The Marquette basketball season kicks off tonight with Marquette Madness at the Al McGuire Center. Get ready for team intros, commercials, and tons of other great things on display at the Al.
Check out the Marquette Madness intro video here.
For those not able to make it to the Al McGuire Center, MUTV will stream it live here, starting at 6:30 pm. I am so excited for basketball to be back!!
The Maui Invitational kicks off in November. In the opening round and coincidently their home opener, Marquette will face Colgate on November 11. The teams will fly to Maui in the middle of November to continue the tournament where Marquette will play Butler on November 19.
Here’s a complete look at the whole tournament:
Marquette recruit T.J. Taylor has been granted a release from Marquette citing personal reasons.
Coach Buzz Williams announced this earlier today. Williams says, ”“In TJ’s best interest, he has withdrawn from school today for personal reasons. As a program, we are in complete support of his decision and we wish him all the best in his future as a student-athlete.”
As a freshman (2010-2011), Taylor signed with the Sooners but never played due to a shoulder injury.
Terms of the release have not been given.
The Big East schedules are being released. At home, Marquette will play Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, South Florida, and Syracuse.
The Golden Eagles will face Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, South Florida, and Villanova on the road.
Marquette has named Jerry Wainwright the new director of basketball operations. Wainwright brings 16 seasons of head coaching experience to Marquette. He has been with DePaul, Richmond, UNC-Wilmington as a head coach.
Coach Williams said this about Wainwright:
“We are very grateful to add coach Wainwright as the final member of our staff. I have known coach since early in my career and have always been humbled by his willingness to share wisdom with me as I have advanced. I never knew as we were building our relationship, that an opportunity like this would ever materialize, but I am very grateful that it has. His wealth of knowledge and experiences will help everyone in our program on one level or another.”
Last season, Wainwright was the associate head coach at Fresno state. He helped coached them to a 13-win season. Wainwright previously coached fellow Big East team, DePaul. With DePaul, he recorded his 200th win as a coach and led them to their best season during the 2007-2008 campaign.
For more of coach Jerry Wainwright’s background, click here.
Welcome to Marquette Coach Wainwright. We wish you the best of luck.
This week marks Marquette’s National Awards Weekend. This weekend is to honor those distinguished alumni who represent the heart, soul and spirit of Marquette.
This year’s Alumnus of the Year is Glenn “Doc” Rivers (Arts ’85). Doc was a three-year starter at Marquette, playing from 1980-83. In 1982, he was named a Converse All-American. He ranks third all time in steals, sixth in assists and 23rd in scoring. Doc had 1,234 career points and still holds the freshman season records for field goals made and field-goal percentage.
In 1983, Doc was a second round draft pick by the Atlanta Hawks. He played there for eight of his 13 seasons in the NBA. Rivers was also apart of Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. He remains the Hawks’ all-time assists leader, with 3,866.
In 1999, Rivers became a coach for the Orlando Magic and in 2004 became coach of the Boston Celtics. Doc took the Celtics to their first NBA title since 1986.
Big congratulations to Doc Rivers for this great honor. You can read about Doc and the other recipients here.
