Notre Dame men's basketball at Marquette: How to watch on Fubo
Notre Dame goes back on the road Saturday to face one of the best teams in college basketball. The Irish will visit No. 8 Marquette at 9 p.m. ET, and head coach Micah Shrewsberry takes the Golden Eagles very seriously.
Marquette does so many things well that a big concern for Shrewsberry is not overwhelming his team while trying to tackle all of them.
“Their ranking is well-deserved,” Shrewsberry said. “They’re good offensively and defensively. They pose challenges for you, and now it’s about, ‘What do you choose to focus on?'”
Marquette is 7-2 with impressive wins over No. 23 Illinois, UCLA and No 1 Kansas. The Golden Eagles gave No. 2 Purdue all it could handle, losing 75-78 in the Maui Invitational championship game, and their resume’s only blemish is a 75-64 road loss at Wisconsin.
While Notre Dame’s schedule hasn’t been the tournament-heavy, barnstorming gantlet that Marquette’s and other top teams’ slates tend to be, the Golden Eagles represent another early test for a young, inexperienced team. The Irish also faced No. 15 Miami, who was No. 8 on the time. That game was also on the road.
“We’ve seen it all,” Shrewsberry said. “We’ve seen a bunch of different styles. Good teams, experienced teams, different styles.”
That experience, Shrewsberry believes, will help the Irish when they enter Atlantic Coast Conference play later this month. As will the raucous environment at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, which will host a sold-out crowd.
“I don’t know if anything will prepare us for this one,” Shrewsberry said. “It will be rocking in there. … You just gotta play with poise. That’s the only thing.”
Notre Dame at Marquette game information
- Teams: Notre Dame (4-4) and No. 8 Marquette (7-2)
- Date: Saturday, Dec. 9
- Location: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- Television: Fox
- TV broadcasters: Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play), LaPhonso Ellis (analyst)
- Streaming: Fubo (Try for free) – For a limited time, new subscribers can save $20 on Fubo’s Pro, Elite and Premier plans for the first month
- Radio: 960 WSBT-AM in South Bend
- Radio broadcasters: Tony Simeone
Matchup notables
• Ellis, a Notre Dame legend, is calling his first Fighting Irish game of the season. He has attended at least one game in South Bend so far: the season opener, in which freshman guard Markus Burton broke his record for most points in a Notre Dame debut.
• As Shrewsberry noted, Marquette’s lineup has been remarkably consistent over the past three years. The Golden Eagles are a rarity in the transfer portal era of college basketball under third-year head coach Shaka Smart, and that brings advantages on both ends of the court.
“They’ve been playing together,” Shrewsberry said. “So there’s things that they’re gonna be able to do that we are not gonna be able to know how to guard. Now it’s just a matter of, I hope they don’t do it.”
• Senior guard, consensus preseason first-team All-American and 2022-23 Big East Player of the Year Tyler Kolek is back, and he averages 15.1 points per game. He is not Marquette’s leading scorer, though. That would be junior guard Kam Jones at 16.4.
• 6-foot-11 senior forward Oso Ighodaro is another one of the Golden Eagles’ fixtures, as he averages 12.2 points and a team-leading 6.3 rebounds per game.
