Marquette men’s basketball team will host Illinois Nov. 15 at Fiserv Forum this season for the sixth annual Gavitt Tipoff Games, the BIG EAST and Big Ten Conferences announced Thursday afternoon.
Beginning in 2015, the Gavitt Tipoff Games is an annual early-season series between the two conferences named in honor of BIG EAST Conference Founder and Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt.
Both conferences mutually agreed to cancel the Gavitt Tipoff games last season after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the start of the 2020-21 NCAA basketball season.
Marquette is 1-3 overall in the competition, with their lone win coming against Purdue in a 65-55 victory at Fiserv Forum Nov.