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-====== 1955/1956 ====== 
-Record: 13-11\\ 
-Postseason: NIT\\ 
-Coach: [[Jack Nagle]]\\ 
-Captain: Don Bugalski\\ 
-Leading Scorer: [[Terry Rand]] (20.3 ppg)\\ 
-Leading Rebounder: [[Terry Rand]] (13.1 rpg)\\ 
  
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-===== Season review ===== 
-When Coach [[Jack Nagle]]'s basketball squad opened the 1955-56 season with four straight victories, Marquette fans had visions of a repeat performance - a record comparable to the previous season's fabulous 24-3 performance.  But with the toughest schedule ever attempted by a Marquette team, these dreams never materialized. 
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-During the season, they faced three of the nation's six top teams - San Francisco (1), Alabama (5) and Louisville (6).  Marquette's basketball team also did its bit for international relations and hosted a barnstorming quintet from the University of Paris. 
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-The Warriors slid into the National Invitational tournament with a disappointing 13-10 slate and ended the year with a 96-78 opening round loss to Seton Hall. 
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-The inability to cash in on breaks was a reason for the Warriors' decline from the heights.  They lost seven games by eight points or less. 
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-At other times, the team performed brilliantly, holding the top-ranked NCAA Champion San Francisco to a slim seven point margin; trounced the 1955 NIT winner Duquesne by 24, battled to the wire with two confernce champions in the Sugar Bowl tourney, Utah of the Skyline Eight and Alabama of the Southeast; and downing Michigan State in overtime at the Arena. 
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-Coach Nagle shuffled a mixture of veterans and sophomores around center [[Terry Rand]] in trying to find a potent combination.  [[Gerry Hopfensperger]], [[Don Bugalski]] and [[Bob Walczak]] were mixed with newcomers [[John Glaser]], [[Jay Schauer]], [[Al Avant]] and [[Clem Massey]] in the attempts. 
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-Rand was the brightest spot in the hazy picture of the 1955-56 season.  He averaged 20.3 points per game and led the team in almost every other department in his final year of varsity competition.  The Law school freshman shattered several of [[Russ Wittberger]]'s marks by scoring 486 points and 177 field goals, raising his career points total to 1,309.  His 43-point outburst against Detroit set another record. 
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-===== Schedule and Results ===== 
-^Date^ Opponent^ Result^ Record^ 
-|12/2/55| St Norbert | W 88-43 | 1-0 | 
-|12/7/55| Valparaiso | W 89-75 | 2-0 | 
-|12/10/55| South Dakota St | W 84-70 | 3-0 | 
-|12/13/55| Miami (OH) | W 71-65 | 4-0 | 
-|12/16/55| vs #1 San Fran (DePaul Invitational) | L 58-65 | 4-1 | 
-|12/17/55| vs #6 Duquesne (DePaul Invitational) | W 83-59 | 5-1 | 
-|12/21/55| Louisville | L 68-84 | 5-2 |  
-|12/26/55| North Dakota | W 72-37 | 6-2 |  
-|12/29/55| vs #7 Utah (Sugar Bowl Tourn't) | L 84-89 | 6-3 | 
-|12/30/55| vs #19 Alabama (Sugar Bowl Tourn't| L 75-77 | 6-4 | 
-|1/4/56| Paris (France) | W 74-43 | 7-4 | 
-|1/7/56| Loyola (La) | W 85-68 | 8-4 | 
-|1/10/56| @ Valparaiso | W 78-76 | 9-4 | 
-|1/14/56| Loyola (Ill) | W 68-59 | 10-4 | 
-|1/28/56| Bradley | L 57-65 | 10-5 | 
-|2/4/56| Drake | L 63-66 | 10-6 | 
-|2/8/56| Michigan St | W 90-81 (OT) | 11-6 | 
-|2/11/56| @ Louisville | L 85-88 | 11-7 | 
-|2/14/56| Creighton | W 73-65 | 12-7 | 
-|2/18/56| @ Detroit | L 71-72 | 12-8 | 
-|2/20/56| @ Notre Dame | L 85-88 | 12-9 | 
-|2/25/56| @ Loyola (Ill) | W 80-73 | 13-9 | 
-|2/29/56| Notre Dame | L 69-87 | 13-10 | 
-|3/17/56| vs Seton Hall (NIT) | L 78-96 | 13-11 | 
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-  *On December 17th, Terry Rand set a Marquette single-game record for free throw attempts (25) 
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-===== 1955-1956 Season Statistics ===== 
-^ name      ^  FGM^  FTM^  REB^  PF^  PTS^ 
-| [[Terry Rand]]    |  177|  132|  314|  87|  486| 
-| [[John Glaser]]    99|  62|  182|  51|  260| 
-| [[Jay Schauer]]    77|  57|  219|  45|  211| 
-| [[Bob Walczak]]    62|  73|  74|  60|  197| 
-| [[Gerry Hopfensperger]]|  67|  54|  137|  65|  188| 
-| [[Don Bugalski]]  |  60|  37|  96|  56|  157| 
-| [[Al Avant]]      |  59|  16|  58|  33|  134| 
-| [[Clem Massey]]    31|  23|  23|  18|  85| 
-| [[Pat O'Keefe]]    10|  18|  6|  11|  38| 
-| [[Jim Benka]]      6|  0|  27|  6|  12| 
-| [[Bob Hutchison]] |  4|  1|  6|  2|  9| 
-| [[Jim Smith]]      3|  3|  9|  11|  9| 
-| [[Dennis Carroll]]|  1|  6|  3|  7|  8| 
-| [[Tom Fetherston]]|  3|  0|  4|  1|  6| 
-| [[Don Metz]]      |  3|  0|  3|  1|  6| 
-| [[Bob McCarthy]]  |  0|  2|  3|  0|  2| 
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