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Marquette Golden Eagles
Logo
UniversityMarquette University
ConferenceBig East
DivisionDivision I
Athletic directorLarry Williams
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Varsity teams10
ArenaBradley Center
Other venuesAl McGuire Center
MascotGolden Eagles
NicknameGolden Eagles
ColorsBlue and Gold
   
Websitegomarquette.cstv.com
File:Marquette Golden Eagles logo 1994-2004.svg
Logo from 1994–2004.

The Marquette Golden Eagles (formerly known as the Marquette Warriors, Blue and Gold, Hilltoppers, and Golden Avalanche (football only)) are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Marquette's athletic teams participate at the NCAA Division I level and are members of the Big East Conference. The men's basketball team was the 1976-77 NCAA National Champion, a 1974 NCAA finalist, the 1970 National Invitational Tournament Champion, and a 2003 Final Four participant.

Varsity sports

See also: Varsity team

Men's basketball

Main article: Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball

The men's basketball team is ninth in the NCAA for postseason appearances all-time (40), including 26 NCAA Tournament appearances (17th all time). The Warriors, coached by Al McGuire, won the 1977 NCAA Tournament and were runners-up in 1974. Maurice "Bo" Ellis was a member of each of those teams, and remains the only Marquette player to appear in two Final Fours.

In 2003 Marquette, coached by Tom Crean and led by Dwyane Wade, Robert Jackson, Steve Novak, and Travis Diener, defeated top-ranked Kentucky to reach the Final Four. In that game, Wade became one of only four players in NCAA Men's Tournament history to record a triple-double. Wade was named an AP All-American two years in a row and won Conference USA Player of the Year while at Marquette.

The 2007–2008 season men's basketball roster included guards Dominic James (2005–06 OVC Rookie of the Year), Wesley Matthews, Jerel McNeal (2006–07 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year), and David Cubillan, forward/guard Dan Fitzgerald (2002–03 "Defensive Player of the Year" in Minnesota), as well as Senegalese forward, Ousmane Barro. The Golden Eagles went through the entire 2006–2007 season ranked in the top 25 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Polls with the exception of one week.[1] [2].

Marquette men's basketball players whose jerseys have been "retired":

The team plays in the nearby home of the Milwaukee Bucks, the Bradley Center.

Conference Affiliations

Independent 1916–1989
Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1989–1991
Great Midwest Conference 1991–1995
Conference USA 1995–2005
Big East Conference 2005–present

Women's basketball

The women's basketball team is coached by Terri Mitchell, 2007 A10 Women's Basketball Coach of the Year. The program has experienced success in recent years under Mitchell's direction, including a run to the championship game of the WNIT, where the women finished as runners-up in 2006, and won the championship in 2008. Most recently, the team made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2011, where they were defeated by top-seeded Tennessee. Marquette women's basketball has qualified for the NCAA tournament seven times since 1994.[3] The team now plays in the Al McGuire Center, named after the former Marquette men's coach.

The team notably hired Tyler Summitt, the 21-year-old son of legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, as an assistant effective with the 2012–13 season—with the announcement coming on the same day his mother announced her retirement after 38 years leading the Lady Vols.[1]

Cross-country and track

The cross-country and track teams have produced five Olympians, 13 NCAA champions and 27 All-Americans.[4] Except for Dwyane Wade, Marquette's most successful student-athlete was track and field sprinter Ralph Metcalfe, a world-record holder and Olympic gold-medalist.

Football (varsity)

See also: 1936 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team

The varsity football team was known as the "Golden Avalanche" prior to the program being terminated in 1960. Marquette football posted several successful seasons in the 1920s and 1930s including undefeated seasons in 1922, 1923, and 1930. From 1922 to 1923 Marquette held a 17–0–1 record and outscored its opponents 374–15. The 1930 Marquette squad had seven games in which it held the opposition scoreless and held a 155–7 scoring margin. From 1920 to 1936 Marquette held a 90–32–6 record. In 1937 the 20th ranked Marquette Golden Avalanche had a 7–1 regular season record and appeared in the first Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas Christian University, losing 16–6. NCAA football was last played by Marquette in 1960, after accumulating several years of budget deficits for the university. Their last successful season was 1953. Since then, they had accumulated a 10–44–3 record, including two straight seasons (1956 to 1957) without a win or even a tie. Marquette Stadium, the football team's home since 1924, was dismantled in 1978. The sport has since been brought back at the club level.

Men's golf

Marquette University fields only a men's team for golf. Former head coach, Tim Grogan, was honored as The Big East Conference Men's Golf Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2008. The Golf Team holds Marquette's only Big East Championship, which was won in 2008. Mike Van Sickle, class of 2009, was named to the PING Division I All-American Honorable Mention list in June, 2007 and 2008. He was a first-team All-American in 2009. Van Sickle currently holds the school record for single-season average at 70.00 strokes per eighteen holes, and most sub-par rounds at 86. [5]

Lacrosse

On December 16, 2010, the university announced that it would be adding men's and women's lacrosse teams to begin play as independents in the 2012–13 academic year, before becoming full members of the Big East Conference in men's and women's lacrosse in 2013–14.

Soccer

The men's and women's soccer programs have achieved varying degrees of success. In 2006, the men's team won just one game and finished last in their conference while the women made a run into the NCAA postseason tournament. Coach Louis Bennett recently joined the men's program after years of accomplishment at nearby Milwaukee to help the team match the women's success. In June, 2007, alumnus Dennis Klein donated $1 million to spearhead a new, $5 million European-style soccer stadium for Marquette. The new stadium is set to open in September 2008.[6] Both teams currently compete at Valley Fields.

Club sports

Baseball

See also: College baseball

Football (club sport)

See also: #Football (varsity) (above)

Ice hockey

See also: College ice hockey

Men's lacrosse

Rowing

See also: College rowing

There are men's and women's rowing teams.

Rugby

See also: Rugby union

Running

The running team began in 2006.

Women's soccer

The women's soccer team began in 2006.

Softball

See also: College softball

Volleyball

The men's volleyball team won the NIRSA club championships in 2005 and finished third in 2006. They have finished in the Top 10 seven out of the last nine years. The women's team has also finished in the Top 10 in the country each of the last 10 years.

Water polo

The water polo team began in 2006.

Wrestling

The wrestling team began in 2006.

Notable athletes

Basketball

Football

Soccer

Track and field

  • Ralph Metcalfe – Olympic gold-medalist in the 4×100 m Relay, as well as Olympic silver-medalist in the 100 m dash in both 1932 and 1936.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Marquette tabs Summitt's son". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
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