Golden Eagles Host IUPUI Saturday Night In Season Opener
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http://gomarquette.cstv.com/photos/schools/marq/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/game1_notes.pdfThe No. 11/12 Marquette University men's basketball program tips off its 91st season of competition Saturday night when the program hosts IUPUI at the Bradley Center. The opening tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live in the greater Milwaukee area on Time Warner Sports Channel 32. Lou Canellis (play-by-play) and Mike Kelley (analyst) will have the call for the ESPN regional production. MU Hopes To Continue Season-Opening Success Marquette has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success on opening night and hopes to continue that trend in 2007-08.
The Golden Eagles are 75-15 all-time in campaign lidlifters, including a 77-66 victory over Hillsdale to begin the 2006-07 season. MU owns a six-game winning streak in season openers and has claimed seven of eight during head coach Tom Crean's tenure. The Golden Eagles had an impressive streak of 29 years in which it started 1-0, dating from 1960-61 to 1988-89. The squad has claimed 15 of its last 16 season openers.
Opening night notes: In 1923, Marquette allowed only five points against Milwaukee Normal in a 22-5 victory ... MU has hit the century mark twice in season openers, scoring 107 versus North Dakota (1960) and 106 against Charleston (1980) ... the squad's lone overtime lidlifter came against UNLV (1994), an 82-74 victory. Marquette and IUPUI will be meeting for the first time in men's basketball Saturday night.
Rankings Share The Same View
Marquette has been a consensus top-15 selection in a number of preseason polls across the nation, creeping as high as eighth (CollegeHoopsNet.com) in the country.
The Golden Eagles own the 11th position in the initial Associated Press poll and are 12th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. MU has been included in the final AP poll a total of 18 seasons, most recently in 2006-07 when the team was 22nd in the nation. The squad last concluded the campaign nationally ranked in back-to-back years in 2002 and 2003 and had an impressive 11-year run from 1969 to 1979.
Georgetown is fifth in the AP, followed by Louisville at No. 6 and Marquette at No. 11. Pittsburgh is No. 22. Five teams made the preseason ESPN/USA Today polls. Again, Georgetown was fifth and Louisville sixth. Marquette is 12th followed by Pitt (20th) and Villanova (25th).
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