Marquette Golden Eagles men’s basketball

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]

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: 17,341)

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

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.

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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]

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