====== 1996-1997 Marquette Men's Basketball ====== {{men_s_basketball:96mbball.jpg?375 }}**Coach:** [[Mike Deane]]\\ **Captain:** [[Anthony Pieper]]\\ **Leading Scorer:** [[Chris Crawford]] (14.9 ppg)\\ **Leading Rebounder:** [[Faisal Abraham]] (6.5 rpg)\\ \\ Marquette had a special run in 1997, winning four CUSA Tournament games in four days to win the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Marquette played five games against top-25 programs, winning three of those match-ups. MU lost to [[Providence]] in the first round of the NCAA tournament, when Austin Croshere scored 10,000 points, which killed Marquette.\\ \\ ===== 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 | | 13 |[[Alton Mason]]| Guard | 6'1 | 186 | Fr. | Lincoln, NE | Northeast | ===== Schedule ===== GAME DETAILS: [[http://web.archive.org/web/19970620024515/www.gomarquette.edu/mbball/mensbox.html|Box Scores and game reviews can be found on the Internet Archive Wayback machine's copy of MU's website. Click here.]] ^ Date ^ Opponent ^ Location ^ Result ^ Record ^ Notes ^ | 11/24/1996 | [[UW-Milwaukee]] | Home | W 82-55 | 1-0 |Aaron Hutchins tied a Bradley Center record with seven steals | | 11/29/1996 | Santa Clara | Away | L 72-79 | 1-1 | | | 12/6/1996 | [[Prairie View A&M]] | Home | 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]] | Home | L 62-66 | 2-2 |First Bank Classic | | 12/14/1996 | [[UW-Green Bay]] | Home | W 55-39 | 3-2 | | | 12/16/1996 | [[Coastal Carolina]] | Home | W 66-42 | 4-2 | | | 12/19/1996 | Appalachian State | Home | W 74-37 | 5-2 |Aaron Hutchins tied the Bradley Center record again with seven steals | | 12/22/1996 | La Salle | Home | W 86-53 | 6-2 | | | 12/27/1996 | [[Dayton]] | Away | W 65-61 | 7-2 | | | 12/31/1996 | [[UW-Madison]] | Home | W 59-52 | 8-2 | | | 1/4/1997 | [[Southern Mississippi]] | Home | W 61-44 | 9-2 (1-0) | | | 1/7/1997 | [[Iowa State]] | Away | W 67-64 | 10-2 |#4 Iowa State | | 1/9/1997 | [[DePaul]] | Home | W 75-50 | 11-2 (2-0) | | | 1/12/1997 | [[Memphis]] | Away | 47-54 | 11-3 (2-1) | | | 1/18/1997 | [[Saint Louis]] | Home | W 69-48 | 12-3 (3-1) | | | 1/26/1997 | [[DePaul]] | Away | W 61-49 | 13-3 (4-1) | | | 1/30/1997 | [[South Florida]] | Away | W 71-36 | 14-3 (5-1) | | | 2/1/1997 | [[Tulane]] | Home | L 53-54 | 14-4 (5-2) | | | 2/5/1997 | [[Maine]] | Home | L 59-68 | 14-5 |Maine's Ramone Jones tied the Bradley Center record with seven steals | | 2/8/1997 | [[Cincinnati]] | Away | L 70-91 | 14-6 (5-3) |#12 Cincinnati | | 2/15/1997 | [[UNC Charlotte]] | Away | L 46-66 | 14-7 (5-4) | | | 2/17/1997 | [[UAB]] | Away | W 68-52 | 15-7 (6-4) | | | 2/20/1997 | [[Louisville]] | Home | W 79-71 (OT) | 16-7 (7-4) |#15 Louisville | | 2/25/1997 | [[Saint Louis]] | Away | W 56-54 | 17-7 (8-4) | | | 2/27/1997 | [[Cincinnati]] | Home | L 74-80 | 17-8 (8-5) |#9 Cincinnati, Anthony Pieper tied Marquette & Bradley Center records for three point field goal percentage (100%) | | 3/2/1997 | [[Houston]] | Home | [[uh_03_02_97|W 76-67]] | 18-8 (9-5) |1977 throwback jersey night | | 3/5/1997 | [[DePaul]] | Saint Louis, Missouri | W 79-53 | 19-8 |Conference USA Championship | | 3/6/1997 | [[Memphis State]] | Saint Louis, Missouri | W 63-45 | 20-8 |Conference USA Championship | | 3/7/1997 | [[Cincinnati]] | Saint Louis, Missouri | W 91-79 | 21-8 |#10 Cincinnati, Conference USA Championship | | 3/8/1997 | [[UNC Charlotte]] | Saint Louis, Missouri | W 60-52 | 22-8 |Conference USA Championship | | 3/14/1997 | [[Providence]] | Charlotte, North Carolina | [[pc_3_14_97|L 59-81]] | 22-9 |[[NCAA Tournament]] | *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 16-16 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. ===== Statistics ===== ^ Player ^ 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 \\