Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball

Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
2024–25 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team
UniversityMarquette University
First season1916–17
All-time record1,731–1,058 (.621)
Athletic directorBill Scholl
Head coachShaka Smart (4th season)
ConferenceBig East
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
ArenaFiserv Forum
(capacity: 18,412)
NicknameGolden Eagles
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
NCAA tournament champions
1977
NCAA tournament runner-up
1974
NCAA tournament Final Four
1974, 1977, 2003
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1955, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1977, 2003, 2013
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1955, 1959, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1994, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2024
NCAA tournament appearances
1955, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
1997, 2023
Conference regular season champions
1994, 2003, 2013, 2023

The Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team (formerly the Marquette Hilltoppers and Marquette Warriors) represents Marquette University in NCAA Division I college basketball and competes in the Big East Conference. The team plays its home games at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee (also the home of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks).[2]

Marquette has made 35 NCAA tournament appearances, including 23 rounds of 32 appearances, 17 sweet sixteens, 7 elite eights, and 3 final fours. They were the national runner-up 1 time and have won 1 national championship. Marquette initially joined a conference in 1989, winning 5 conference regular season championships and 2 conference tournament championships. Marquette has had 3 national coaches of the year, 4 conference coaches of the year, 1 national player of the year, 9 consensus all-americans, 4 conference players of the year, and 16 all-conference first team selections. Marquette has also had 3 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and 4 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees. Additionally, 39 Marquette players have gone on to play in the NBA combining for 7 NBA championships, 25 NBA all-star selections, and 11 all-NBA selections.

  1. ^ "Marquette Athletics Quick Facts". GoMarquette.com. May 21, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Marquette University to join Bucks at new Milwaukee arena". 15 August 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

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