While the Badgers lead the all-time series 65-55 (note if you take out the 1940s, MU leads 51-49), Marquette holds bragging rights at the NBA level. Using basketball-reference.com and a little math yields the following:
Total former and active NBA players 36 vs 22
Total NBA games played in: 9890 vs 3843
Total NBA minutes played: 228452 vs 82287
Total NBA field goals: 39161 vs 13805
Total NBA 3 pointers: 6094 vs 2065
Total NBA free throws: 19277 vs 7002
Total NBA points: 109270 vs 40807
Total Rebounds: 42009 vs 11502
Thank goodness for Finley, otherwise the rodents stats would be pretty weak.
How many championship rings?
Interesting because our coach during that time was a Wisconsin alum and so I'm caking shenanigans during that series. Everything 1930-1951 should be taken out.
Also why'd we keep chandler as coach that long the guy had a total of four good teams during his tenure.
Quote from: BagpipingBoxer on December 02, 2014, 06:42:52 PM
Interesting because our coach during that time was a Wisconsin alum and so I'm caking shenanigans during that series. Everything 1930-1951 should be taken out.
Also why'd we keep chandler as coach that long the guy had a total of four good teams during his tenure.
Ancient times - BA (before Al), when being SLU was our goal. Thank God it's now ASL (After Scott and Larry) - no going back now.
We should also add in coaching wins and titles from Doc. Has any UW alums been a NBA head coach?
Quote from: WarriorInNYC on December 03, 2014, 07:44:59 AM
We should also add in coaching wins and titles from Doc. Has any UW alums been a NBA head coach?
Stan Van Gundy & Stu Jackson are former Wisconsin Badger head coaches who were NBA head coaches, but neither are alumnus. So, one would assume they do not.
I was watching Sportscenter this morning and they were talking about Anthony Davis, noting that he had a very high points per possession (5th in the league). They showed a graphic of this and I noticed that Wes Matthews was at #4 I think. I tried to take a quick photo of it but the graphic was down before I could and I didn't have DVR on my hotel room DVR.
My super quick Google search hasn't provided anything additional on this.
Did anyone else see this?
Quote from: Chicago_inferiority_complexes on December 02, 2014, 06:39:34 PM
How many championship rings?
Marquette has 8 NBA Championships as players and head coaches.
Dean Meminger (72-73 Knicks)
Maurice Lucas (76-77 Blazers)
Butch Lee (79-80 Lakers)
Jim Chones (79-80 Lakers)
Dwyane Wade (3 with Heat)
Doc Rivers (07-08 Celtics)
Wisconsin has 3 NBA Championships as players...
Wes Matthews (2 with Lakers)
Michael Finley (06-07 Spurs)
Also, Kim Hughes won an ABA title with New Jersey in 75-76 and Dick Schulz won a BAA title with the 47-48 Baltimore Bullets.