2008–09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

2008–09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball

NCAA, #6, West Region
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 23
2008–09 record	24–9 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach	Buzz Williams
Assistant coach	Tony Benford
Assistant coach	Dale Layer
Assistant coach	Aki Collins
Home arena	Bradley Center

2008–09 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Louisville†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	6	.838
#4 Pittsburgh	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
#5 Connecticut	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
#11 Villanova	13	–	5	.722	30	–	8	.789
#23 Marquette	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
#13 Syracuse	11	–	7	.611	28	–	10	.737
West Virginia	10	–	8	.556	23	–	12	.657
Providence	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	21	–	15	.583
Cincinnati	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Seton Hall	7	–	11	.389	17	–	15	.531
Georgetown	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
St. John's	6	–	12	.333	16	–	18	.471
South Florida	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290
Rutgers	2	–	16	.111	11	–	21	.344
DePaul	0	–	18	.000	9	–	24	.273


† 2009 Big East Tournament winner As of April 4, 2009^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represents Marquette University. The Head Coach is Buzz Williams, serving his first season as head coach, and second with Marquette. The team plays its home games at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Key contributors include seniors Dominic James, Jerel McNeal, and Wesley Matthews, and juniors Lazar Hayward, Maurice Acker and Jimmy Butler.

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
Zachary Cloutier	15	Guard	6–0	161	Sophomore	South Portland, Maine
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	-

2008–09 Schedule and Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
November 14, 2008* 7:00 PM	No. 17	Houston Baptist	W 95–64	1–0	Bradley Center (13,668) Milwaukee, WI
November 17, 2008* 7:00 PM	No. 17	Chicago State	W 106–87	2–0	Bradley Center (12,966) Milwaukee, WI
November 22, 2008* 7:00 PM	No. 17	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	W 100–80	3–0	Bradley Center (15,168) Milwaukee, WI
November 25, 2008* 7:00 PM	No. 15	Texas Southern	W 85–68	4–0	Bradley Center (12,993) Milwaukee, WI
November 28, 2008* 7:00 PM	No. 15	vs. Northern Iowa Chicago Invitational Challenge	W 73–43	5–0	Sears Centre (3,087) Hoffman Estates, IL
November 29, 2008* 7:00 PM	No. 15	vs. Dayton Chicago Invitational Challenge	L 75–89	5–1	Sears Centre (4,780) Hoffman Estates, IL
December 2, 2008* 7:00 PM		Central Michigan	W 81–67	6–1	Bradley Center (13,158) Milwaukee, WI
December 5, 2008* 8:30 PM		No. 21 Wisconsin	W 61–58	7–1	Bradley Center (18,895) Milwaukee, WI
December 13, 2008* 7:30 PM	No. 24	IPFW	W 69–50	8–1	Bradley Center (13,470) Milwaukee, WI
December 16, 2008* 7:30 PM	No. 23	at No. 19 Tennessee	L 68–80	8–2	Sommet Center (9,498) Nashville, TN
December 19, 2008* 7:00 PM	No. 23	Western Carolina	W 94–77	9–2	Bradley Center (13,653) Milwaukee, WI
December 22, 2008* 8:00 PM	No. 25	at North Carolina State	W 68–65	10–2	RBC Center (16,819) Raleigh, NC
December 28, 2008* 6:00 PM	No. 25	Presbyterian	W 84–45	11–2	Bradley Center (13,879) Milwaukee, WI
January 1, 2009 11:00 AM	No. 25	No. 13 Villanova	W 79–72	12–2 (1–0)	Bradley Center (16,446) Milwaukee, WI
January 4, 2009 1:00 PM	No. 25	Cincinnati	W 84–50	13–2 (2–0)	Bradley Center (16,667) Milwaukee, WI
January 7, 2009 8:00 PM	No. 15	at Rutgers	W 81–76	14–2 (3–0)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,112) Piscataway, NJ
January 10, 2009 1:00 PM	No. 15	No. 22 West Virginia	W 75–53	15–2 (4–0)	Bradley Center (17,085) Milwaukee, WI
January 17, 2009 8:00 PM	No. 14	at Providence	W 91–82	16–2 (5–0)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,221) Providence, RI
January 24, 2009 1:00 PM	No. 10	DePaul	W 79–70	17–2 (6–0)	Bradley Center (18,949) Milwaukee, WI
January 26, 2009 8:00 PM	No. 8	at No. 22 Notre Dame	W 71–64	18–2 (7–0)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
January 31, 2009 1:00 PM	No. 8	No. 22 Georgetown	W 94–82	19–2 (8–0)	Bradley Center (19,041) Milwaukee, WI
February 3, 2009 8:00 PM	No. 8	at DePaul	W 76–61	20–2 (9–0)	Allstate Arena (11,230) Rosemont, IL
February 6, 2009 6:00 PM	No. 8	at South Florida	L 57–58	20–3 (9–1)	USF Sun Dome (5,316) Tampa, FL
February 10, 2009 6:30 PM	No. 11	at No. 13 Villanova	L 84–102	20–4 (9–2)	The Pavilion (6,500) Villanova, PA
February 14, 2009 8:00 PM	No. 11	St. John's	W 73–59	21–4 (10–2)	Bradley Center (18,614) Milwaukee, WI
February 17, 2009 7:00 PM	No. 10	Seton Hall	W 79–67	22–4 (11–2)	Bradley Center (18,709) Milwaukee, WI
February 21, 2009 1:00 PM	No. 10	at Georgetown	W 78–72	23–4 (12–2)	Verizon Center (17,686) Washington, D.C.
February 25, 2009 6:00 PM	No. 8	No. 2 Connecticut	L 93–82	23–5 (12–3)	Bradley Center (19,091) Milwaukee, WI
March 1, 2009 11:00 AM	No. 8	at No. 6 Louisville	L 62–58	23–6 (12–4)	Freedom Hall (20,079) Louisville, Kentucky
March 4, 2009 6:30 PM	No. 13	at No. 3 Pittsburgh	L 90–75	23–7 (12–5)	Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA
March 7, 2009 1:00 PM, ESPN360	No. 13	No. 25 Syracuse	L 86–79 ^OT	23–8 (12–6)	Bradley Center (19,144) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
March 11, 2009 2:30 PM, ESPN	No. 21	vs. St. John's Second Round	W 74–45	24–8	Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY
March 12, 2009 2:30 PM, ESPN	No. 21	vs. No. 10 Villanova Quarterfinals	L 76–75	24–9	Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship
March 20, 2009 12:30 PM, CBS	No. 23	vs. Utah State NCAA Championship First Round	W 58–57	25–9	Taco Bell Arena (N/A) Boise, ID
March 22, 2009 3:50 PM, CBS	No. 23	vs. Missouri NCAA Championship Second Round	L 79–83	25–10	Taco Bell Arena (12,184) Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	16	16	15	25	24	24	27	27	18	14	11	8	8	10	10	8	13	21	23
Coaches	17	17	15	26	24	23	25	25	15	14	10	8	8	12	11	10	15	21	24

References

↑ "Big East Conference Standings - 2008-09." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-23-10.

Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball

Venues	Marquette Gymnasium (1922–1974) Milwaukee Arena (1974–1988) BMO Harris Bradley Center (1988–present) Al McGuire Center (practice)

Culture & lore	"Ring Out Ahoya" "Jump Around Guy"

People	Head coaches NBA players

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NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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