Marquette plays Providence in Big East play Wednesday. Wednesday's matchup is the first of the season for the two teams.

The Golden Eagles have to travel and deal with an arena full of Rhode Island schoolkids in the middle of the day.

8 Marquette will strive to finish the calendar year with another Big East win when it visits Providence in a Tuesday ... a five-game losing streak in Rhode Island, where the Friars were 72-57 ...

Providence welcomes Butler to Rhode Island's capital city for a Wednesday night matchup ... "It was a much different effort than (in a 78-50 loss the previous Tuesday) against Marquette," English said ...

Providence was terrific through 20 minutes ... For the third time this season, we relinquished a pretty good lead.” More:Rhode Island — the state and the school — hold a special place ...

Marquette Golden Eagles (11-2, 2-0 Big East) at Providence Friars (7-6, 1-1 Big East) Providence, Rhode Island; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Marquette visits Providence after Kam Jones ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Marquette men's basketball team closes ... Former MU star Tyler Kolek, a Rhode Island native, made his way to baseline seats by the Marquette bench just before tipoff.

Marquette Golden Eagles (11-2, 2-0 Big East) at Providence Friars (7-6, 1-1 Big East) Providence, Rhode Island; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Eagles -5.5; over/under is 142.5 ...

PROVIDENCE — "Auld Lang Syne" wasn’t the ... More:What will 2025 bring to college hoops in Rhode Island? Bill Koch has some questions. These two teams went toe-to-toe in a Big East tournament ...

Marquette Injury Update ... Things are looking up! And then Providence got outscored 31-17 in the final 14 minutes on the road against Rhode Island and lost their in-state rivalry game.