2008–09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

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.

2008–09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig East Conference (1979–2013)
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 23
2008–09 record25–10 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBradley Center
2008–09 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 Louisville162 .889  316  .838
No. 4 Pittsburgh153 .833  315  .861
No. 5 Connecticut153 .833  315  .861
No. 11 Villanova135 .722  308  .789
No. 23 Marquette126 .667  2510  .714
No. 13 Syracuse117 .611  2810  .737
West Virginia108 .556  2312  .657
Providence108 .556  1914  .576
Notre Dame810 .444  2115  .583
Cincinnati810 .444  1814  .563
Seton Hall711 .389  1715  .531
Georgetown711 .389  1615  .516
St. John's612 .333  1618  .471
South Florida414 .222  922  .290
Rutgers216 .111  1121  .344
DePaul018 .000  924  .273
2009 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 4, 2009[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

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
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
Jerel McNeal 262633.9.480.438.7274.74.02.20.719.9
Wesley Matthews 262632.5.529.391.8165.42.51.30.518.6
Lazar Hayward 262630.8.468.346.8218.51.31.00.315.9
Dominic James 262632.7.430.283.4593.75.42.20.311.9
Jimmy Butler 26117.0.500.000.7323.30.60.30.44.5
Dwight Burke 262519.4.657.000.5003.70.20.20.32.8
Patrick Hazel 21012.0.704.000.5882.10.00.30.42.3
Maurice Acker 25011.7.246.216.7141.11.50.70.02.0
Joseph Fulce 806.0.500.000.7501.30.40.30.11.9
Chris Otule 707.9.364.000.4001.40.00.00.71.7
David Cubillan 2309.2.267.300.5560.70.80.20.01.7
Robert Frozena 1001.8.250.000.5000.70.00.00.0-

Schedule and Results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference games
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
Conference games
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 82–93  23–5 (12–3)
Bradley Center (19,091)
Milwaukee, WI
March 1, 2009
11:00 am
No. 8 at No. 6 Louisville L 58–62  23–6 (12–4)
Freedom Hall (20,079)
Louisville, Kentucky
March 4, 2009
6:30 pm
No. 13 at No. 3 Pittsburgh L 75–90  23–7 (12–5)
Petersen Events Center (12,508)
Pittsburgh, PA
March 7, 2009
1:00 pm, ESPN360
No. 13 No. 25 Syracuse L 79–86 OT 23–8 (12–6)
Bradley Center (19,144)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Big East 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 75–76  24–9
Madison Square Garden (19,375)
New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2009
12:30 pm, CBS
No. 23 vs. Utah State
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
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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
AP 16 15 т 15 25 24 24 NR 18 14 11 8 8 10 10 8 13 21 23 Not released 
Coaches 17 17 15 NR 24 23 25 25 15 14 10 8 8 12 11 т 10 15 21 24 21

References

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