1995–96 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

The 1995–96 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the Marquette University in the 1995–96 season. The Golden Eagles finished the regular season with a record of 23–8. As a 4 seed, the Golden Eagles defeated the 13 seed Monmouth in the first round, 68–44. Marquette would fall to Arkansas in the second round.

1995–96 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Conference USA
Division	Blue
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 20
Record	23–8 (10-4 CUSA)
Head coach	Mike Deane (2nd season)
Home arena	Bradley Center
Seasons ← 1994–95 1996–97 →

1995–96 Conference USA men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Blue
No. 7 Cincinnati †	11	–	3		.786			28	–	5		.848
No. 20 Marquette	10	–	4		.714			23	–	8		.742
Saint Louis	4	–	10		.286			16	–	14		.533
DePaul	2	–	12		.143			11	–	18		.379
Red
Tulane	9	–	5		.643			22	–	10		.688
UAB	6	–	8		.429			16	–	14		.533
Southern Miss	6	–	8		.429			12	–	15		.444
South Florida	2	–	12		.143			12	–	16		.429
White
No. 16 Memphis	11	–	3		.786			22	–	8		.733
No. 24 Louisville	10	–	4		.714			22	–	12		.647
UNC Charlotte	6	–	8		.429			14	–	15		.483
† 1996 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

1995–96 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown F 40 Faisal Abraham 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr St. Croix, Virgin Islands F 5 Chris Crawford 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Kalamazoo, Michigan G 13 Roney Eford 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Queens, New York G 33 Mark Harris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Milwaukee, Wisconsin G 12 Aaron Hutchins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Lima, Ohio C 45 Jarrod Lovette 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Fr Blair, Wisconsin C 00 Amal McCaskill 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Maywood, Illinois G 3 Anthony Pieper 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Wausaukee, Wisconsin	Head coach Mike Deane Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 26*		UW Milwaukee	W 91–74	1–0	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
December 1*		Columbia	W 72–45	2–0	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
December 2*		UW Green Bay	W 64–44	3–0	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
December 6*		Coppin State	W 95–69	4–0	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
December 9*		vs. La Salle	L 65–68	4–1	Boardwalk Hall  Atlantic City, NJ
December 16*		No. 22 Santa Clara	W 78–49[2]	5–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
December 22*		Vermont	W 89–58	6–1	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
December 31*		at Wisconsin	L 46–55	6–2	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
January 2*		Morgan State	W 98–58	7–2	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
January 7		Saint Louis	W 69–47	8–2 (1–0)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
January 10*		Iowa State	W 58–56	9–2 (1–0)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
January 13		at No. 4 Cincinnati	L 70–91	9–3 (1–1)	Fifth Third Arena  Cincinnati, Ohio
January 15*		Illinois-Chicago	W 103–81	10–3 (1–1)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
January 17		at DePaul	W 73–60	11–3 (2–1)	Allstate Arena  Rosemont, Illinois
January 20		No. 9 Memphis	W 59–55	12–3 (3–1)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
January 25		at Charlotte	L 69–79	12–4 (3–2)	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
January 30		UAB	W 73–64	13–4 (4–2)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
February 4		at Tulane	L 74–75	13–5 (4–3)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena  New Orleans, Louisiana
February 7		South Florida	W 82–61	14–5 (5–3)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
February 11		DePaul	W 75–65	15–5 (6–3)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
February 14*		Creighton	W 63–57	16–5 (6–3)	Omaha Civic Auditorium  Omaha, Nebraska
February 18		Southern Mississippi	W 58–55	17–5 (7–3)	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 22		Charlotte	W 78–68	18–5 (8–3)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
February 25		at Saint Louis	L 58–69	18–6 (8–4)	Scottrade Center  St. Louis, Missouri
February 28		at Louisville	W 80–79	19–6 (9–4)	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
March 2		at Cincinnati	W 74–72	20–6 (10–4)	Bradley Center  Milwaukee, WI
Conference USA tournament
March 7	No. 21	vs. South Florida Conference USA Conference tournament	W 65–56	21–6 (11–4)	The Pyramid
March 8	No. 21	at No. 14 Memphis Conference USA Conference tournament	W 72–60	22–6 (12–4)	The Pyramid
March 9	No. 21	vs. Cincinnati Conference USA Conference tournament	L 84–85 OT	22–7 (12–5)	The Pyramid
NCAA tournament
March 14*	No. 20	vs. Monmouth First Round	W 68–44	23–7 (12–5)	Dunkin' Donuts Center  Providence, RI
March 16*	No. 20	vs. Arkansas Second Round	L 56–65	23–8 (12–5)	Dunkin' Donuts Center  Providence, RI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	49	Amal McCaskill	Orlando Magic

External links

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