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-===== 1994/1995 Season - NIT Champion Runner-Up =====+===== 1994-95 Season - NIT Champion Runner-Up =====
 ==== Season review ==== ==== Season review ====
 1994-95 marked a season of transistion and change for Marquette with a new head coach in [[Mike Deane]] and the Golden Eagles replacing the Warriors as the new nickname and logo. 1994-95 marked a season of transistion and change for Marquette with a new head coach in [[Mike Deane]] and the Golden Eagles replacing the Warriors as the new nickname and logo.
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 Despite the team's inconsistent offense, the Golden Eagles were carried by their resounding defense, which held opponents to just 38.2 percent from the field.  [[Tony Miller]], who Coach Deane considered the defensive player of the year, provided excellent defense on the perimeter, while [[Amal McCaskill]] and [[Faisal Abraham]] assisted inside. Despite the team's inconsistent offense, the Golden Eagles were carried by their resounding defense, which held opponents to just 38.2 percent from the field.  [[Tony Miller]], who Coach Deane considered the defensive player of the year, provided excellent defense on the perimeter, while [[Amal McCaskill]] and [[Faisal Abraham]] assisted inside.
  
-Junior [[Roney Eford]] led the team in scoring with 436 points and a 13.2 average.  Sophomore [[Anthony Pieper]] finished a close second with 431 points and a 13.1 average per game. [[Tony Miller]] and [[Amal McCaskill]] finished with 356 (10.8) and 354 (10.7) points respectively.+Offensively, Deane's first year at the helm was a "three for all," as Marquette set a school record for three point attempts with 703 shots.  Junior [[Roney Eford]] led the team in scoring with 436 points and a 13.2 average.  Sophomore [[Anthony Pieper]] finished a close second with 431 points and a 13.1 average per game. [[Tony Miller]] and [[Amal McCaskill]] finished with 356 (10.8) and 354 (10.7) points respectively
 + 
 +Marquette faced only two ranked opponents all season, defeating both [[UW-Madison]] and [[Cincinnati]].
  
 === NIT === === NIT ===
-Marquette rallied to beat Auburn in the NIT opener, followed by a victory over St. Bonaventure to advance triumphantly to the third round.  The third round game against South Florida was held at the MECCA rather than the Bradley Center, which evoked memories of past victories including the 25th anniversary of the last time Marquette took the NIT championship under head coach [[Al McGuire]].  Coach Deane also brought back [[Dean Meminger]], the MVP of the 1970 tournament, for an inspirational pep talk Regulation time ended with a score of 43 apiece.  Marquette was up 51-50 with 13 seconds to go when freshman [[Aaron Hutchins]] drained a three pointer to nail down the win.  [[Roney Eford]] added a last second lay-up and a free throw to make the final score 57-50 as the loudspeakers played "New York, New York".+Auburn's Lance Weems jacked up 11 three-pointers (a record for an MU opponent in the NIT), but Marquette rallied to beat Auburn in the NIT opener.  [[Anthony Pieper]] went 10-16 from the foul line in the second round game against StBonaventure (both MU NIT records) as Marquette advanced triumphantly to the third round.  
  
-Marquette's powerful shooting pulled them through over Penn State in the semi-final at Madison Square Garden.  The Golden Eagles tied a school record of 15 three pointers as they rallied after trailing by as many as 16 points. [[Aaron Hutchins]] dumped in 20 and [[Anthony Pieper]] posted career high of 31.+The third round game against South Florida was held at the MECCA rather than the Bradley Center, which evoked memories of past victories including the 25th anniversary of the last time Marquette took the NIT championship under head coach [[Al McGuire]].  Coach Deane also brought back [[Dean Meminger]], the MVP of the 1970 tournament, for an inspirational pep talk.  USF's Chuckie Atkins took 11 three-pointers (an MU NIT opponent record) and regulation time ended with a score of 43 apiece Marquette was up 51-50 with 13 seconds to go when freshman [[Aaron Hutchins]] drained a three pointer to nail down the win.  [[Roney Eford]] added last second lay-up and a free throw to make the final score 57-50 as the loudspeakers played "New York, New York" Tony Miller finished the game with 12 assists and Amal McCaskill added 15 rebounds and three blocked shots, all MU records for an NIT game.
  
-The NIT final against Virginia Tech went into overtime.  Pieper hit a lay-up with eighteen seconds remaining to give Marquette a one point advantage.  However, with 0.7 seconds on the clock Virginia Tech's Shawn Smith drew a shooting foul and made both free throws for the 65-64 victory.  +Penn State knocked down 11 three-pointers, behind five from Dan Earl (both records for an MU opponent in an NIT game), but Marquette's powerful shooting pulled them through over the Nittany Lions in the semi-final at Madison Square Garden.  Marquette tied a school record (and set an NIT record) of 15 three pointers, as they rallied after trailing by as many as 16 points. [[Aaron Hutchins]] dumped in 20 and [[Anthony Pieper]] posted a career high of 32 on seven of nine shooting from long range, as Marquette shot a blistering 68.2% from long range (all MU NIT records).  [[Amal McCaskill]] also tied his MU NIT record with three blocked shots. 
 + 
 +The NIT final against Virginia Tech went into overtime.  Pieper hit a lay-up with eighteen seconds remaining to give Marquette a one point advantage.  However, with 0.7 seconds on the clock Virginia Tech's Shawn Smith drew a shooting foul and made both free throws for the 65-64 victory.  Virginia Tech's Shawn Good tallied four steals against Marquette and the Hokies shot 60% from three-point range (both NIT opponent records).  McCaskill did tie an MU NIT record with 15 rebounds in the final game.
  
  
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 ===== Schedule ===== ===== Schedule =====
-|Opponent| Result|Record| +|Date|Opponent| Result|Record| 
-|UNLV|W  82-74|  1-0| +|Nov 28|[[UNLV]]|W  82-74|  1-0| 
-|Ohio State|W  82-70|  2-0| +|Nov 30|at [[Ohio State]]|W  82-70|  2-0| 
-|UW-Milwaukee|W 101-59|  3-0| +|Dec 2|[[UW-Milwaukee]]|W 101-59|  3-0|First Bank Classic
-|Northwestern|W  94-60|  4-0| +|Dec 3|[[Northwestern]]|W  94-60|  4-0|First Bank Classic
-|Farliegh Dickinson|W  96-74|  5-0| +|Dec 6|[[Fairleigh Dickinson]]|W  96-74|  5-0|Marquette set the school record for three pointers in a game with 15
-|San Francisco|W  79-72|  6-0| +|Dec 10|at [[San Francisco]]|W  79-72|  6-0| 
-|Illinois-Chicago|L  65-67|  6-1| +|Dec 20|[[Illinois Chicago]]|L  65-67|  6-1| 
-|Creighton|W  82-50|  7-1| +|Dec 23|[[Creighton]]|W  82-50|  7-1| 
-|Wisconsin|W  80-65|  8-1| +|Dec 31|#19 [[UW-Madison]]|W  80-65|  8-1|Marquette set a Bradley Center team record for rebounds with 63. The Badgers also set a Bradley Center opponent record for rebounds, with 54.
-|Temple|L  57-69|  8-2| +|Jan 5|vs [[Temple]]|L  57-69|  8-2|Busch Atlantic 10-Great Midwest Battle (Saint Louis, MO)
-|UW-Green Bay|L  48-50|  8-3| +|Jan 7|[[UW-Green Bay]]|L  48-50|  8-3| 
-|Cincinnati|L  64-91|  8-4| +|Jan 12|[[Cincinnati]]|L  64-91|  8-4| 
-|UAB|W  77-54|  9-4| +|Jan 15|[[UAB]]|W  77-54|  9-4| 
-|Virginia Tech|L  54-57|  9-5| +|Jan 17|[[Virginia Tech]]|L  54-57|  9-5| 
-|Dayton|W  70-58|  10-5| +|Jan 20|at [[Dayton]]|W  70-58|  10-5| 
-|St. Louis|L  73-81|  10-6| +|Jan 22|at [[Saint Louis]]|L  73-81|  10-6| 
-|DePaul|L  48-63|  10-7| +|Jan 28|at [[DePaul]]|L  48-63|  10-7| 
-|Cincinnati|W  59-62|  11-7| +|Feb 5|at #23 [[Cincinnati]]|W  59-62|  11-7| 
-|St. Louis|L  48-55|  11-8| +|Feb 9|[[Saint Louis]]|L  48-55|  11-8| 
-|West Virginia|L  76-78|  11-9| +|Feb 11|at [[West Virginia]]|L  76-78|  11-9| 
-|UAB|W  80-70|  12-9| +|Feb 16|at [[UAB]]|W  80-70|  12-9| 
-|Memphis|L  71-77|  12-10| +|Feb 18|at [[Memphis State]]|L  71-77|  12-10|Marquette set a school record for three point field goal attempts (38)
-|DePaul|W  81-71|  13-10| +|Feb 21|[[DePaul]]|W  81-71|  13-10| 
-|Dayton|W  70-59|  14-10| +|Feb 23|[[Dayton]]|W  70-59|  14-10| 
-|Notre Dame|W  65-63|  15-10| +|Feb 25|at [[Notre Dame]]|W  65-63|  15-10| 
-|Memphis|W  80-61|  16-10| +|Mar 4|[[Memphis State]]|W  80-61|  16-10|Tony Miller set Bradley Center and Marquette records with 17 assists
-|UAB|W  55-46|  17-10|GMC tourney+|[[UAB]]|W  55-46|  17-10|GMC Tournament (Milwaukee)
-|St. Louis|L  56-73|  17-11|GMC tourney+|[[Saint Louis]]|L  56-73|  17-11|GMC Tournament (Milwaukee)
-|Auburn|W  68-61|  18-11|NIT+|at [[Auburn]]|W  68-61|  18-11|National Invitational Tournament (Auburn, AL)
-|St. Bonaventure|W  70-61|  19-11|NIT+|[[Saint Bonaventure]]|W  70-61|  19-11|National Invitational Tournament (Milwaukee)
-|South Florida|W  57-50|  20-11|NIT+|[[South Florida]]|W  57-50|  20-11|National Invitational Tournament (Milwaukee)
-|Penn State|W  87-79|  21-11|NIT+|vs [[Penn State]]|W  87-79|  21-11|National Invitational Tournament (New York, NY)|Marquette tied the school record for three pointers in a game with 15
-|Virginia Tech|L  64-65|  21-12|NIT| +|vs [[Virginia Tech]]|L  64-65|  21-12|National Invitational Tournament (New York, NY)|
- +
-  *Tony Miller set Bradley Center and Marquette records with 17 assists in Marquette's March 4th win over Memphis. +
-  *Marquette set a Bradley Center team record for rebounds with 63 against Wisconsin on December 31st.  The Badgers also set a Bradley Center opponent record for rebounds in that game with 54.  That's a lot of missed shots! +
-  *Marquette set a school record for three point field goal attempts (38against Memphis on February 18th. +
-  *Marquette set and tied the school record for three pointers in a game with 15 on December 6th and again on March 27th.+
  
  
 ===== Roster ===== ===== Roster =====
  
-|[[Tony Miller]]|             Sr       | 6-0 |  G| +|[[Tony Miller]]|             Sr       | 6-0 |  G|   #10
-|[[William Gates]]|           Sr       | 6-0 |  G| +|[[William Gates]]|           Sr       | 6-0 |  G|  #22
-|[[Roney Eford]]|             Jr       | 6-6 |  G/F|  +|[[Roney Eford]]|             Jr       | 6-6 |  G/F|   #13
-|[[Mark Harris]]|             Jr       | 5-8 |  G| +|[[Mark Harris]]|             Jr       | 5-8 |  G|   #33
-|[[Amal McCaskill]]|          Jr       | 6-11 |  C/F|  +|[[Amal McCaskill]]|          Jr       | 6-11 |  C/F|   #00
-|[[Dwaine Streater]]|         Jr       | 6-8 |  F/C| +|[[Dwaine Streater]]|         Jr       | 6-8 |  F/C|   #4
-|[[Faisal Abraham]]|          So       | 6-7 |  F| +|[[Faisal Abraham]]|          So       | 6-7 |  F|   #40
-|[[Chris Crawford]]|          So       | 6-9 |  F|    +|[[Chris Crawford]]|          So       | 6-9 |  F|     #5| 
-|[[Anthony Pieper]]|          So       | 6-3 |  G|    +|[[Anthony Pieper]]|          So       | 6-3 |  G|     #3| 
-|[[Aaron Hutchins]]|          Fr       | 5-10 |  G| +|[[Aaron Hutchins]]|          Fr       | 5-10 |  G|  #12
-|[[Abel Joseph]]|             Fr       | 6-8 |  F|  +|[[Abel Joseph]]|             Fr       | 6-8 |  F|   #20
-|[[Zack McCall]]|             Fr       | 6-3 |  G| +|[[Zack McCall]]|             Fr       | 6-3 |  G|   #25
-|[[Richard Shaw]]|            Fr       | 6-11 |  C/F|+|[[Richard Shaw]]|            Fr       | 6-11 |  C/F|   #34| 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Coaching Staff === 
 + 
 +  *Head Coach: [[Mike Deane]] 
 +  *Assistant Coach: [[Maurice (Bo) Ellis]] 
 +  *Assistant Coach: [[Dan Theiss]] 
 +  *Assistant Coach: [[Mike Rice]] 
 + 
 +==== Team Photo ====
  
 +{{men_s_basketball:Team_94-95.jpg |}}
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