Ultimate Hoops Guide - Marquette University

Written by John Pudner

This book sets a new standard for sports books by letting you:

1. Look up any player or any season in history,
   
   
2. Know ahead of time how many games MU should win in 2008-09 based on the formulas that have predicted MU's records so many of the past 91 seasons,
   
   
3. Read dozens of short stories that answer questions like these:
   • How many teams have ever had a better decade than Marquette's 86% winning percentage in the 1970s?
   • Who were the two Marquette players to be selected 1st team All-American in consecutive years? Which of these two was named National Player of the Year?
   • In what year did Wisconsin win the national title, but lose to a 2-13 Marquette team?
   • What All-American led MU to near upsets at Kentucky in 1938, and national champion Temple in 1939, then went on to play for one of the first NBA teams?
   • Like Jerel McNeal and Dominic James, Tony Smith averaged around 14 points his sophomore and junior seasons. How many did he average in 1990, his senior season?
   • Who led Marquette to an 8-3 record with a team-high 80 points in the first season in 1917?
   • The points, steals, blocks, rebounds and assists are listed for all 669 players to ever play for MU. A player who led one of these five categories almost DOUBLED the 2nd best player in that category. Can you name the player and pick the category he so dominated?
   • During the 2007-08 season, Marquette outscored opponents by more than 12 points per game for only the 5th time in school history. The other four times MU went on to either make the Final Four or a Top 2 ranking during the following season ? can you guess these four other seasons?
   • Marquette has been a defensive power most of the time, but can you name the only MU player to ever finish in the Top 10 in scoring nationally?
   • When Al McGuire was hired from Belmont Abbey in 1964, he inherited a team that had allowed 83.1 points per game. What was the new defense McGuire introduced to college basketball, and how many points did MU allow in 1965?