Men's Basketball

Marquette University

Box 1881 , Al McGuire Center - Milwaukee, WI - 53201
Team Office: Tel: (414) 288-3294 Fax: (414) 288-7341
Team website: gomarquette.cstv.com

This Jesuit university was founded in 1881. Marquette offers 60 undergraduate degrees and 35 Master's. Programs offered include Broadcasting, Clinical Laboratory Science, Criminology, Exercise Science, Journalism, and Physical Therapy. Its Business and Nursing programs are highly regarded. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Marquette #82 among national universities.

Marquette is located on an 80-acre campus near downtown Milwaukee (pop. 600k). Lake Michigan is roughly one mile east of the edge of campus.

School website
www.marquette.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Catholic

Enrollment:

11,000

Getting In:

Difficult. ACT 25/75: 24-29

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$35,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Communication- Health

Misc. Information

Head coach Buzz Williams begins his first season at Marquette in 2008-09. Williams takes over from Tom Crean who through nine seasons went 190-96 and made eight post season appearances. Williams was Crean's assistant in 2007-08. Williams has coached at the University of New Orleans, Texas A&M, Colorado State, and several others. An accomplished recruiter, Williams has recruited and coached over 20 players who have earned all-conference accolades. In 2007-08, the Golden Eagles went 25-10 record but were defeated in the second round of the NCAA tourney by Stanford.

Team Name	Golden Eagles
Colors	Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1377-858 (.616)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	25-10	24-10	20-11	106-51 (.675)
Conference	11-7	10-6	10-6	51-29 (.637)
Conf. Finish	4	4	3	8, 8, 1, 2, 5
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	1st Rnd	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	#21	#20	NR	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Buzz Williams
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Marquette	2008-09
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	?
Record at Marquette	0-0
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Tony Benford, Dale Layer, Aki Collins

Recruiting Coordinator

Buzz Williams, (414) 288-7130, TBP

Conference and Schedule

Marquette plays in the Big East (www.bigeast.org) which is now comprised of 17 teams. The Big East currently represents the majority of the large, athletically competitive private Catholic schools. League play, which consists of 16 games, starts after the first of the year. Marquette will play three opponents twice, 10 once, and 3 none at all. (This changed in 2007-08; Big East teams now play everyone once and three teams twice.) League games are usually played on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big East tourney with the winner being an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

St. John's, Providence, Villanova, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, South Florida, Cincinatti, DePaul, Connecticut, Georgetown, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Louisville

Facilities

Bradley Center
Capacity: 18,000. Avg. Attendance: