1995–96 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

1995–96 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
1995–96 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Conference USA
	Blue
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 20
Record	23–8 (10-4 CUSA)
Head coach	Mike Deane (2nd season);
Home arena	Bradley Center
	Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Blue
No. 7 Cincinnati †	11	–	3	.786	28	–	5	.848
No. 20 Marquette	10	–	4	.714	23	–	8	.742
Saint Louis	4	–	10	.286	16	–	14	.533
DePaul	2	–	12	.143	11	–	18	.379
Red
Tulane	9	–	5	.643	22	–	10	.688
UAB	6	–	8	.429	16	–	14	.533
Southern Miss	6	–	8	.429	12	–	15	.444
South Florida	2	–	12	.143	12	–	16	.429
White
No. 16 Memphis	11	–	3	.786	22	–	8	.733
No. 24 Louisville	10	–	4	.714	22	–	12	.647
UNC Charlotte	6	–	8	.429	14	–	15	.483

† 1996 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1995–96 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the Marquette University in the 1995–96 season. The Golden Eagles finished the regular season with a record of 23–8. As a 4 seed, the Golden Eagles defeated the 13 seed Monmouth in the first round, 68–44. Marquette would fall to Arkansas in the second round.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	40	Faisal Abraham	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	St. Croix, Virgin Islands
F	5	Chris Crawford	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Kalamazoo, Michigan
G	13	Roney Eford	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Queens, New York
G	33	Mark Harris	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	12	Aaron Hutchins	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Lima, Ohio
C	45	Jarrod Lovette	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Fr	Blair, Wisconsin
C	00	Amal McCaskill	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Sr	Maywood, Illinois
G	3	Anthony Pieper	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Wausaukee, Wisconsin

Head coach

Mike Deane

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 26*		UW Milwaukee	W 91–74	1–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
December 1*		Columbia	W 72–45	2–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
December 2*		UW Green Bay	W 64–44	3–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
December 6*		Coppin State	W 95–69	4–0	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
December 9*		vs. La Salle	L 65–68	4–1	Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ
December 16*		No. 22 Santa Clara	W 78–49^[2]	5–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
December 22*		Vermont	W 89–58	6–1	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
December 31*		at Wisconsin	L 46–55	6–2	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
January 2*		Morgan State	W 98–58	7–2	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
January 7		Saint Louis	W 69–47	8–2 (1–0)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
January 10*		Iowa State	W 58–56	9–2 (1–0)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
January 13		at No. 4 Cincinnati	L 70–91	9–3 (1–1)	Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, Ohio
January 15*		Illinois-Chicago	W 103–81	10–3 (1–1)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
January 17		at DePaul	W 73–60	11–3 (2–1)	Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
January 20		No. 9 Memphis	W 59–55	12–3 (3–1)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
January 25		at Charlotte	L 69–79	12–4 (3–2)	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
January 30		UAB	W 73–64	13–4 (4–2)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
February 4		at Tulane	L 74–75	13–5 (4–3)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
February 7		South Florida	W 82–61	14–5 (5–3)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
February 11		DePaul	W 75–65	15–5 (6–3)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
February 14*		Creighton	W 63–57	16–5 (6–3)	Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
February 18		Southern Mississippi	W 58–55	17–5 (7–3)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 22		Charlotte	W 78–68	18–5 (8–3)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
February 25		at Saint Louis	L 58–69	18–6 (8–4)	Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri
February 28		at Louisville	W 80–79	19–6 (9–4)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
March 2		at Cincinnati	W 74–72	20–6 (10–4)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI
Conference USA tournament
March 7	No. 21	vs. South Florida Conference USA Conference tournament	W 65–56	21–6 (11–4)	The Pyramid
March 8	No. 21	at No. 14 Memphis Conference USA Conference tournament	W 72–60	22–6 (12–4)	The Pyramid
March 9	No. 21	vs. Cincinnati Conference USA Conference tournament	L 84–85 ^OT	22–7 (12–5)	The Pyramid
NCAA tournament
March 14*	No. 20	vs. Monmouth First Round	W 68–44	23–7 (12–5)	Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI
March 16*	No. 20	vs. Arkansas Second Round	L 56–65	23–8 (12–5)	Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	49	Amal McCaskill	Orlando Magic

External links

MUScoop's MUWiki

References

^ sports-reference.com 1995-96 Conference USA Season Summary
^ "Marquette Puts The Clamps On Nash, Santa Clara". The Spokesman-Review. December 17, 1995. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
^ "1995–96 Marquette Warriors Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.

[1] sports-reference.com 1995-96 Conference USA Season Summary

[2] "Marquette Puts The Clamps On Nash, Santa Clara". The Spokesman-Review. December 17, 1995. Retrieved December 28, 2022.

[3] "1995–96 Marquette Warriors Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[4] 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.

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