1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1975–76 Marquette Warriors Basketball Independent 2 2 27–2 Al McGuire MECCA Arena NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Elite Eight The 1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team represented Marquette University in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1975–76 academic year. At that time, Marquette was an independent school not aligned with any conference; it did not join a conference until 1988, when it joined the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League; it would later move to the Great Midwest Conference and Conference USA before joining its current conference, the Big East, in 2005. Also, Marquette did not adopt its current nickname of "Golden Eagles" until 1994. Roster 1975 Marquette Warriors y Barry Brennan 10 G 5 10 150 Sr Charlotte, North Carolina Craig Butrym 30 C 6 11 185 Jr Fox Point, Wisconsin Bo Ellis y 31 F 6 9 190 Jr Chicago, Illinois Butch Lee y 15 G 6 1 185 So The Bronx, New York Bill Neary 42 F 6 5 185 Jr Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Ulice Payne 21 F 6 6 185 So Donora, Pennsylvania Gary Rosenberger 55 G 6 0 155 So Milwaukee, Wisconsin Earl Tatum y 43 G 6 5 185 Sr Mount Vernon, New York Bernard Toone y 33 F 6 9 210 Fr Yonkers, New York Lloyd Walton y 22 G 6 0 160 Sr Chicago, Illinois Jerome Whitehead y 54 C 6 10 220 So Waukegan, Illinois Al McGuire Hank Raymonds Rick Majerus Schedule December 2 St. Joseph (IN) 87–60 1–0 MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI December 6 Northern Michigan 56–45 2–0 MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI December 13 Drake 80–58 3–0 MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI December 16 7 Wisconsin 78–54 4–0 MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI December 18 yes Minnesota 73–77 4–1 Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota December 20 3 Northwestern 75–53 5–1 MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI December 29 Miami (OH) 75–52 6–1 MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI December 30 4 Wisconsin Milwaukee Classic 82–66 7–1 MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI January 3 South Carolina 82–70 8–1 MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI February 28 6 Notre Dame 81–75 23–1 Joyce Center South Bend, IN |- !colspan=9 style=Marquette Golden Eagles| NCAA Tournament March 13 yes 2 yes Western Kentucky First Round 79–60 26–1 UD Arena Dayton, OH March 18 yes 2 yes 10 Western Michigan Sweet Sixteen 62–57 27–1 LSU Assembly Center 14,150 Baton Rouge, LA March 20 yes 2 yes 1 Indiana Elite Eight 56–65 27–2 LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/marquette/1976-schedule.html 1975–76 Marquette Warriors Schedule and Results College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110357/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/marq/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809-m-baskbl-mg-8.pdf 2016-03-04 Retrieved 2013-Oct-21. NCAA basketball tournament West Marquette 79, Western Kentucky 60 Marquette 62, Western Michigan 57 Indiana 65, Marquette 56 http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1976 RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More Team players drafted into the NBA Marquette Warriors Round Pick Player NBA club 2 21 Earl Tatum Los Angeles Lakers 340 Lloyd Walton Milwaukee Buckshttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1976&lg=N 1976 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2012-03-29 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20120209171237/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1976&lg=N 2012-02-09 References Marquette Category:Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball seasons Marquette Marquette Warriors men's basketball team Marquette Warriors men's basketball team Category:Long stubs with short prose