3/29/2024 Marquette v. NC State Game Preview

March 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM ET
NCAA Tournament

American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas

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Marquette vs. NC State Prediction: Odds, Spread & Insights - NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

This Sweet 16 battle features the No. 2 seed Marquette Golden Eagles (27-9) taking the court against the No. 11 seed NC State Wolfpack (24-14) on Friday at American Airlines Center. It tips off at 7:09 PM, with the winner moving on to the South Region bracket final.

The Golden Eagles go head to head with the Wolfpack in a game that Marquette is currently a strong favorite by 6.5 points. The game's point total has been set at 151.5 by sportsbooks.

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Marquette vs. NC State game info

  • Date: Friday, March 29, 2024
  • Time: 7:09 PM ET
  • How to Watch on TV: CBS
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  • Location: Dallas, Texas
  • Venue: American Airlines Center
  • Spread: Marquette -6.5
  • Moneylines: Marquette -300, NC State +240
  • Total: 151.5

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Prediction: Who will win the Marquette vs. NC State game?

  • Prediction: Marquette 77, NC State 71
  • Pick ATS: NC State (+6.5)
  • Pick OU: Under (151.5)

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Marquette vs. NC State betting insights

  • Marquette has put together a 19-13-0 record against the spread this season.
  • The Golden Eagles have an ATS record of 10-6 when playing as at least 6.5-point favorites this season.
  • NC State has covered 17 times in 37 chances against the spread this season.
  • The Wolfpack have an ATS record of 6-3 when playing as at least 6.5-point underdogs this season.
  • Marquette's 32 games this season have gone over this contest's total of 151.5 points 14 times.
  • The Wolfpack have played 17 games this season that finished with a combined score higher than 151.5 points.
  • These two teams rack up a combined 155.1 points per game, 3.6 more points than this matchup's point total.

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Marquette vs. NC State stat comparison

Marquette Rank Marquette AVG NC State AVG NC State Rank
23rd 79.3 Points Scored 77.7 41st
184th 70.3 Points Allowed 70.8 202nd
319th 31.8 Rebounds 36.6 78th
280th 7.3 Off. Rebounds 9.9 60th
39th 8.9 3pt Made 8.3 74th
6th 17.3 Assists 12.7 204th
44th 10.5 Turnovers 9.1 8th

Marquette top performers

  • Oso Ighodaro: 13.6 PTS, 1.1 STL, 1.3 BLK, 58.1 FG%
  • Tyler Kolek: 15.3 PTS, 7.9 AST, 1.6 STL, 49.7 FG%, 39.7 3PT% (46-for-116)
  • Kam Jones: 17.1 PTS, 1.2 STL, 50.3 FG%, 41.4 3PT% (92-for-222)
  • David Joplin: 11.0 PTS, 42.0 FG%, 36.7 3PT% (72-for-196)
  • Stevie Mitchell: 8.8 PTS, 1.9 STL, 52.6 FG%, 28.1 3PT% (18-for-64)

NC State top performers

  • DJ Horne: 16.7 PTS, 1.3 STL, 43.8 FG%, 40.6 3PT% (97-for-239)
  • D.J. Burns: 12.8 PTS, 51.8 FG%
  • Jayden Taylor: 11.5 PTS, 1.2 STL, 41.3 FG%, 36.4 3PT% (60-for-165)
  • Casey Morsell: 11.4 PTS, 1.1 STL, 40.7 FG%, 27.1 3PT% (36-for-133)
  • Mohamed Diarra: 6.4 PTS, 7.7 REB, 1.1 BLK, 48.3 FG%, 34.4 3PT% (21-for-61)

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2023-2024 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
NC State4140.575.627.260.6.4507.020.2.34514.219.4.7339.124.233.313.17.23.69.316.2
Marquette3740.078.129.161.0.4788.825.1.35210.915.6.7037.822.830.615.98.63.59.815.0
NCST Opponents4140.371.825.458.7.4337.221.6.33513.618.5.7369.024.533.512.95.13.211.516.1
MARQ Opponents3740.269.824.858.3.4268.424.9.33711.715.7.7489.224.033.214.85.73.113.514.6


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Dec 5, 2009
NC State
Marquette
77 - 73
NC State
Non-Conference Regular Season BMO Harris Bradley Center
Dec 22, 2008
Marquette
NC State
68 - 65
Marquette
Non-Conference Regular Season PNC Arena

2023-2024 NC State Wolfpack Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Horne M. O'Connell C. Morsell M. Diarra D. Burns, Jr.
Rotation   J. Taylor     B. Middlebrooks
Lim PT B. Pass   D. Parker, Jr. E. Ross  
Lim PT J. Snell   M. Rice    
Lim PT K. Woods        
Lim PT L. Thomas        

2023-2024 Marquette Golden Eagles Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Mitchell T. Kolek K. Jones D. Joplin O. Ighodaro
Rotation   Z. Lowery C. Ross   B. Gold
Lim PT J. Lucas T. Norman J. Riley A. Amadou  
Lim PT C. Brown J. Ciardo      
Lim PT S. Jones C. Kozinski      
Lim PT C. O'Malley R. Walson      

NC State Wolfpack Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
30 D.J. Burns, Jr. C 41 24.9 12.9 5.6 10.6 .531 0.0 0.1 .200 1.6 2.4 .680 1.3 2.7 4.0 2.9 0.4 0.6 1.9 2.4
23 Mohamed Diarra C 40 22.1 6.3 2.3 4.8 .477 0.5 1.7 .309 1.2 1.8 .658 1.8 6.0 7.8 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.7 1.6
0 D.J. Horne PG 40 32.7 16.9 6.0 13.8 .436 2.6 6.5 .404 2.3 2.8 .814 0.5 3.0 3.5 2.1 1.3 0.1 1.4 2.0
13 K.J. Keatts G 6 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
34 Ben Middlebrooks C 41 16.2 5.7 1.7 3.6 .486 0.0 0.3 .077 2.2 3.0 .738 2.0 2.4 4.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 2.7
14 Casey Morsell SG 41 32.2 11.1 3.9 9.6 .406 0.9 3.3 .270 2.4 3.0 .806 1.1 1.7 2.8 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.9 2.1
20 Alex Nunnally G 6 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Michael O'Connell PG 41 25.1 5.7 2.0 4.5 .449 0.7 2.0 .375 0.9 1.2 .776 0.6 2.8 3.4 3.2 0.9 0.1 1.2 1.6
11 Dennis Parker, Jr. SF 29 15.5 4.7 1.8 4.0 .443 0.4 1.3 .308 0.7 1.3 .538 1.2 2.0 3.2 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.7 1.1
10 Breon Pass PG 31 5.7 1.3 0.5 1.1 .441 0.2 0.5 .333 0.2 0.3 .625 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4
3 M.J. Rice F 9 8.9 4.1 1.7 3.4 .484 0.3 1.4 .231 0.4 1.0 .444 0.7 1.2 1.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.8
24 Ernest Ross F 15 3.6 0.3 0.1 0.7 .182 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5
22 Jordan Snell G 7 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
1 Jayden Taylor G 41 27.4 11.2 3.5 8.4 .413 1.6 4.3 .364 2.6 3.5 .755 0.6 3.0 3.6 1.3 1.1 0.5 1.5 1.8
4 L.J. Thomas PG 13 6.9 2.4 0.8 1.9 .400 0.3 0.5 .571 0.5 0.8 .636 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.8
2 Kam Woods G 13 7.3 1.2 0.4 1.3 .294 0.2 0.4 .400 0.2 0.5 .500 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.7

Marquette Golden Eagles Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
21 Al Amadou PF 13 3.9 1.3 0.6 0.9 .667 0.0 0.1 .000 0.1 0.3 .250 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.9
55 Cameron Brown G 10 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.7 .143 0.1 0.3 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
54 Jake Ciardo G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Ben Gold C 37 16.7 5.0 1.8 4.1 .447 1.1 3.2 .359 0.2 0.5 .529 0.7 2.2 3.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.9
35 Caedin Hamilton F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 Oso Ighodaro F 36 32.5 13.4 5.4 9.4 .576 0.0 0.1 .000 2.5 4.1 .623 2.6 4.3 6.9 2.9 1.1 1.3 1.8 2.2
1 Kam Jones F 36 29.0 17.2 6.5 13.0 .501 2.6 6.5 .406 1.5 2.1 .724 0.4 2.4 2.9 2.4 1.1 0.1 1.4 2.0
22 Sean Jones G 16 16.4 5.8 2.1 4.9 .418 0.6 2.2 .257 1.1 1.5 .750 0.2 1.2 1.5 2.0 0.9 0.0 1.1 1.8
23 David Joplin F 37 27.6 10.8 3.8 9.2 .413 1.9 5.5 .355 1.3 1.9 .681 0.7 3.2 3.9 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.8
11 Tyler Kolek G 31 33.0 15.3 5.6 11.3 .496 1.5 3.9 .388 2.6 3.0 .851 0.7 4.2 4.9 7.7 1.6 0.2 2.9 1.0
25 Caleb Kozinski G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 Zaide Lowery SG 30 9.9 1.7 0.5 1.6 .327 0.3 1.0 .310 0.3 0.5 .643 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.9
41 Jonah Lucas G 10 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.7 .286 0.2 0.6 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
4 Stevie Mitchell G 33 26.3 8.8 3.4 6.6 .516 0.5 2.1 .265 1.5 1.9 .766 1.4 2.7 4.1 0.8 1.9 0.2 0.8 2.0
5 Tre Norman G 34 9.0 2.0 0.8 2.2 .378 0.2 1.1 .189 0.1 0.3 .556 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.3 1.1
40 Casey O'Malley G 9 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2
42 Jack Riley F 10 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
2 Chase Ross G 32 21.8 6.1 2.0 4.8 .425 0.8 2.2 .362 1.3 1.8 .719 0.5 2.6 3.1 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.8 1.9
51 R.J. Walson G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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