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- | ====== 2008-2009 Season ====== | ||
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- | Buzz inherited a veteran team that won 25 games the previous year and returned four starters, including 3 highly-touted seniors, two of whom had previously flirted with early NBA departures. | ||
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- | Expectations were high for a group of seniors who had made the NCAA tournament the previous three seasons, but only managed one win under [[Tom Crean]]. | ||
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- | Marquette managed to beat [[St. John' | ||
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- | ===== Schedule ===== | ||
- | ^ Date ^ Opponent | ||
- | ^ Exhibition | ||
- | | Nov 8 | ||
- | ^ Non Conference | ||
- | | Nov 14 | | ||
- | | Nov 17 | | ||
- | | Nov 22 | [[UW-Milwaukee]] | ||
- | | Nov 25 | [[Texas Southern]] | ||
- | | Nov 28 | [[Northern Iowa]] | ||
- | | Nov 29 | [[Dayton]] | ||
- | | Dec 2 | ||
- | | Dec 6 | ||
- | | Dec 13 | [[IPFW]] | ||
- | | Dec 16 | [[Tennessee]] | ||
- | | Dec 19 | [[Western Carolina]] | ||
- | | Dec 22 | [[North Carolina State|NC State]] | ||
- | | Dec 28 | [[Presbyterian College]] | ||
- | ^ Big East ^^^^^^^ | ||
- | | Jan 1 | ||
- | | Jan 4 | ||
- | | Jan 7 | ||
- | | Jan 10 | [[West Virginia]] | ||
- | | Jan 17 | [[Providence]] | ||
- | | Jan 24 | [[DePaul]] | ||
- | | Jan 26 | [[Notre Dame]] | ||
- | | Jan 31 | [[Georgetown]] | ||
- | | Feb 3 | ||
- | | Feb 6 | ||
- | | Feb 10 | [[Villanova]] | ||
- | | Feb 14 | [[St. John' | ||
- | | Feb 17 | [[Seton Hall]] | ||
- | | Feb 21 | [[Georgetown]] | ||
- | | Feb 25 | [[Connecticut]] | ||
- | | Mar 1 | ||
- | | Mar 4 | ||
- | | Mar 7 | ||
- | ^ [[Big East Tournament]] | ||
- | | Mar 11 | ||
- | | Mar 12 | ||
- | ^ [[NCAA Tournament]] | ||
- | | Mar 20 | ||
- | | Mar 22 | ||
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- | *Most BIG EAST Network local and syndicated games were available on ESPN Full Court, MASN, SNY, and/or MSG. | ||
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- | *Marquette was in discussions with UW-Green Bay in 2007 for a multi-season agreement which did not occur. | ||
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- | ===== Roster ===== | ||
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- | ^ No. ^ Name ^ Ht./ | ||
- | | 1 | [[Dominic James]] | ||
- | | 22 | [[Jerel McNeal]] | ||
- | | 23 | [[Wesley Matthews]] | ||
- | | 12 | [[Dwight Burke]] | ||
- | | 2 | [[Maurice Acker]] | ||
- | | 10 | [[David Cubillan]] | ||
- | | 32 | [[Lazar Hayward]] | ||
- | | 33 | [[Jimmy Butler]] | ||
- | | 21 | [[Joseph Fulce]] | ||
- | | 4 | [[Patrick Hazel]] | ||
- | | 45 | [[Robert Frozena]] | ||
- | | 42 | [[Chris Otule]] | ||
- | | 55 | [[Liam McMorrow]] | ||
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- | *After [[Tom Crean]] abandoned Marquette in April 2008, [[Nick Williams]] and [[Tyshawn Taylor]] asked for and received releases from their National Letter of Intent to attend Marquette. | ||
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- | *The day before the 2008 school year began, [[Trevor Mbakwe]] decided to quit the team and leave Marquette "to go the junior college route" | ||
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- | ===== Coaching Staff ===== | ||
- | *[[Buzz Williams]] - Head Coach \\ | ||
- | *[[Dale Layer]] - Assistant Coach \\ | ||
- | *[[Tony Benford]] - Assistant Coach \\ | ||
- | *[[David " | ||
- | *[[Ernest Eugene]] - Trainer\\ | ||
- | *[[Scott Monarch]] - Director of Basketball Operations\\ | ||
- | *[[Jake Nelp]] - Basketball Technology Assistant | ||
- | *[[Fr. William Kelly]] - Team Chaplain | ||
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- | ===== Rankings ===== | ||
- | ^Week^ | ||
- | |Preseason| | ||
- | | 1 | 15 (653 votes) | 17 (236 votes) | ||
- | | 2 | 15 (735 votes) | ||
- | | 3 | 25 (221 votes) | ||
- | | 4 | 24 (222 votes) | ||
- | | 5 | 24 (240 votes) | ||
- | | 6 | ORV (69 votes) | ||
- | | 7 | ORV (79 votes) | ||
- | | 8 | 18 (436 votes) | ||
- | | 9 | 14 (752 votes) | ||
- | | 10 | 11 (1003 votes) | ||
- | | 11 | 8 (1,209 votes) | ||
- | | 12 | 8 (1,358 votes) | ||
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