Weekend Pub

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From Jason King


Forget about the Super Bowl. The game I'm most looking forward to watching is the tilt on the hardwood between Marquette and Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center. Marquette leads the Big East with a 6-1 record. Louisville is 5-3 after beating Pittsburgh Monday and ending a three-game losing streak. Buzz Williams' Marquette squad certainly has a flair for the dramatic. Three of its seven conference games have gone to overtime and another was a one-point victory over Georgetown. Louisville entered Big East play as a Final Four favorite but has struggled in recent weeks. So there are two storylines here: The Golden Eagles' unlikely quest for a conference title a year after losing Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom, and Louisville's attempt to regain some confidence -- and credibility -- after a surprisingly rough stretch.