their last 31 overall. Marquette had an impressive streak of 29 years in which it started 1-0, dating from 1960-61 to 1988-89.

Marquette and Radford meet for the first time Monday night.

MU Looking To Exceed Expectations

Marquette was selected to finish ninth in the league's preseason coaches' poll, the second-straight campaign the Golden Eagles have been slotted in that position.

Last year, MU exceeded the expectations by its BIG EAST peers and earned a share of fifth place (11-8) in the conference standings. The team finished 19-13 overall and earned a No. 9 seed in the NCAA tournament, falling to eventual national runner-up North Carolina.

Kolek Handed Out Assists Like Candy At Parade

In 2022-23, Marquette's Tyler Kolek topped the league in assists-per-game and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.4).

Kolek dished out a league-best 5.9 assists-per-game, which ranked eighth nationally. The George Mason transfer distributed a career-best 11 helpers in the win over Georgetown (2/16/22) and his 188 helpers last season was the seventh-best single-season mark in program history.

The Cumberland, R.I., native dished out five-or-more assists in 24 of his 32 outings.

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