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1996-97
Marquette had a special run in 1997, winning 4 CUSA Tournament games in 4 days to win the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. MU lost to Providence in the 1st round of the NCAAs, when Austin Croshere scored ten thousand points, which killed Marquette.
CUSA Tournament Champions
Coach: Mike Deane
Captain: Anthony Pieper
Leading Scorer: Chris Crawford (14.9 ppg)
Leading Rebounder: Faisal Abraham (6.5 rpg)
Roster
| Number | Name | Position | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | Hometown | High School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Faisal Abraham | Forward | 6-7 | 225 | Sr. | St. Croix, Virgin Is. | Maine Central Prep |
| 21 | Mike Bargen | Forward | 6-7 | 200 | So. | Lincoln, NE | East |
| 4 | John Cliff | Guard | 6-2 | 200 | Fr. | Decatur, IL | MacArthur |
| 5 | Chris Crawford | Forward | 6-9 | 225 | Sr. | Kalamazoo, MI | Comstock |
| 12 | Aaron Hutchins | Guard | 5-10 | 175 | Jr. | Lima, OH | Central Catholic |
| 20 | Abel Joseph | Forward | 6-9 | 240 | Jr. | Montreal, Quebec | Dawson |
| 45 | Jarrod Lovette | Forward | 6-10 | 245 | Jr. | Blair, WI | Blair-Taylor |
| 25 | Zack McCall | Forward | 6-3 | 225 | Jr. | Fitchburg, MA | Mount Hermon Prep |
| 32 | Bart Miller | Guard/Forward | 6-5 | 185 | Fr. | Brandenburg, KY | Meade County |
| 3 | Anthony Pieper | Guard | 6-3 | 185 | Sr. | Wausaukee, WI | Wausaukee |
| 42 | John Polonowski | Forward | 6-8 | 225 | Fr. | Rockford, MI | Rockford |
| 34 | Richard Shaw | Forward/Center | 6-11 | 225 | Jr. | LaSalle, Ontario | Sandich Secondary |
| 10 | Marcus West | Guard | 5-10 | 185 | Jr. | Racine, WI | St. Catherine |
Schedule
GAME DETAILS: Box Scores and game reviews can be found on the Internet Archive Wayback machine's copy of MU's website. Click here.
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | RECORD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/24/1996 | UW-Milwaukee | W 82-55 | 1-0 | Aaron Hutchins tied a Bradley Center record with seven steals | |
| 11/29/1996 | at Santa Clara | L 72-79 | 1-1 | ||
| 12/6/1996 | Prairie View A&M | W 104-49 | 2-1 | First Bank Classic | Marquette set a Bradley Center Marquette record for team steals (18). Aaron Hutchins set Marquette & Bradley Center indvidual records for three point field goal percentage (100%) |
| 12/7/1996 | Princeton | L 62-66 | 2-2 | First Bank Classic | |
| 12/14/1996 | UW-Green Bay | W 55-39 | 3-2 | ||
| 12/16/1996 | Coastal Carolina | W 66-42 | 4-2 | ||
| 12/19/1996 | Appalachian State | W 74-37 | 5-2 | Aaron Hutchins tied the Bradley Center record again with seven steals | |
| 12/22/1996 | La Salle | W 86-53 | 6-2 | ||
| 12/27/1996 | at Dayton | W 65-61 | 7-2 | ||
| 12/31/1996 | UW-Madison | W 59-52 | 8-2 | ||
| 1/4/1997 | Southern Mississippi | W 61-44 | 9-2 (1-0) | ||
| 1/7/1997 | at #4 Iowa State | W 67-64 | 10-2 | ||
| 1/9/1997 | DePaul | W 75-50 | 11-2 (2-0) | ||
| 1/12/1997 | at Memphis | 47-54 | 11-3 (2-1) | ||
| 1/18/1997 | Saint Louis | W 69-48 | 12-3 (3-1) | ||
| 1/26/1997 | at DePaul | W 61-49 | 13-3 (4-1) | ||
| 1/30/1997 | at South Florida | W 71-36 | 14-3 (5-1) | ||
| 2/1/1997 | Tulane | L 53-54 | 14-4 (5-2) | ||
| 2/5/1997 | Maine | L 59-68 | 14-5 | Maine's Ramone Jones tied the Bradley Center record with seven steals | |
| 2/8/1997 | at #12 Cincinnati | L 70-91 | 14-6 (5-3) | ||
| 2/15/1997 | at UNC Charlotte | L 46-66 | 14-7 (5-4) | ||
| 2/17/1997 | at UAB | W 68-52 | 15-7 (6-4) | ||
| 2/20/1997 | #15 Louisville | W 79-71 (OT) | 16-7 (7-4) | ||
| 2/25/1997 | at Saint Louis | W 56-54 | 17-7 (8-4) | ||
| 2/27/1997 | #9 Cincinnati | L 74-80 | 17-8 (8-5) | Anthony Pieper tied Marquette & Bradley Center records for three point field goal percentage (100%) | |
| 3/2/1997 | Houston | W 76-67 | 18-8 (9-5) | ||
| 3/5/1997 | DePaul | W 79-53 | 19-8 | Conference USA Championship (Saint Louis, MO) | |
| 3/6/1997 | Memphis State | W 63-45 | 20-8 | Conference USA Championship (Saint Louis, MO) | |
| 3/7/1997 | #10 Cincinnati | W 91-79 | 21-8 | Conference USA Championship (Saint Louis, MO) | |
| 3/8/1997 | UNC Charlotte | W 60-52 | 22-8 | Conference USA Championship (Saint Louis, MO) | |
| 3/14/1997 | Providence | L 59-81 | 22-9 | NCAA Tournament (Charlotte, NC) |
- Marquette led the nation in field-goal percentage defense (36.2%), which is still good for third all-time in NCAA history.
- Austin Croshere nearly became the first player in NCAA history to go 16-15 from the foul line in Providence's thrashing of Marquette on March 14th. Instead he had to settle for 15-15, still tops all-time for an MU opponent.
1996-1997 Season Statistics
| name | G-GS | MIN | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF-DQ | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Crawford | 31-31 | 961 | 165 | 352 | .469 | 33 | 86 | .384 | 100 | 130 | .769 | 55 | 110 | 165 | 45 | 33 | 22 | 69 | 89-3 | 463 | 14.9 |
| Aaron Hutchins | 31-31 | 954 | 145 | 347 | .418 | 65 | 184 | .353 | 60 | 86 | .698 | 14 | 83 | 97 | 172 | 62 | 1 | 112 | 36-0 | 415 | 13.4 |
| Anthony Pieper | 26-25 | 761 | 100 | 230 | .435 | 46 | 114 | .404 | 46 | 60 | .767 | 10 | 61 | 71 | 52 | 19 | 1 | 39 | 46-1 | 292 | 11.2 |
| Faisal Abraham | 30-28 | 742 | 76 | 132 | .576 | 0 | 0 | – | 42 | 100 | .420 | 87 | 108 | 195 | 7 | 21 | 84 | 21 | 61-1 | 194 | 6.5 |
| Jarrod Lovette | 31-15 | 621 | 54 | 113 | .478 | 2 | 11 | .182 | 46 | 66 | .697 | 44 | 115 | 159 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 42 | 54-1 | 156 | 5.0 |
| Richard Shaw | 27-18 | 402 | 64 | 110 | .582 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 21 | 33 | .636 | 53 | 66 | 119 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 56-4 | 149 | 5.5 |
| Mike Bargen | 31- 2 | 528 | 48 | 124 | .387 | 21 | 67 | .313 | 13 | 30 | .433 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 26 | 41-0 | 130 | 4.2 |
| Marcus West | 31- 2 | 410 | 24 | 92 | .261 | 9 | 38 | .237 | 41 | 51 | .804 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 67 | 19 | 0 | 42 | 27-0 | 98 | 3.2 |
| John Cliff | 30- 3 | 244 | 26 | 88 | .295 | 14 | 55 | .255 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15-0 | 72 | 2.4 |
| Abel Joseph | 30- 0 | 322 | 20 | 42 | .476 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 52 | .462 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 51-2 | 64 | 2.1 |
| Bart Miller | 19- 0 | 149 | 15 | 36 | .417 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 25 | ,360 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 14-0 | 39 | 2.1 |
| John Polonowski | 23- 0 | 129 | 13 | 38 | .342 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25-0 | 37 | 1.6 |
| TOTALS | 31 | 6225 | 750 | 1704 | .440 | 191 | 564 | .339 | 418 | 658 | .635 | 365 | 727 | 1206 | 448 | 227 | 180 | 464 | 515-12 | 2109 | 68.0 |
| Opponents | 31 | 6225 | 628 | 1735 | .362 | 175 | 540 | .324 | 360 | 556 | .647 | 405 | 660 | 1065 | 360 | 212 | 59 | 461 | 588-23 | 1791 | 57.8 |
Coaches
Mike Deane - Head Coach
Dan Theiss - Associate HC
Maurice (Bo) Ellis - Assistant
Mike Rice - Assistant
Sean Rivers - Administrative Asst.
David Leigh - Athletic Trainer
