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| - | ====== 1968-69 ====== | ||
| - | Record: (24-5)\\ | ||
| - | Postseason: NCAA Mideast Regional (Elite Eight)\\ | ||
| - | Coach: [[Al McGuire]]\\ | ||
| - | Captain: [[George Thompson]]\\ | ||
| - | Leading Scorer: [[George Thompson]] (20.2 ppg)\\ | ||
| - | Leading Rebounder: [[Ric Cobb]] (9.7 rpg)\\ | ||
| - | ===== Season review ===== | ||
| - | The Warriors embarked on the 1968-69 campaign equipped with only one starter returning from the 23-6 club of the previous year. Aware of his team's lack of experience and anticipating a banner year for Midwest independents, | ||
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| - | That returning starter was the one who counted: a 6-2 senior named [[George Thompson]] whose ruthless assault on the MU record book would give him dominion over virtually every offensive statistic in the school' | ||
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| - | McGuire' | ||
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| - | But the second loss, to a well-respected Drake squad, may have marked a watershed point in the MU season. For two important truths had revealed themselves through that 2-2 record. [[Dean Meminger]], the ballyhooed sophomore with a fistful of high school credentials was for real. And [[Ric Cobb]], Ranger (Texas) Junior College' | ||
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| - | With its big four of Thompson, Thomas, Cobb and Meminger duly intact, Marquette now bounded away to eleven straight victories that included a Milwaukee Classic title, an upset of sixth-ranked Detroit, and a record 118 points against UWM. | ||
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| - | The semester break winning streak came to an end in Madison as the Badgers gained revenge for their loss in the Classic with a 56-50 triumph, a game which saw Thompson score the 1,505th point of his career and overtake Don Kojis as the leading scorer in the history of Marquette basketball. | ||
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| - | The Warriors bounced back winning 9 of their last 10 regular season games. | ||
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| - | ==== NCAA tournament ==== | ||
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| - | The 22 regular-season victories, which tied a record set by the 1955 contingent, were recognized with an at-large berth in the NCAA. In the sub-regional at Carbondale, IL, the Warriors vindicated their bid with a 82-62 rout of Murray State' | ||
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| - | In the Mideast regional at Madison, [[Al McGuire]] witnessed one of the finest hours of his coaching career when his rapacious troops upset Kentucky' | ||
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| - | The Boilermaker tilt left Marquette only a few seconds, or, a single shot, away from its first trip to the national finals. The Warriors overcame an early 14-3 deficit to eventually send the game into overtime, then watched Rick Mount end it all with a jumper at the gun. | ||
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| - | ===== Schedule and Results ===== | ||
| - | ^Date^ Opponent^ Result^ | ||
| - | |D 2| St. John’s (Minn.)| W 68-45| | ||
| - | |D 3| at Minnesota| L 73-75| | ||
| - | |D 7| Portland| W 75-53| | ||
| - | |D 9| at Drake| L 63-68| | ||
| - | |D 11| Valparaiso| W 103-66| | ||
| - | |D 14| Denver| W 81-70| | ||
| - | |D 21| Western Michigan| W 76-60| | ||
| - | |D 27| Army*| W 62-42| | ||
| - | |D 28| Wisconsin*| W 59-56 OT| | ||
| - | |J 4| #7 Detroit| W 85-71| | ||
| - | |J 7| Loyola (Ill.)| W 61-56| | ||
| - | |J 9| at DePaul| W 77-72| | ||
| - | |J 11| Xavier (Ohio)| W 82-69| | ||
| - | |J 14| Wis.-Milwaukee| W 118-60| | ||
| - | |J 24| at Loyola (Ill.)| W 65-64| | ||
| - | |J 28| at Wisconsin| L 50-56| | ||
| - | |F 1| at Detroit| W 75-74| | ||
| - | |F 4| Northern Michigan| W 84-59| | ||
| - | |F 8| Eastern Michigan| W 82-58| | ||
| - | |F 13| at St. Bonaventure| L 62-84| | ||
| - | |F 15| DePaul| W 66-55| | ||
| - | |F 18| at Xavier (Ohio)| W 67-54| | ||
| - | |F 20| at Denver| W 65-61| | ||
| - | |F 26| Tulane| W 85-72| | ||
| - | |M 1| at Creighton| W 79-76| | ||
| - | |M 3| at Air Force| W 69-57| | ||
| - | |M 8| Murray State#| W 82-62| | ||
| - | |M 13| vs #7 Kentucky%|[[Kentucky_3_13_69|W 81-74]]| | ||
| - | |M 15| vs #6 Purdue%| L 73-75 OT| | ||
| - | *Milwaukee Classic (Milwaukee, Wis.)\\ | ||
| - | #NCAA Tournament (Carbondale, | ||
| - | %NCAA Tournament (Madison, Wis.)\\ | ||
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