It’s about 30 minutes until game time here in Milwaukee between No. 10 Marquette (21-4, 10-2 Big East) and Seton Hall (14-10, 5-7). Marquette is coming off a win over St. John’s, breaking its first two-game losing streak of the season. Seton Hall is coming off a relatively close loss to UConn (62-54) on Saturday.

After Marquette’s win over St. John’s Saturday, coach Buzz Williams said his team was renewing its focus on defense. In fact, for a week, the Golden Eagles didn’t run a single offensive drill (according to Williams). That worked out, and you shouldn’t expect anything different tonight. Marquette will likely use solid perimeter defenders like Jerel McNeal and Dominic James to lock down Seton Hall guard Jeremy Hazell (22.8 ppg). The Golden Eagles will also have to watch out for forward Robert Mitchell (14.9 ppg, 8.5 rpg).

On the offensive end, nothing ever seems to change for Marquette. McNeal will likely carry the heaving scoring load, and is averaging 20.2 ppg. If he falters, the Golden Eagles can turn to James (11.8 ppg), Wesley Matthews (18.4 ppg) or forward Lazar Hayward (16.0 ppg). As Williams says though, the Golden Eagles will get their points somewhere.

We’ll have more from this one as we go.