men_s_basketball:1996
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1996-1997 Marquette Men's Basketball
Coach: Mike Deane
Captain: Anthony Pieper
Leading Scorer: Chris Crawford (14.9 ppg)
Leading Rebounder: Faisal Abraham (6.5 rpg)
Marquette had a special run in 1997, winning four CUSA Tournament games in four days to win the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Marquette played five games against top-25 programs, winning three of those match-ups. MU lost to Providence in the first round of the NCAA tournament, when Austin Croshere scored 10,000 points, which killed Marquette.
Roster
| Number | Name | Position | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | Hometown | High School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Faisal Abraham | Forward | 6-7 | 225 | Sr. | St. Croix, Virgin Is. | Maine Central Prep |
| 21 | Mike Bargen | Forward | 6-7 | 200 | So. | Lincoln, NE | East |
| 4 | John Cliff | Guard | 6-2 | 200 | Fr. | Decatur, IL | MacArthur |
| 5 | Chris Crawford | Forward | 6-9 | 225 | Sr. | Kalamazoo, MI | Comstock |
| 12 | Aaron Hutchins | Guard | 5-10 | 175 | Jr. | Lima, OH | Central Catholic |
| 20 | Abel Joseph | Forward | 6-9 | 240 | Jr. | Montreal, Quebec | Dawson |
| 45 | Jarrod Lovette | Forward | 6-10 | 245 | Jr. | Blair, WI | Blair-Taylor |
| 25 | Zack McCall | Forward | 6-3 | 225 | Jr. | Fitchburg, MA | Mount Hermon Prep |
| 32 | Bart Miller | Guard/Forward | 6-5 | 185 | Fr. | Brandenburg, KY | Meade County |
| 3 | Anthony Pieper | Guard | 6-3 | 185 | Sr. | Wausaukee, WI | Wausaukee |
| 42 | John Polonowski | Forward | 6-8 | 225 | Fr. | Rockford, MI | Rockford |
| 34 | Richard Shaw | Forward/Center | 6-11 | 225 | Jr. | LaSalle, Ontario | Sandich Secondary |
| 10 | Marcus West | Guard | 5-10 | 185 | Jr. | Racine, WI | St. Catherine |
| 13 | Alton Mason | Guard | 6'1 | 186 | Fr. | Lincoln, NE | Northeast |
Schedule
GAME DETAILS: Box Scores and game reviews can be found on the Internet Archive Wayback machine's copy of MU's website. Click here.
| Date | Opponent | Location | Result | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/24/1996 | UW-Milwaukee | Home | W 82-55 | 1-0 | Aaron Hutchins tied a Bradley Center record with seven steals |
| 11/29/1996 | Santa Clara | Away | L 72-79 | 1-1 | |
| 12/6/1996 | Prairie View A&M | W 104-49 | 2-1 | First Bank Classic | Marquette set a Bradley Center Marquette record for team steals (18). Aaron Hutchins set Marquette & Bradley Center indvidual records for three point field goal percentage (100%) |
| 12/7/1996 | Princeton | L 62-66 | 2-2 | First Bank Classic | |
| 12/14/1996 | UW-Green Bay | W 55-39 | 3-2 | ||
| 12/16/1996 | Coastal Carolina | W 66-42 | 4-2 | ||
| 12/19/1996 | Appalachian State | W 74-37 | 5-2 | Aaron Hutchins tied the Bradley Center record again with seven steals | |
| 12/22/1996 | La Salle | W 86-53 | 6-2 | ||
| 12/27/1996 | at Dayton | W 65-61 | 7-2 | ||
| 12/31/1996 | UW-Madison | W 59-52 | 8-2 | ||
| 1/4/1997 | Southern Mississippi | W 61-44 | 9-2 (1-0) | ||
| 1/7/1997 | at #4 Iowa State | W 67-64 | 10-2 | ||
| 1/9/1997 | DePaul | W 75-50 | 11-2 (2-0) | ||
| 1/12/1997 | at Memphis | 47-54 | 11-3 (2-1) | ||
| 1/18/1997 | Saint Louis | W 69-48 | 12-3 (3-1) | ||
| 1/26/1997 | at DePaul | W 61-49 | 13-3 (4-1) | ||
| 1/30/1997 | at South Florida | W 71-36 | 14-3 (5-1) | ||
| 2/1/1997 | Tulane | L 53-54 | 14-4 (5-2) | ||
| 2/5/1997 | Maine | L 59-68 | 14-5 | Maine's Ramone Jones tied the Bradley Center record with seven steals | |
| 2/8/1997 | at #12 Cincinnati | L 70-91 | 14-6 (5-3) | ||
| 2/15/1997 | at UNC Charlotte | L 46-66 | 14-7 (5-4) | ||
| 2/17/1997 | at UAB | W 68-52 | 15-7 (6-4) | ||
| 2/20/1997 | #15 Louisville | W 79-71 (OT) | 16-7 (7-4) | ||
| 2/25/1997 | at Saint Louis | W 56-54 | 17-7 (8-4) | ||
| 2/27/1997 | #9 Cincinnati | L 74-80 | 17-8 (8-5) | Anthony Pieper tied Marquette & Bradley Center records for three point field goal percentage (100%) | |
| 3/2/1997 | Houston | W 76-67 | 18-8 (9-5) | 1977 throwback jersey night | |
| 3/5/1997 | DePaul | W 79-53 | 19-8 | Conference USA Championship (Saint Louis, MO) | |
| 3/6/1997 | Memphis State | W 63-45 | 20-8 | Conference USA Championship (Saint Louis, MO) | |
| 3/7/1997 | #10 Cincinnati | W 91-79 | 21-8 | Conference USA Championship (Saint Louis, MO) | |
| 3/8/1997 | UNC Charlotte | W 60-52 | 22-8 | Conference USA Championship (Saint Louis, MO) | |
| 3/14/1997 | Providence | L 59-81 | 22-9 | NCAA Tournament (Charlotte, NC) |
- Marquette led the nation in field-goal percentage defense (36.2%), which is still good for third all-time in NCAA history.
- Austin Croshere nearly became the first player in NCAA history to go 16-15 from the foul line in Providence's thrashing of Marquette on March 14th. Instead he had to settle for 15-15, still tops all-time for an MU opponent.
Statistics
| Player | G-GS | MIN | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF-DQ | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Crawford | 31-31 | 961 | 165 | 352 | .469 | 33 | 86 | .384 | 100 | 130 | .769 | 55 | 110 | 165 | 45 | 33 | 22 | 69 | 89-3 | 463 | 14.9 |
| Aaron Hutchins | 31-31 | 954 | 145 | 347 | .418 | 65 | 184 | .353 | 60 | 86 | .698 | 14 | 83 | 97 | 172 | 62 | 1 | 112 | 36-0 | 415 | 13.4 |
| Anthony Pieper | 26-25 | 761 | 100 | 230 | .435 | 46 | 114 | .404 | 46 | 60 | .767 | 10 | 61 | 71 | 52 | 19 | 1 | 39 | 46-1 | 292 | 11.2 |
| Faisal Abraham | 30-28 | 742 | 76 | 132 | .576 | 0 | 0 | – | 42 | 100 | .420 | 87 | 108 | 195 | 7 | 21 | 84 | 21 | 61-1 | 194 | 6.5 |
| Jarrod Lovette | 31-15 | 621 | 54 | 113 | .478 | 2 | 11 | .182 | 46 | 66 | .697 | 44 | 115 | 159 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 42 | 54-1 | 156 | 5.0 |
| Richard Shaw | 27-18 | 402 | 64 | 110 | .582 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 21 | 33 | .636 | 53 | 66 | 119 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 56-4 | 149 | 5.5 |
| Mike Bargen | 31- 2 | 528 | 48 | 124 | .387 | 21 | 67 | .313 | 13 | 30 | .433 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 26 | 41-0 | 130 | 4.2 |
| Marcus West | 31- 2 | 410 | 24 | 92 | .261 | 9 | 38 | .237 | 41 | 51 | .804 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 67 | 19 | 0 | 42 | 27-0 | 98 | 3.2 |
| John Cliff | 30- 3 | 244 | 26 | 88 | .295 | 14 | 55 | .255 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15-0 | 72 | 2.4 |
| Abel Joseph | 30- 0 | 322 | 20 | 42 | .476 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 52 | .462 | 29 | 43 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 51-2 | 64 | 2.1 |
| Bart Miller | 19- 0 | 149 | 15 | 36 | .417 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 25 | ,360 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 14-0 | 39 | 2.1 |
| John Polonowski | 23- 0 | 129 | 13 | 38 | .342 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 10 | 16 | .625 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25-0 | 37 | 1.6 |
| TOTALS | 31 | 6225 | 750 | 1704 | .440 | 191 | 564 | .339 | 418 | 658 | .635 | 365 | 727 | 1206 | 448 | 227 | 180 | 464 | 515-12 | 2109 | 68.0 |
| Opponents | 31 | 6225 | 628 | 1735 | .362 | 175 | 540 | .324 | 360 | 556 | .647 | 405 | 660 | 1065 | 360 | 212 | 59 | 461 | 588-23 | 1791 | 57.8 |
Coaches
Mike Deane - Head Coach
Dan Theiss - Associate HC
Maurice (Bo) Ellis - Assistant
Mike Rice - Assistant
Sean Rivers - Administrative Asst.
David Leigh - Athletic Trainer
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