2007-08 Game Notes No. 11/15 Marquette Golden Eagles (5-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) at No. RV/23 Wisconsin Badgers (6-1, 0-0 Big Ten) he No. 11/15 Marquette men’s basketball team wraps up the road por- MU SCOREBOARD T tion of its non-conference schedule Saturday afternoon when the squad travels to in-state rival Wisconsin. The opening tip is slated for 5 p.m. DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME CT and will be featured on ESPN2, MU’s fourth nationally televised game of Nov. 10 IUPUI W, 76-68 the campaign. Terry Gannon (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analyst) will call Nov. 12 Utah Valley W, 66-55 the action from the Kohl Center. EA Sports Maui Invitational The matchup will mark Marquette’s first true road outing of the season. Nov. 19 @ Chaminade W, 74-63 MU has played three neutral-site games early in 2007-08, but has yet to take Nov. 20 vs. Oklahoma St. W, 91-61 the court in a true opposing environment. Nov. 21 vs. No. 13/10 Duke L, 77-73 Wisconsin leads the all-time series 62-51, most recently posting a 70-66 Nov. 30 UW-Milwaukee W, 100-65 decision over the Golden Eagles in 2006-07. The Badgers currently own a Dec. 8 @ Wisconsin 5 p.m. 28-game homecourt winning streak, the third-longest active run in the Dec. 15 Sacramento St. 1 p.m. nation. Marquette last left Madison victorious on Nov. 14, 1997, when the Dec. 17 IPFW 7 p.m. team earned a 65-60 decision. Dec. 21 Coppin St. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29 Savannah St. 1 p.m. DATE : December 8, 2007 Jan. 3 Providence 8 p.m. TIP-OFF : 5 p.m. CT Jan. 6 @ West Virginia 1 p.m. LOCATION: Kohl Center (17,190) - Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. 8 Seton Hall 8 p.m. TELEVISION: ESPN2 will broadcast MU’s fourth nationally televised Jan. 12 Notre Dame 1 p.m. matchup of the season. Terry Gannon (play-by-play) and Jay Bilas (analyst) Jan. 17 @ Louisville 6 p.m. will call the action. Jan. 20 @ Connecticut 1 p.m. RADIO: ESPN Radio 1510 AM/1290 AM is the flagship station for the Jan. 26 DePaul 7 p.m. Marquette Radio Network. Steve “The Homer” True (play-by-play) and Jim McIlvaine (analyst) will call the action all season long. Jan. 29 USF 7 p.m. MU’S LAST TIME OUT: MU posted a 100-65 victory over UW-Milwaukee Feb. 2 @ Cincinnati 11 a.m. as the two programs renewed their crosstown series. Lazar Hayward (19 Feb. 4 Louisville 6 p.m. pts., 11 rebs.) and Jerel McNeal (16 pts., 10 assists) had double-doubles. Feb. 9 @ Notre Dame 11 a.m. UW’S LAST TIME OUT: The Badgers extended their home court winning Feb. 12 @ Seton Hall 6:30 p.m. streak with a 70-43 victory over Wofford. Guard Joe Krabbenhoft led three Feb. 15 Pittsburgh 8 p.m. players in double figures with 14 points. Feb. 20 @ St. John’s 6 p.m. SERIES HISTORY: UW leads 62-51. Feb. 23 Rutgers 1 p.m. LAST MEETING: UW 70, MU 66 (Dec. 9, 2006). Feb. 25 @ Villanova 6 p.m. MU CONTACT INFO: Scott Kuykendall handles all of the media relations Mar. 1 Georgetown 1 p.m. duties for the Marquette men’s basketball program and can be reached at Mar. 4 Florida Gulf Coast 7 p.m. 414.288.4794 [w]/414.807.3490 [c] or [email protected]. Mar. 8 @ Syracuse 1 p.m. WEB SITE: GoMarquette.com. Mar.12-15 BIG EAST Championship UW CONTACT INFO: Brian Lucas handles the media relations duties for the Badgers and can be reached at 608.513.3987 or [email protected]. All game times subject to change. WEB SITE: UWBadgers.com. # = indicates BIG EAST Conference game. Golden Eagles’ Flight Plan (schedule is tentative and subject to change) Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Off Day 2 - 4:30 p.m. 2 - 4:30 p.m. 2 - 4:30 p.m. 2 - 4:30 p.m. 2 - 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. Practice Practice Practice Practice Practice @ Wisconsin Marquette Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 2 MEDIA SERVICES Golden Eagles Reach Century Mark In Win Over UWM ASST. AD/MBB SID:. Scott Kuykendall Marquette renewed its series with Current Consecutive crosstown opponent UW-Milwaukee by Email: . [email protected] Victories Work Phone posting an impressive 100-65 victory : . 414-288-4794 Won Opponents 1st Yr. Last Yr. Cell Phone over the Panthers on Nov. 30. : . 414-807-3490 41 Syracuse vs. Colgate 1963 2007 ASST. DIRECTOR MU’s 100-point effort marked the : . Luke LeNoble 35 Marquette vs. UWM 1917 1999 Email first time the team has reached the cen- :. [email protected] 33 North Carolina vs. VMI 1922 1997 Work Phone tury mark since the 101-92 win over : . 414-288-6980 29 Pittsburgh vs. St. Francis 1973 2005 Cell Phone Missouri (3/22/03) in the second round : . 414-313-2238 29 Syracuse vs. Cornell 1969 2006 Website: . GoMarquette.com of the NCAA Tournament. Fax: . 414-288-6519 The Golden Eagles improved to 35-0 all time versus the Panthers, extending the NCAA’s second-longest current winning streak over a single opponent. CREDENTIALS Sophomore guard Maurice Acker’s jumper with 1:32 remaining in the second half Credential requests are now available resulted in the 100th point being added to the scoreboard. online by visiting http://www.sportssys- tems.com/Marquette/. MU Values The Ball; Enjoys “Giving” Season Against UWM Requests will be confirmed or denied Marquette’s impressive offensive showing in the 100-point effort against UWM was via email and may be picked up at the Al the result of a number of factors, not the least of which were valuing possessions and McGuire Center or at the arena control sharing the ball. entrance of the Bradley Center on game The Golden Eagles turned the ball over on just seven occasions, matching a single- day (beginning two hours before tip). game low for a Tom Crean coached squad at Marquette. Since Crean’s arrival in 1999- Please contact Scott Kuykendall with 2000, MU has finished the night with just seven miscues in a total of seven outings. any questions. Previous to Monday night, Marquette last accomplished the feat at East Carolina on Feb. 12, 2005. PARKING The Golden Eagles also picked up 26 assists on 40 baskets in the win over the Parking is not available to home and Panthers, collecting an assist-to-turnover ratio of nearly 4-to-1. MU last collected that visiting members of the media. There many assists in an 88-40 victory over Lewis on Dec. 28, 2005. are several parking structures available within walking distance of the Bradley McNeal, Matthews Continue To Crash The Boards Center. One of the keys to Marquette’s success this season will be the consistency of the INTERVIEW POLICY guard corps to contribute on the glass at Please contact Scott Kuykendall to both ends of the court. arrange an interview with Marquette Through games of Dec. 3, junior Jerel head coach Tom Crean, a member of the McNeal currently tops all league guards coaching staff or a player. with a season average of 4.8 rebounds per MU players will not disclose their game. Classmate Wesley Matthews is home phone numbers or their cellular contributing 4.2 boards per outing to rank phone numbers so please do not request sixth among players at his position. that information. Players have been Marquette’s guards are currently com- asked to politely decline interviews that bining to chip in 16.9 rebounds per game have not been cleared with the MU or 48.0 percent of the team’s 35.2 boards Media Relations Office. All telephone per outing. interviews will take place from either the Among all of the guards returning from 2006-07, Matthews (5.3 rpg.) and McNeal (4.8 Media Relations Office or the Men’s rpg.) ranked first and second, respectively, in terms of caroms per contest. Basketball Office. Player interviews will not be conducted on gamedays until Despite The Cold, MU’s Shooting Touch Warming Up standard post-game procedures occur. Temperatures in Milwaukee have dropped significantly in recent weeks, but the cold Marquette practices are generally weather hasn’t kept the shooting touch for the team from heating up. closed to the media. Please contact Following the squad’s 54.1 percent-effort against UW-Milwaukee, Marquette is shoot- Kuykendall if you wish to attend prac- ing 49.7 percent from the field as a team to rank first in the BIG EAST and 33rd in the tice. MU practices are scheduled from 2 nation through games of Dec. 2. p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays but are sub- Five players on the roster are currently shooting 50.0 percent-or-better from the floor ject to change so please contact on the season and including those attempts inside the 3-point line only, the squad’s over- Kuykendall in advance. all effort jumps to 57.0 percent (134-of-235). Marquette Men’s Basketball Game Notes Page 3 INJURY REPORT PROBABLE STARTERS Player (Injury) Status Marquette Trevor Mbakwe (knee) Out for season NAME POS. PPG. RPG. APG. FG% FT% Dan Fitzgerald (wrist) TBA Dominic James G 14.7 2.0 3.1 .417 .800 Jerel McNeal G 16.0 4.8 3.5 .528 .593 STAT COMPARISON Wesley Matthews G 9.3 4.2 1.1 .442 .750 statistics as of 12/4/07 Lazar Hayward F 12.8 5.8 0.8 .588 .778 MU UW Dwight Burke F 4.7 3.3 0.2 .667 .444 Overall Record: 5-1 .