Marquette/Bucks Events?

[MuggsyB]

Are there ever situations like a dinner, golf tournament, or what have you where MU and the Bucks participate together?  I'm just wondering if there's a relationship between both parties?  I know it's not substantial but I still contend that the Bucks winning the title, having Giannis, and sharing the same arena with MU is a positive.  The question is how can this be maximized to our benefit and future recruits?

[Johnny B]

its been mentioned over the years. yes itd be great for MU but it hasnt come to fruition. i guess tbh do these nba pros wanna mess around with marquette kids? prolly not

[Herman Cain]

Bucks owners are very hard core business people and just look at MU as a supplicant tenant . No real relation there unfortunately.

[We R Final Four]

No....there are no situations like that.

[JWags85]

its been mentioned over the years. yes itd be great for MU but it hasnt come to fruition. i guess tbh do these nba pros wanna mess around with marquette kids? prolly not

Marquette students?  No chance.  Marquette players?  Different story.  Thats been well documented.  I think the relationship between the Marquette program and the Bucks/NBA talent is very different than the Bucks and the university at large.

[Skatastrophy]

its been mentioned over the years. yes itd be great for MU but it hasnt come to fruition. i guess tbh do these nba pros wanna mess around with marquette kids? prolly not

Phrasing

[Litehouse]

The connection was stronger when Wes was on the Bucks.  He was at games all the time and brought other players with him.

[Billy Hoyle]

The NCAA prohibits formal relationships between NBA and college hoops programs. The NBA CBA is pretty strict about it too.

[Warrior of Law]

It seems that the NBA visiting teams use the Al on a regular basis, so I would say that the parties (Bucks & MU) have a good working relationship. I'm pretty confident that recruit tours of FF would include a Bucks locker room visit.

[cheebs09]

I remember when I was in school, some Bucks players showed up at Marquette Madness. I remember Bucks legend Joe Alexander judging the dunk contest. I think BJ3 and Jabari have made appearances.


I don't anticipate you'll see any sort of joint initiatives with the Bucks and MU unless there's a financial benefit for the Bucks. I think the Athletic Center soured the relationship a bit.

[LeftyWarrior]

Marquette certainly is playing up the fact that they play in the same stadium as the NBA Champions, which is very smart of course. A lot of recruits had to be watching the packed stadium and Deer District. Great for recruiting.