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Coach: Al McGuire
Captains: Earl Tatum, Lloyd Walton
Leading Scorer: Earl Tatum (18.3 ppg)
Leading Rebounder: Maurice (Bo) Ellis (9.3 rpg)
Marquette advances to the Elite 8 before losing to eventual champion Indiana. They also set a school record for fewest free throw attempts in a season, with just 458 trips to the line. The final AP & UPI polls ranked the Warriors second, behind the Hoosiers. On the season, they held opponents to 60.1 points per game, fifth nationally.
Date | Opponent | Result | |
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D 2 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | W 87-60 | |
D 6 | Northern Michigan | W 56-45 | 750th win in school history |
D 13 | Drake | W 80-58 | |
D 16 | UW-Madison | W 78-54 | |
D 18 | at Minnesota | L 73-77 OT | |
D 20 | Northwestern | W 75-53 | |
D 29 | Miami (OH) | W 79-52 | Milwaukee Classic |
D 30 | UW-Madison | W 82-66 | Milwaukee Classic |
J 3 | South Carolina | W 82-70 | |
J 10 | at Oklahoma City | W 71-60 | |
J 14 | at DePaul | W 79-72 | |
J 17 | Pittsburgh | W 73-62 | |
J 19 | Xavier (OH) | W 82-48 | |
J 21 | Creighton | W 76-62 | |
J 24 | Fordham | W 92-64 | |
J 26 | at Georgia Tech | W 55-44 | |
J 31 | at Loyola (IL) | W 85-59 | |
F 5 | at Manhattan | W 78-59 | |
F 7 | at Detroit | W 68-66 | |
F 14 | #18 Virginia Tech | W 68-61 | |
F 16 | Tulane | W 75-63 | |
F 18 | DePaul | W 64-53 | |
F 21 | at #19 Louisville | W 72-62 | |
F 28 | at #6 Notre Dame | W 81-75 | |
M 5 | at Xavier (OH) | W 74-49 | |
M 7 | at South Carolina | W 72-66 | |
M 13 | vs Western Kentucky | W 79-60 | NCAA Tournament (Dayton, OH) |
M 18 | vs #10 Western Michigan | W 62-57 | NCAA Tournament (Baton Rouge, LA) |
M 20 | vs #1 Indiana | L 56-65 | NCAA Tournament (Baton Rouge, LA) |