#MUBB Celebrates 2021-22 At Annual Banquet

The Marquette University men's basketball team celebrated its 2021-22 campaign Monday night at the program's annual banquet, held this year at the Italian Community Center.

Over 350 people were in attendance at the event, which included highlight videos, an awards presentation and remarks from first-year head coach Shaka Smart and senior Greg Elliott. Zora Stephenson of the Milwaukee Bucks and NBC Sports served as the emcee.

Team Awards

Most Valuable Player: Justin Lewis
Gold Award (top defender): Olivier-Maxence Prosper
Defensive Champion Award (most deflections - 141): Kur Kuath
UBUNTU Award: Tyler Kolek
Academic Excellence Award: Stevie Mitchell & Oso Ighodaro
Hank Raymonds Sportsmanship Award: Stevie Mitchell
Father William Kelly Team Morale Award: Kur Kuath
Dwyane Wade Legacy of Leadership Award: Darryl Morsell

Season Highlights

The Golden Eagles finished 19-13 overall and 11-8 in the BIG EAST, a league that had six teams included in the NCAA tournament field
Marquette claimed seven-straight league wins, including five against AP Top-25 teams
For first time in school history, MU claimed three-straight wins against AP Top-25 opponents (Seton Hall, Villanova, Xavier) in consecutive outings during the regular season
Marquette swept Villanova for the first time since 2011-12
Of Marquette's 32 games, 12 came (6-6) against teams nationally ranked programs and 14 total versus opponents in the 68-team field
Forward Justin Lewis (BIG EAST Most Improved Player, All-BIG EAST First Team), Darryl Morsell (All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention) and Kam Jones (BIG EAST All-Freshman Team) were all honored by the league's head coaches
Guard Tyler Kolek led the BIG EAST in assists with 5.9 per game and his total of 188 was the seventh-best single-season mark in program history
Forward Kur Kuath finished third in the BIG EAST in blocked shots with 2.5 per contest and his 81 blocks were the fifth-most in a single season at Marquette
Shaka Smart is the 10^th head coach to take Marquette to the NCAA tournament and has now led three programs (VCU, Texas and MU) to a total of nine NCAAs, highlighted by a run to the Final Four with VCU in 2010-11

Keep up with the Marquette men's basketball program through social media by following on Twitter (@MarquetteMBB) and Instagram (@marquette.basketball) and 'liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteMensBB). Fans interested in tickets can contact the Marquette Ticket Office online or at 414-288-GOMU (4668).

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Players Mentioned

Greg Elliott

Oso Ighodaro

Kam Jones

Tyler Kolek

Kur Kuath

Justin Lewis

Stevie Mitchell

Darryl Morsell

Olivier-Maxence Prosper

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