Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball

Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
2021–22 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team
University	Marquette University
First season	1916–17
All-time record	1,651–1,019 (.618)
Athletic director	Bill Scholl
Head coach	Shaka Smart (1st season)
Conference	Big East
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Arena	Fiserv Forum (Capacity: 18,412)
Nickname	Golden Eagles
Colors	Blue and gold[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA Tournament Champions
1977
NCAA Tournament Runner-up
1974
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1974, 1977, 2003
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1955, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1977, 2003, 2013
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1955, 1959, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1994, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1955, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019
Conference tournament champions
1997
Conference regular season champions
1994, 2003, 2013

The Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team (formerly the Marquette Hilltoppers and Marquette Warriors) represents Marquette University in NCAA Division I college basketball and competes in the Big East Conference. The team plays its home games at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee.^[2]

Marquette has made 33 NCAA tournament appearances, including 23 round of 32 appearances, 16 sweet sixteens, 7 elite eights, and 3 final fours. They were the national runner-up 1 time and have won 1 national championship. Marquette first joined a conference in 1989, winning 3 conference regular season championships and 1 conference tournament championship. Marquette has had 3 national coaches of the year, 4 conference coaches of the year, 1 national player of the year, 9 consensus all-americans, 4 conference players of the year, and 16 all-conference first team selections. Marquette has also had 3 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and 4 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees. Additionally, 39 Marquette players have gone on to play in the NBA combining for 7 NBA championships, 25 NBA all-star selections, and 11 all-NBA selections.

History[]

McGuire era[]

Al McGuire became the head coach in 1964 and brought the program to national prominence, earning an NIT Championship in 1970 and a Final Four appearance in 1974 against the North Carolina State Wolfpack, where McGuire became the first coach ejected from a championship game.^{[3][4][5] [6]} McGuire coached with assistants Hank Raymonds and Rick Majerus, who would each have their own stints as head of the program following his departure. In his final season as a collegiate head coach, McGuire led Marquette to its only NCAA basketball championship in 1977.^[7] Led by Alfred "Butch" Lee, Maurice "Bo" Ellis and Jerome Whitehead, the team beat UNC Charlotte in the national semifinals after Whitehead received a full-court pass and subsequently made a last-second shot. Two days later, Marquette defeated Dean Smith's North Carolina Tar Heels for the title. The team set a record with seven losses going into the NCAA tournament, the most losses up to that time for a team that would win the NCAA Championship.^[7][8]

Crean era[]

Tom Crean took over the program on March 30, 1999.^[9] According to Crean, "Once Marquette became available, that's where my sights were. I had unbelievable respect for the tradition and the name. When I thought of Marquette, I thought of a true basketball school and to me that had a lot to do with it."^[10] Crean immediately made a number of changes at Marquette, creating a new team image by increasing the significance of the team's media day and instituting a "Midnight Madness" event commonly held by schools on the night teams are allowed to begin practice.^[11] Crean's first recruiting class was considered by experts to be among the top twenty in the country, Marquette's first in a long time.^[12]

In his nine years with Marquette, Crean's teams earned five NCAA Tournament bids, one more than the previous four Marquette coaches had in the 16 years prior to his arrival. During his tenure there Crean recruited, developed and coached a number of skilled players that made significant contributions in both the NCAA and NBA, including Dwyane Wade, Dominic James, Steve Novak, Wesley Matthews, and Travis Diener.

Over his final seven seasons at Marquette, Crean compiled an aggregate record of 160–68 (.702). The 2002–03 season was one of the best in Marquette history. The team made a Final Four appearance for the first time since winning the NCAA Championship in 1977. Crean has referred to the team's run as "one of the greatest four or five days of my life."^[13]

Later that year, Marquette accepted an offer to leave Conference USA for the Big East Conference after the 2004–2005 season. Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese cited his friendship with Crean as contributing to the invitation, saying, "That, to me, was one of the great appeals, to get Tommy as well as Marquette into the league."^[14]

Williams era[]

After Crean departed for the head job at Indiana, Buzz Williams was hired as the new head coach for the 2008–09 season, leading Marquette to a 25–10 record in and a second round loss to the Missouri Tigers in the 2009 NCAA Tournament. He coached Marquette to a 22–12 record in the 2009–10 season, which ended with a close loss to the 11th-seeded Washington Huskies in the First Round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament.

During the 2010–11 campaign, Williams led the Golden Eagles back to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2003. His team went 22–15 including a 9–9 Big East Conference record. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament to Louisville. Marquette received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. There they defeated Xavier in the second round (formerly the First Round) and Syracuse in the Third Round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they were defeated by No. 7-ranked and No. 2-seeded North Carolina.

Wiliams' 2012 team returned to the NCAA Tournament after finishing second in the Big East regular season, finishing 14–4 in conference play. As a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they defeated BYU and Murray State to advance to their second straight Sweet Sixteen. There, they lost to No. 7-seeded Florida.

After winning a share of the Big East Men's regular season championship, Marquette received an at-large bid in the 2013 NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed. There, they earned come-from-behind victories over Davidson in the Second Round and Butler in the Third Round. In the Sweet Sixteen, the school's third straight under Williams, they defeated ACC regular season and conference champion Miami to earn a trip to Williams's first Elite Eight, where they lost to Syracuse.

The 2013–14 season was Williams' worst at Marquette, finishing 17–15 with a loss to Xavier in the Big East Tournament.

Wojciechowski era[]

On April 1, 2014, Steve Wojciechowski was hired as the new Marquette head basketball coach, replacing Buzz Williams, who left for Virginia Tech.^[15]

On March 19, 2021 it was announced that Marquette had fired Wojciechowski after seven seasons.^[16]

Smart era[]

On March 26, 2021, Marquette University hired Shaka Smart to replace Wojciechowski as the Golden Eagles' head coach.^[17]

Postseason results[]

NCAA Tournament[]

Marquette has appeared in the NCAA Tournament 33 times. Their combined record is 41–34. They were National Champions in 1977.^[18]

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1955		Round of 24 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Miami (OH) Kentucky Iowa	W 90–79 W 79–71 L 81–86
1959		Round of 23 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place	Bowling Green Michigan State Kentucky	W 89–71 L 69–74 L 69–98
1961		Round of 24	Houston	L 61–77
1968		Round of 23 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place	Bowling Green Kentucky East Tennessee State	W 72–71 L 89–107 W 69–57
1969		Round of 25 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Murray State Kentucky Purdue	W 82–62 W 81–74 L 73–75OT
1971		Round of 25 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place	Miami (OH) Ohio State Kentucky	W 62–47 L 59–60 W 91–74
1972		Round of 25 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place	Ohio Kentucky Minnesota	W 73–49 L 69–85 L 72–77
1973		Round of 25 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place	Miami (OH) Indiana Austin Peay	W 77–62 L 69–75 W 88–73
1974		Round of 25 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Ohio Vanderbilt Michigan Kansas NC State	W 85–59 W 69–61 W 72–70 W 64–51 L 64–76
1975		Round of 32	Kentucky	L 54–76
1976		Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Western Kentucky Western Michigan Indiana	W 79–60 W 62–57 L 56–65
1977		Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Cincinnati Kansas State Wake Forest Charlotte North Carolina	W 66–51 W 67–66 W 82–68 W 51–49 W 67–59
1978		Round of 32	Miami (OH)	L 81–84OT
1979	3	Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	6 Pacific 2 DePaul	W 73–48 L 56–62
1980	9	Round of 48	8 Villanova	L 59–77
1982	7	Round of 48 Round of 32	10 Evansville 2 Missouri	W 67–62 L 69–73
1983	9	Round of 48	8 Tennessee	L 56–57
1993	12	Round of 64	5 Oklahoma State	L 62–74
1994	6	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	11 Southwestern Louisiana 3 Kentucky 2 Duke	W 81–59 W 75–63 L 49–59
1996	4	Round of 64 Round of 32	13 Monmouth 12 Arkansas	W 68–44 L 56–65
1997	7	Round of 64	10 Providence	L 59–81
2002	5	Round of 64	12 Tulsa	L 69–71
2003	3	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	14 Holy Cross 6 Missouri 2 Pittsburgh 1 Kentucky 2 Kansas	W 72–68 W 101–92OT W 77–74 W 83–69 L 61–94
2006	7	Round of 64	10 Alabama	L 85–90
2007	8	Round of 64	9 Michigan State	L 49–61
2008	6	Round of 64 Round of 32	11 Kentucky 3 Stanford	W 74–66 L 81–82OT
2009	6	Round of 64 Round of 32	11 Utah State 3 Missouri	W 58–57 L 79–83
2010	6	Round of 64	11 Washington	L 78–80
2011	11	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	6 Xavier 3 Syracuse 2 North Carolina	W 66–55 W 66–62 L 63–81
2012	3	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	14 BYU 6 Murray State 7 Florida	W 88–68 W 62–53 L 58–68
2013	3	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	14 Davidson 6 Butler 2 Miami (FL) 4 Syracuse	W 59–58 W 74–72 W 71–61 L 39–55
2017	10	Round of 64	7 South Carolina	L 73–93
2019	5	Round of 64	12 Murray State	L 64–83

NIT[]

Marquette has appeared in the National Invitation Tournament 16 times. Their combined record is 23–15. In 1970, Marquette was ranked 8th and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. The NCAA slotted Marquette into the Midwest regional rather than the closer Mideast regional. Al McGuire was so displeased about this that Marquette actually turned down the NCAA bid and chose to instead play in the NIT, which they won. Marquette is the only university to spurn an NCAA Tournament invite. The NCAA later instituted a rule which forbade an NCAA Division I men's basketball team from spurning an NCAA bid for an NIT bid. An antitrust case by the NIT ensued over this issue, and the NCAA settled out of court.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1956		Round of 12	Seton Hall	L 78–96
1963		Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place	Saint Louis Providence Villanova	W 84–49 L 64–70 W 66–58
1967		Round of 14 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Tulsa Providence Marshall Southern Illinois	W 64–60 W 81–80OT W 83–78 L 56–71
1970		Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Massachusetts Utah LSU St. John's	W 62–55 W 83–63 W 101–79 W 65–53
1981		Round of 32	Syracuse	L 81–88
1984		Round of 32 Round of 16	Iowa State Michigan	W 73–53 L 70–83
1985		Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals	Bradley Cincinnati Indiana	W 77–64 W 56–54 L 82–942OT
1986		Round of 32 Round of 16	Drake SW Missouri State	W 79–59 L 69–83
1987		Round of 32	Nebraska	L 76–78
1990		Round of 32	Penn State	L 54–57
1995		Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Auburn St. Bonaventure South Florida Penn State Virginia Tech	W 68–61 W 70–61 W 67–60OT W 87–79 L 64–65OT
1998		Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals	Creighton Auburn Minnesota	W 80–68 W 75–60 L 71–73
2000		Round of 32	Xavier	L 63–67
2004		Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals	Toledo Boise State Iowa State	W 87–72 W 66–53 L 69–77
2005		Round of 32	Western Michigan	L 40–54
2018	2	Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals	7 Harvard 3 Oregon 4 Penn State	W 67–60 W 101–92 L 80–85

NCIT[]

Marquette appeared in the last National Catholic Invitational Tournament in 1952 and won the NCIT championship.^[19]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1952	Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Iona St. Francis Brooklyn Saint Francis (PA)	W 66–59 W 79–57 W 76–64

Coaches[]

Coach	Years	Overall Record	Conf Record	Conf Reg Season CH	Conf Tourney CH	NCAA Apps	R32	S16	E8	F4	2nd	CH
Ralph Risch	1916–17	8–2 (.800)
John Ryan	1917–20	13–9 (.591)
Frank Murray	1920–29	94–73 (.563)
Cord Lipe	1929–30	11–12 (.478)
Bill Chandler	1930–51	193–198 (.494)
Tex Winter	1951–53	25–25 (.500)
Jack Nagle	1953–58	69–55 (.556)				1	1	1	1
Eddie Hickey	1958–64	92–70 (.568)				2	2	1
Al McGuire	1964–77	295–80 (.787)				9	9	8	4	2	1	1
Hank Raymonds	1977–83	126–50 (.716)				5	3	1
Rick Majerus	1983–86	56–35 (.615)
Bob Dukiet	1986–89	39–46 (.459)
Kevin O'Neill	1989–94	86–62 (.581)	37–23 (.617)	1		2	1	1
Mike Deane	1994–99	100–55 (.645)	40–32 (.556)		1	2	1
Tom Crean	1999–08	190–96 (.664)	90–56 (.616)	1		5	2	1	1	1
Buzz Williams	2008–14	139–69 (.668)	69–39 (.639)	1		5	4	3	1
Steve Wojciechowski	2014–21	115–81 (.587)	51–57 (.472)			2
Shaka Smart	2021–	13–6 (.684)	5–3 (.625)			0
Total:		1656–1018 (.619)	287–207 (.581)	3	1	33	23	16	7	3	1	1

Awards and honors[]

Coaching[]

National Coach of the Year

• Eddie Hickey (1959)
• Al McGuire (1971, 1974)

Great Midwest Conference Coach of the Year

• Kevin O'Neill (1993, 1994)

Conference USA Coach of the Year

• Tom Crean (2002, 2003)

Individual[]

National Player of the Year

• Butch Lee (1978)

Consensus All-America First Team

• Dean Meminger (1971)
• Jim Chones (1972)
• Butch Lee (1978)
• Dwyane Wade (2003)
• Markus Howard (2020)

Consensus All-America Second Team

• Earl Tatum (1976)
• Butch Lee (1977)
• Sam Worthen (1980)
• Markus Howard (2019)

Great Midwest Conference Player of the Year

• Jim McIlvaine (1994)

Conference USA Player of the Year

• Dwyane Wade (2003)

Big East Conference Player of the Year

• Jae Crowder (2012)
• Markus Howard (2019)

All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference First Team

• Tony Smith (1990)

All-Great Midwest Conference First Team

• Ron Curry (1993)
• Jim McIlvaine (1994)

All-Conference USA First Team

• Brian Wardle (2001)
• Dwyane Wade (2002, 2003)
• Travis Diener (2004, 2005)

All-Big East Conference First Team

• Steve Novak (2006)
• Dominic James (2007)
• Jerel McNeal (2009)
• Jae Crowder (2012)
• Darius Johnson-Odom (2012)
• Henry Ellenson (2016)
• Markus Howard (2019, 2020)

Retired jerseys[]

Marquette has retired twelve jersey numbers in honor of nine players, a trainer (who spent 38 years in the position), a head coach (who led Marquette to the NCAA title in 1977), and the Apollo 11 crew. ^[20][21]

Marquette Golden Eagles retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career
3	Dwyane Wade	SG	2001–03
11	Apollo 11 Crew
14	Dean Meminger	PG	1968–1971
15	Butch Lee	PG	1974–1978
20	Maurice Lucas	PF	1972–1974
24	George Thompson	PG	1966–1969
31	Bo Ellis	PF	1973–1977
31	Doc Rivers	PG	1980–1983
38	Bob Weingart	Trainer	1946–1984
43	Earl Tatum	SG / SF	1972–1976
44	Don Kojis	SF	1958–1961
77	Al McGuire	Coach	1964–1977

Hall of Fame inductees[]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

• Tex Winter (Contributor)
• Eddie Hickey (Coach)
• Al McGuire (Coach)

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

• Tex Winter (Coach)
• Eddie Hickey (Coach)
• Al McGuire (Coach)
• Rick Majerus (Coach)

All-time career leaders[]

Lists are accurate through the 2019–20 season.^[18]

Points[]

Rank	Points	Player	Years
1	2761	Markus Howard	2016–20
2	1985	Jerel McNeal	2005–09
3	1859	Lazar Hayward	2006–10
4	1773	George Thompson	1966–69
5	1749	Dominic James	2005–09
6	1735	Butch Lee	1974–78
7	1691	Travis Diener	2001–05
8	1690	Brian Wardle	1997–01
9	1688	Tony Smith	1986–90
10	1673	Wesley Matthews	2005–09

Rebounds[]

Rank	Rebounds	Player	Years
1	1222	Don Kojis	1958–61
2	1085	Bo Ellis	1973–77
3	978	Terry Rand	1953–56
4	938	Walt Mangham	1957–60
5	910	Lazar Hayward	2006–10
6	771	Tom Flynn	1963–66
7	768	Paul Carbins	1964–67
8	765	Trevor Powell	1987–91
9	753	John Glaser	1955–58
10	745	Russ Wittberger	1951–55

Assists[]

Rank	Assists	Player	Years
1	956	Tony Miller	1991–95
2	632	Dominic James	2005–09
3	617	Travis Diener	2001–05
4	550	Aaron Hutchins	1994–98
5	480	Lloyd Walton	1973–76
6	469	Tony Smith	1986–90
7	455	Jerel McNeal	2005–09
8	435	Junior Cadougan	2009–13
9	430	Cordell Henry	1998–02
10	409	Doc Rivers	1980–83

Steals[]

Rank	Steals	Player	Years
1	287	Jerel McNeal	2005–09
2	272	Mike Wilson	1978–82
3	253	Mandy Johnson	1981–85
4	238	Dominic James	2005–09
5	203	Doc Rivers	1980–83
6	190	Tony Smith	1986–90
7	188	Michael Sims	1984–88
8	185	Tony Miller	1991–95
9	165	Aaron Hutchins	1994–98
10	158	Lazar Hayward	2006–10
	158	Travis Diener	2001–05
	158	Kerry Trotter	1982–86

Blocks[]

Rank	Blocks	Player	Years
1	399	Jim McIlvaine	1990–94
2	175	Amal McCaskill	1991–92, 93–96
3	172	Faisal Abraham	1993–97
4	153	Luke Fischer	2014–17
5	151	Theo John	2017–present
6	145	Chris Otule	2008–14
7	119	Mike Wilson	1978–82
8	113	Scott Merritt	2000–04
9	103	Walter Downing	1984–86
10	100	Ousmane Barro	2004–08

Players in the NBA[]

Current[]

Player	Team
Wesley Matthews	Milwaukee Bucks
Jimmy Butler	Miami Heat
Jae Crowder	Phoenix Suns
Juan Toscano-Anderson	Golden State Warriors
Deonte Burton	Oklahoma City Thunder
Markus Howard	Denver Nuggets

All-time[]

Player	NBA Draft	Years	Career Highlights and Awards
Bill Downey	1944 No NBA	1947–48
Gene Berce	1948 Drafted	1949–50
Don Kojis	1961 Round 2 Pick 21	1963–75	2× NBA All-Star (1968, 1969)
George Thompson	1969 Round 5 Pick 66	1974–75
Joe Thomas	1970 Round 6 Pick 95	1970–71
Dean Meminger	1971 Round 1 Pick 16	1971–77	NBA Champion (1973)
Larry McNeill	1973 Round 2 Pick 25	1973–79
Jim Chones	1973 Round 2 Pick 31	1974–82	NBA Champion (1980)
Allie McGuire	1973 Round 3 Pick 49	1973–74
Maurice Lucas	1974 Round 1 Pick 14	1976–88	NBA Champion (1977) 4× NBA All-Star (1977–1979, 1983) All-NBA Second Team (1978)
Earl Tatum	1976 Round 2 Pick 21	1976–80
Lloyd Walton	1976 Round 3 Pick 40	1976–81
Bo Ellis	1977 Round 1 Pick 17	1977–80
Butch Lee	1978 Round 1 Pick 10	1978–80	NBA Champion (1980)
Jerome Whitehead	1978 Round 2 Pick 41	1978–89
Bernard Toone	1979 Round 2 Pick 37	1979–80
Sam Worthen	1980 Round 2 Pick 26	1980–82
Mike Wilson	1982 Round 3 Pick 47	1983–85, 86–87
Doc Rivers	1983 Round 2 Pick 31	1983–96	NBA All-Star (1988)
Tom Copa	1987 Undrafted	1991–92
Tony Smith	1990 Round 2 Pick 51	1990–98, 00–01
Jim McIlvaine	1994 Round 2 Pick 32	1994–01
Amal McCaskill	1996 Round 2 Pick 49	1996–97, 01–04
Chris Crawford	1997 Round 2 Pick 50	1997–04
Dwyane Wade	2003 Round 1 Pick 5	2003–19	3× NBA Champion (2006, 2012, 2013) 13× NBA All-Star (2005–2016, 2019) 2× All-NBA First Team (2009, 2010) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2006, 2011) 3× All-NBA Third Team (2007, 2012, 2013)
Travis Diener	2005 Round 2 Pick 38	2005–10
Steve Novak	2006 Round 2 Pick 32	2006–17
Wesley Matthews	2009 Undrafted	2009–present
Jerel McNeal	2009 Undrafted	2014–15
Lazar Hayward	2010 Round 1 Pick 30	2010–13
Jimmy Butler	2011 Round 1 Pick 30	2011–present	5× NBA All-Star (2015–2018, 2020) 3× All-NBA Third Team (2017, 2018, 2020)
Dwight Buycks	2011 Undrafted	2013–15, 17–18
Jae Crowder	2012 Round 2 Pick 34	2012–present
Darius Johnson-Odom	2012 Round 2 Pick 55	2012–14
Vander Blue	2013 Undrafted	2013–15, 17–18
Jamil Wilson	2014 Undrafted	2017–18
Juan Toscano-Anderson	2015 Undrafted	2019–present
Henry Ellenson	2016 Round 1 Pick 18	2016–2020
Deonte Burton	2017 Undrafted	2018–present
Markus Howard	2020 Undrafted	2020–present

Players in international leagues[]

• Niv Berkowitz (born 1986), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Sandy Cohen (born 1995), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jayce Johnson (born 1997), basketball player in the Liga Națională^[22]
• Jamil Wilson (born 1990), basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

References[]

External links[]

• Official website