Marquette Basketball Quick Facts
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
First Victory Milwaukee Normal (1916-17) 24-16
First Home Victory Lawrence (1916-17) 19-14
First Bradley Center Victory Rice (1988-89) 76-60
100th Victory Lawrence (1926-27) 24-22
250th Victory Ripon (1942-43) 48-39
500th Victory Villanova (1962-63) 66-58
750th Victory Northern Michigan (1975-76) 56-45
1,000th Victory Xavier (Ohio) (1987-88) 67-61
First 20-Win Season 1954-55 24-3
First Post-Season Appearance 1951-52 - National Catholic Tournament
First Coach to Win 100 Games Bill Chandler - 100th Victory in 1938-39
Most Marquette Points 118 points vs. UW-Milwaukee (1968-69)W, 118-68
Most Opponent Points 108 points Kansas (1990-91) L, 71-108
Highest Total Points 203 points vs. Oral Roberts (1979-80)L, 101-102 (OT)
Fewest Marquette Points 7 points (twice) vs. Creighton (1922-23)W, 7-6 vs. Wisconsin (1923-24) L, 7-27
Fewest Opponent Points 2 points St. Mary's (Minn.)(1922-23) W, 35-2
Lowest Total Points 13 points vs. Creighton (1922-23) W, 7-6
Most Frequent Opponent Wisconsin - 104 times
Most Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances 10 from 1971-80
Most Frequent NCAA Tournament Opponent Kentucky - eight timesMost Consecutive NIT Appearances four from 1984 to 1987
Most Frequent NIT Opponents Penn State and Providence - two times
Teams Played in NCAA Tournament and NIT Cincinnati, Indiana, Michigan, Providence, Villanova, Minnesota
First Player to Average Double-Figure Points Ray Morstadt 10.4 ppg (1934-35)
First Player to Average 20 or More Points Terry Rand 20.2 ppg (1955-56)
First Player to Reach 1,000 Points Russ Wittberger 1953-54
First Player to Reach 500 Rebounds Rube Schulz 1954-55
First Player to Average Double-Figure Rebounds Grant Wittberger 10.5 rpg (1950-51)
*The Golden Eagles are 23-1 in games when they score 100 or more points.
*Marquette has never lost four consecutive games at the Bradley Center.
*Three Marquette cagers have been consensus All-Americans: Dean Meminger, Jim Chones and Butch Lee.
*Marc Marotta was named an Academic All-American from 1982-84.
*Tony Miller is the only player in NCAA history to score more than 1,000 points, grab more than 500 rebounds, and hand out more than 900 assists.
*Six sets of teammates have scored the 1,000th point of their careers in the same season: Bo Ellis and Lloyd Walton (1975-76); Trevor Powell and Tony Smith (1989-90); Ron Curry and Damon Key (1992-93); Robb Logterman and Jim McIlvaine (1993-94); Roney Eford and Tony Miller (1994 95) and Chris Crawford, Aaron Hutchins and Anthony Pieper (1996-97).
*In 1954-55 Rube Schulz became the first Marquette player to reach the 500-rebound mark. Russ Wittberger and Terry Rand also eclipsed the 500-rebound mark that season. In fact, all three of the players recorded their 500th rebound in a span of 16 days - Schulz against Louisville (Jan. 12); Wittberger versus Loyola (La.) on Jan. 27; and Rand the following night (Jan. 28) at Loyola (La.).
*Trevor Powell is the only Marquette player to lead his teams in rebounding four straight seasons.
*Bob Wolf was the first Marquette player taken in a professional draft. He was chosen in the fifth round by New York of the ABA and was taken in the seventh round by Chicago of the NBA.
*The Golden Eagles were 16-0 at home in 1995-96. It marked the 10th time in school history, and first since 1977-78, that Marquette posted a perfect record on its home court.
