Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball | ||||
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University | Marquette University | |||
First season | 1916–17 | |||
All-time record | 1,731–1,058 (.621) | |||
Athletic director | Bill Scholl | |||
Head coach | Shaka Smart (3rd season) | |||
Conference | Big East | |||
Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||
Arena | Fiserv Forum (capacity: 18,412) | |||
Nickname | Golden Eagles | |||
Colors | Blue and gold[1] | |||
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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.