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- | ====== 1974/1975 Season====== | + | ====== 1974-75 Season====== |
- | Marquette made the NCAA tourament but lost to eventual champion Kentucky.\\ | + | {{ men_s_basketball: |
- | ===== NCAA Tournament Results ===== | + | Coach: |
- | ^Round^ Opponent^ Score^ | + | Captain: |
- | |1st Round |Kentucky|L, 76-54| | + | Leading Scorer: |
+ | Leading Rebounder: | ||
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+ | In a lot of ways, the 1974-75 season for the Warriors was like most others for the past decade under [[Al McGuire]]. | ||
+ | The team that struggled to a 3-2 mark at the close of 1974, came out smoking in the new year with a sizzling 20-1 record the rest of the way. There was a lot of hope for this year's team prior to the season, because of the second place finish in the NCAA tournament a year ago. That was before [[Maurice Lucas]] decided to leave school early for the pros. Hometown boy, [[Jerry Homan]] was called on to fill the uniform vacated by Lucas. | ||
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+ | [[Lloyd Walton]] was given the role of floor leader and he took it on with all the brilliance of Patton. | ||
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+ | Versatile swingman, [[Earl Tatum]] averaged 14 points and seven rebounds per game, while Walton' | ||
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+ | The Warriors' | ||
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+ | [[Earl Tatum]] was the hottest Marquette player, hitting five of ten shots, before fouling out early in the second half. the Warriors missed him, as except for Tatum, they didn't possess much firepower in the game. Fouls were important, as Bo Ellis said afterwards, "When they got us in foul trouble, they were constantly sending big guys in and just hammering on us." | ||
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+ | Marquette did set a school record for team free throw percentage (77.8%) on the season and held opponents to 62.2 points per game, fifth in the nation.\\ | ||
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+ | ===== Schedule and Results ===== | ||
+ | {{ men_s_basketball: | ||
+ | ^Date^ Opponent^ Result^ | ||
+ | |D 3|[[Saint John's (MN)]]|W 92-46| | ||
+ | |D 7|[[Saint Mary's (CA)]]|W 93-66| | ||
+ | |D 14|[[Toledo]]|W 64-61| | ||
+ | |D 18|at [[Pittsburgh]]|L 58-65| | ||
+ | |D 21|#4 [[Louisville]]|L 69-80| | ||
+ | |D 27|[[Georgia]]|W 100-70|Milwaukee Classic| | ||
+ | |D 28|[[Virginia]]|W 73-55|Milwaukee Classic| | ||
+ | |J 3|[[DePaul]]|W 61-60| | ||
+ | |J 6|at [[San Diego State]]|W 58-54| | ||
+ | |J 8|at [[Portland]]|W 87-57| | ||
+ | |J 11|[[Manhattan]]|W 66-62| | ||
+ | |J 14|#20 [[South Carolina]]|W 69-60| | ||
+ | |J 18|[[Notre Dame]]|[[ND_1_18_75|W 71-68]]|1, | ||
+ | |J 21|[[Cincinnati]]|L 56-68| | ||
+ | |J 29|at [[Xavier (OH)]]|W 73-55| | ||
+ | |F 1|at [[DePaul]]|W 72-69| | ||
+ | |F 4|at [[UW-Madison]]|[[Mad_02_04_75|W 69-63]]| | ||
+ | |F 8|[[Xavier (OH)]]|W 78-55| | ||
+ | |F 11|[[Western Carolina]]|W 63-53| | ||
+ | |F 15|[[Detroit]]|W 81-62| | ||
+ | |F 17|at [[Butler]]|W 77-55| | ||
+ | |F 20|at [[Fordham]]|W 101-64| | ||
+ | |F 22|at [[South Carolina]]|W 68-65| | ||
+ | |M 1|[[Oklahoma City]]|W 86-65| | ||
+ | |M 8|at #13 [[Creighton]]|W 64-60| | ||
+ | |M 10|at [[Tulane]]|W 73-65| | ||
+ | |M 15|vs #6 [[Kentucky]]|[[UK_3_15_75|L 54-76]]|NCAA Tournament (Tuscaloosa, | ||
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+ | ==== Team Photo ==== | ||
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