2008–09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season May 2026 March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2008–09 Marquette Golden Eagles Marquette mu small.png 150 Big East Conference (1979–2013) Big East 21 23 25–10 12–6 Buzz Williams (1st season) Tony Benford Dale Layer Aki Collins Bradley Center NCAA tournament second round The 2008–09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Buzz Williams, who served his first season as head coach, and second with Marquette. The team played its home games at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Key contributors included seniors Dominic James, Jerel McNeal, and Wesley Matthews, and juniors Lazar Hayward, Maurice Acker and Jimmy Butler. Preseason July 2010 Roster # Position Height Weight Year Home Town Dominic James 1 Guard 5–11 175 Senior Richmond, Indiana Maurice Acker 2 Guard 5–8 165 Junior Hazel Crest, Illinois Patrick Hazel 4 Forward 6–7 220 Sophomore Queens, New York David Cubillan 10 Guard 6–0 175 Junior Maricaibo, Venezuela Dwight Burke 12 Forward 6–8 250 Junior Brooklyn, New York Joseph Fulce 21 Forward 6–7 205 Sophomore Plano, Texas Jerel McNeal 22 Guard 6–3 200 Senior Chicago, Illinois Wesley Matthews 23 Guard/Forward 6–5 215 Senior Madison, Wisconsin Lazar Hayward 32 Forward 6–6 225 Junior Buffalo, New York Jimmy Butler 33 Guard 6–6 215 Sophomore Tomball, Texas Chris Otule 42 Center 6–10 245 Freshman Richmond, Texas Robert Frozena 45 Guard 6–1 180 Sophomore Sherwood, Wisconsin Liam McMorrow 55 Center 7–0 260 Sophomore Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2008–2009 Statistics Updated as of February 19, 2009. Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG McNeal, Jerel Jerel McNeal 26 26 33.9 .480 .438 .727 4.7 4.0 2.2 0.7 19.9 Matthews, Wesley Wesley Matthews 26 26 32.5 .529 .391 .816 5.4 2.5 1.3 0.5 18.6 Hayward, Lazar Lazar Hayward 26 26 30.8 .468 .346 .821 8.5 1.3 1.0 0.3 15.9 James, Dominic Dominic James 26 26 32.7 .430 .283 .459 3.7 5.4 2.2 0.3 11.9 Butler, Jimmy Jimmy Butler 26 1 17.0 .500 .000 .732 3.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 4.5 Burke, Dwight Dwight Burke 26 25 19.4 .657 .000 .500 3.7 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.8 Hazel, Patrick Patrick Hazel 21 0 12.0 .704 .000 .588 2.1 0.0 0.3 0.4 2.3 Acker, Maurice Maurice Acker 25 0 11.7 .246 .216 .714 1.1 1.5 0.7 0.0 2.0 Fulce, Joseph Joseph Fulce 8 0 6.0 .500 .000 .750 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 1.9 Otule, Chris Chris Otule 7 0 7.9 .364 .000 .400 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.7 Cubillan, David David Cubillan 23 0 9.2 .267 .300 .556 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.0 1.7 Frozena, Robert Robert Frozena 10 0 1.8 .250 .000 .500 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 - Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=12 style=Marquette Golden Eagles|Non-conference games November 14, 2008 7:00 pm yes 17 Houston Baptist Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 95–64 1–0 13,668 November 17, 2008 7:00 pm yes 17 Chicago State Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 106–87 2–0 12,966 November 22, 2008 7:00 pm yes 17 Milwaukee Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 100–80 3–0 15,168 November 25, 2008 7:00 pm yes 15 Texas Southern Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 85–68 4–0 12,993 November 28, 2008 7:00 pm yes yes 15 Northern Iowa Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL Chicago Invitational Challenge 73–43 5–0 3,087 November 29, 2008 7:00 pm yes yes 15 Dayton Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL Chicago Invitational Challenge 75–89 5–1 4,780 December 2, 2008 7:00 pm yes Central Michigan Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 81–67 6–1 13,158 December 5, 2008 8:30 pm yes Wisconsin 21 Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 61–58 7–1 18,895 December 13, 2008 7:30 pm yes 24 IPFW Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 69–50 8–1 13,470 December 16, 2008 7:30 pm yes yes 23 Tennessee 19 Sommet Center Nashville, TN 68–80 8–2 9,498 December 19, 2008 7:00 pm yes 23 Western Carolina Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 94–77 9–2 13,653 December 22, 2008 8:00 pm yes yes 25 North Carolina State RBC Center Raleigh, NC 68–65 10–2 16,819 December 28, 2008 6:00 pm yes 25 Presbyterian Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 84–45 11–2 13,879 |- !colspan=12 style=Marquette Golden Eagles|Conference games January 1, 2009 11:00 am 25 Villanova 13 Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 79–72 12–2 (1–0) 16,446 January 4, 2009 1:00 pm 25 Cincinnati Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 84–50 13–2 (2–0) 16,667 January 7, 2009 8:00 pm yes 15 Rutgers Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ 81–76 14–2 (3–0) 4,112 January 10, 2009 1:00 pm 15 West Virginia 22 Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 75–53 15–2 (4–0) 17,085 January 17, 2009 8:00 pm yes 14 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI 91–82 16–2 (5–0) 10,221 January 24, 2009 1:00 pm 10 DePaul Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 79–70 17–2 (6–0) 18,949 January 26, 2009 8:00 pm yes 8 Notre Dame 22 Edmund P. Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 71–64 18–2 (7–0) 11,418 January 31, 2009 1:00 pm 8 Georgetown 22 Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 94–82 19–2 (8–0) 19,041 February 3, 2009 8:00 pm yes 8 DePaul Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL 76–61 20–2 (9–0) 11,230 February 6, 2009 6:00 pm yes 8 South Florida USF Sun Dome Tampa, FL 57–58 20–3 (9–1) 5,316 February 10, 2009 6:30 pm yes 11 Villanova 13 The Pavilion Villanova, PA 84–102 20–4 (9–2) 6,500 February 14, 2009 8:00 pm 11 St. John's Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 73–59 21–4 (10–2) 18,614 February 17, 2009 7:00 pm 10 Seton Hall Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 79–67 22–4 (11–2) 18,709 February 21, 2009 1:00 pm yes 10 Georgetown Verizon Center Washington, D.C. 78–72 23–4 (12–2) 17,686 February 25, 2009 6:00 pm 8 Connecticut 2 Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI 82–93 23–5 (12–3) 19,091 March 1, 2009 11:00 am yes 8 Louisville 6 Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky 58–62 23–6 (12–4) 20,079 March 4, 2009 6:30 pm yes 13 Pittsburgh 3 Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA 75–90 23–7 (12–5) 12,508 March 7, 2009 1:00 pm 13 Syracuse 25 Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin ESPN360 79–86 OT 23–8 (12–6) 19,144 |- !colspan=12 style=Marquette Golden Eagles|Big East tournament March 11, 2009 2:30 pm yes 21 St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, NY Second Round ESPN 74–45 24–8 19,375 March 12, 2009 2:30 pm yes 21 Villanova 10 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarterfinals ESPN 75–76 24–9 19,375 |- !colspan=12 style=Marquette Golden Eagles|NCAA tournament March 20, 2009 12:30 pm yes 23 Utah State Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID First Round CBS 58–57 25–9 N/A March 22, 2009 3:50 pm yes 23 Missouri Taco Bell Arena Boise, ID Second Round CBS 79–83 25–10 12,184 Rankings 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 18 16 15 т 15 25 24 24 NR 18 14 11 8 8 10 10 8 13 21 23 Coaches 0 19 17 17 15 NR 24 23 25 25 15 14 10 8 8 12 11 т 10 15 21 24 21 References Marquette Category:Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball seasons Marquette Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team