1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team

1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record27–2
Head coach
Home arenaMECCA Arena
Seasons
1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Rutgers   31 2   .939
No. 3 UNLV   29 2   .935
No. 2 Marquette   27 2   .931
North Texas State   22 4   .846
No. 19 Centenary   22 5   .815
UNC Charlotte   24 6   .800
Pan American   20 5   .800
No. 7 Notre Dame   23 6   .793
St. John's   23 6   .793
Florida State   21 6   .778
Oral Roberts   20 6   .769
Georgetown   21 7   .750
Virginia Tech   21 7   .750
George Washington   20 7   .741
Illinois State   20 7   .741
Creighton   19 7   .731
Northeast Louisiana   18 7   .720
Detroit   19 8   .704
South Florida   19 8   .704
New Orleans   18 8   .692
No. 17 DePaul   20 9   .690
Syracuse   20 9   .690
Holy Cross   22 10   .688
Seton Hall   18 9   .667
South Alabama   18 9   .667
South Carolina   18 9   .667
Providence   21 11   .656
Stetson   17 9   .654
UC Santa Barbara   17 9   .654
Air Force   16 9   .640
VCU   16 9   .640
St. Peter's   19 11   .633
Portland State   17 10   .630
St. Bonaventure   17 10   .630
Mercer   15 10   .600
Villanova   16 11   .593
Niagara   17 12   .586
Long Island   15 12   .556
Colgate   13 11   .542
Xavier   14 12   .538
West Virginia   15 13   .536
Georgia State   12 11   .522
Indiana State   13 12   .520
Dayton   14 13   .519
Hardin–Simmons   14 13   .519
Jacksonville   13 13   .500
Manhattan   14 14   .500
St. Francis (PA)   14 14   .500
St. Francis (NY)   13 13   .500
Marshall   13 14   .481
Duquesne   12 13   .480
Northeastern   12 13   .480
Fairfield   12 14   .462
Utah State   12 14   .462
Butler   12 15   .444
Denver   12 15   .444
Pittsburgh   12 15   .444
Army   11 14   .440
Iona   11 15   .423
Milwaukee   11 15   .423
Southern Miss   11 15   .423
Navy   10 14   .417
Fairleigh Dickinson   9 13   .409
Georgia Southern   11 16   .407
Hawaii   11 16   .407
Penn State   10 15   .400
Buffalo   10 16   .385
Loyola (IL)   10 16   .385
Canisius   10 17   .370
Boston College   9 17   .346
Oklahoma City   9 18   .333
Portland   9 18   .333
Fordham   7 19   .269
Cleveland State   6 19   .240
Houston Baptist   5 21   .192
Baptist   3 23   .115
Samford   3 23   .115
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 10 Barry Brennan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Sr Charlotte, North Carolina
C 30 Craig Butrym 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Fox Point, Wisconsin
F 31 Bo Ellis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Chicago, Illinois
G 15 Butch Lee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So The Bronx, New York
F 42 Bill Neary 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
F 21 Ulice Payne 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Donora, Pennsylvania
G 55 Gary Rosenberger 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G 43 Earl Tatum 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Mount Vernon, New York
F 33 Bernard Toone 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Yonkers, New York
G 22 Lloyd Walton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois
C 54 Jerome Whitehead 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Waukegan, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
December 2
St. Joseph (IN) W 87–60  1–0
MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
December 6
Northern Michigan W 56–45  2–0
MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
December 13
Drake W 80–58  3–0
MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
December 16
No. 7 Wisconsin W 78–54  4–0
MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
December 18
at Minnesota L 73–77  4–1
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 20
No. 3 Northwestern W 75–53  5–1
MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
December 29
Miami (OH) W 75–52  6–1
MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
December 30
No. 4 Wisconsin
Milwaukee Classic
W 82–66  7–1
MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
January 3
South Carolina W 82–70  8–1
MECCA Arena 
Milwaukee, WI
February 28
No. 6 Notre Dame W 81–75  23–1
Joyce Center 
South Bend, IN
NCAA Tournament
March 13*
No. 2 vs. Western Kentucky
First Round
W 79–60  26–1
UD Arena 
Dayton, OH
March 18*
No. 2 vs. No. 10 Western Michigan
Sweet Sixteen
W 62–57  27–1
LSU Assembly Center (14,150)
Baton Rouge, LA
March 20*
No. 2 vs. No. 1 Indiana
Elite Eight
L 56–65  27–2
LSU Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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NCAA basketball tournament

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Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 21 Earl Tatum Los Angeles Lakers
3 40 Lloyd Walton Milwaukee Bucks

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References

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  1. ^ "1975–76 Marquette Warriors Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ^ 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.
  3. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
  4. ^ "1976 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.