1970–71 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team

1970–71 Marquette Warriors men's basketball
1970–71 Marquette Warriors men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Regional 3rd place
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	28–1
Head coach	Al McGuire;
Home arena	Milwaukee Arena
	Seasons ← 1969–70 1971–72 →

1970–71 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Marquette		–		–	28	–	1	.966
No. 9 Fordham		–		–	26	–	3	.897
No. 11 Jacksonville		–		–	22	–	4	.846
No. 15 Duquesne		–		–	21	–	4	.840
Hawaii		–		–	23	–	5	.821
No. 19 Villanova		–		–	27	–	7	.794
St. Bonaventure		–		–	21	–	6	.778
No. 14 Houston		–		–	22	–	7	.759
Utah State		–		–	20	–	7	.741
Syracuse		–		–	19	–	7	.731
Georgia Tech		–		–	23	–	9	.719
Providence		–		–	20	–	8	.714
Fairleigh Dickinson		–		–	16	–	7	.696
Rutgers		–		–	16	–	7	.696
Holy Cross		–		–	18	–	8	.692
No. 12 Notre Dame		–		–	20	–	9	.690
Dayton		–		–	18	–	9	.667
St. John's (NY)		–		–	18	–	9	.667
Denver		–		–	17	–	9	.654
Florida State		–		–	17	–	9	.654
Loyola (LA)		–		–	16	–	10	.615
Marshall		–		–	16	–	10	.615
Colgate		–		–	15	–	10	.600
Saint Francis (PA)		–		–	15	–	10	.600
Pittsburgh		–		–	14	–	10	.583
Boston College		–		–	15	–	11	.577
Northern Illinois		–		–	13	–	10	.565
Southern Illinois		–		–	13	–	10	.565
Creighton		–		–	14	–	11	.560
Virginia Tech		–		–	14	–	11	.560
Manhattan		–		–	13	–	11	.542
Cincinnati		–		–	14	–	12	.538
Detroit		–		–	14	–	12	.538
Niagara		–		–	14	–	12	.538
West Virginia		–		–	13	–	12	.520
Centenary		–		–	13	–	13	.500
Pan American		–		–	13	–	13	.500
Navy		–		–	12	–	12	.500
Air Force		–		–	12	–	14	.462
Georgetown		–		–	12	–	14	.462
Seattle		–		–	12	–	14	.462
Army		–		–	11	–	13	.458
Saint Peter's		–		–	11	–	13	.458
Iona		–		–	10	–	12	.455
Penn State		–		–	10	–	12	.455
George Washington		–		–	11	–	14	.440
Seton Hall		–		–	11	–	15	.423
Long Island		–		–	10	–	15	.400
Butler		–		–	10	–	16	.385
Canisius		–		–	8	–	13	.381
Fairfield		–		–	9	–	15	.375
Hardin–Simmons		–		–	9	–	16	.360
Oklahoma City		–		–	9	–	16	.360
Xavier		–		–	9	–	17	.346
DePaul		–		–	8	–	17	.320
St. Francis (NY)		–		–	8	–	17	.320
Tulane		–		–	8	–	18	.308
Boston University		–		–	7	–	18	.280
Miami (FL)		–		–	7	–	19	.269
NYU		–		–	5	–	20	.200
Portland		–		–	5	–	21	.192
Loyola (IL)		–		–	4	–	20	.167

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970–71 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team represented Marquette University in NCAA Division I men's competition in the 1970–71 academic year. The Warriors were ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 from January 1971 through the end of the regular season and finished the regular season undefeated with a record of 28–0. The team advanced to the 1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament where it defeated Miami and SEC champion Kentucky, but lost to Ohio State. The team finished with a 28–1 record.^[1]

The team was coached by Al McGuire who was selected by the Associated Press as the college coach of the year for the 1970-71 season.^[2] McGuire was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Guard Dean Meminger was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 21.2 points per game.^[1] Center Jim Chones was the leading rebounder with an average of 11.5 rebounds per game.^[1] After the season, Meminger was selected as a first-team player on the 1971 All-America team, and Chones received first-team honors on the 1972 All-America team. Meminger and Chones both went on to have successful careers in professional basketball.

The team's sole loss was by a 60-59 score against Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament. Pacific Eight Conference referee Mel Ross called a controversial fifth and final foul on Meminger, depriving Marquette of its most valuable player for the game's final five minutes. After the season, Marquette named referee Ross to its "all-opponent team".^[3]

Prior to losing to Ohio State, Marquette had compiled a 39-game winning streak dating back to the previous season.^[4]

Roster

1970–71 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	31	Gary Brell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
F	22	Jim Chones	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Racine, Wisconsin
F	30	Guy Lam	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Arlington Heights, Illinois
G	12	Allie McGuire	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Brookfield, Wisconsin
G	14	Dean Meminger	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	New York
F	21	Tom Sonnenberg	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	15	Kurt Spychalla	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Schofield, Wisconsin
F	42	Hugh McMahon	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Brooklyn, New York

Head coach

Al McGuire

Assistant coach(es)

Hank Raymonds

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 2		St. John's (MN)	W 87–58	1–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
December 5		St. Louis	W 95–72	2–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
December 8*		at Minnesota	W 70–61	3–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
December 12		Nevada	W 102–74	4–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
December 19		Long Beach State	W 83–66	5–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
December 23		at North Texas	W 67–57	6–0	Ken Bahnsen Gym Denton, Texas
December 29		Dartmouth	W 98–55	7–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
December 30	No. 3	Wisconsin Milwaukee Classic	W 72–69	8–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 2		at Detroit	W 70–61	9–0	Calihan Hall Detroit, Michigan
January 5		Loyola	W 78–63	10–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 9		Xavier	W 91–60	11–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 12	No. 2	No. 9 Notre Dame	W 71–66	12–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 16		New Mexico State	W 65–53	13–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 23		DePaul	W 73–51	14–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 26		Northern Michigan	W 106–57	15–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 29		at Loyola (IL)	W 87–52	16–0	Alumni Gym
February 2		at Wisconsin	W 89–75	17–0	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
February 6		at DePaul	W 84–55	18–0	Alumni Hall
February 9		UW Milwaukee	W 98–56	19–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
February 13		Detroit	W 81–67	20–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
February 20		vs. Air Force	W 77–62	21–0	Clune Arena
February 22		at Creighton	W 66–61	22–0	Omaha Civic Auditorium
February 25	No. 2	at No. 11 Fordham	W 85–80	23–0	Madison Square Garden
February 27		Tulane	W 90–76	24–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
March 3		at Bowling Green State	W 90–74	25–0	Anderson Arena
March 6		at Xavier	W 76–58	26–0	Cincinnati Gardens
NCAA Tournament
March 13		vs. No. 20 Miami (OH) First Round	W 62–47	27–0	Joyce Center South Bend, Indiana
March 18		vs. No. 10 Ohio State Semifinal	L 59–60	27–1	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
March 20		vs. No. 8 Kentucky Third Place	W 91–74	28–1	Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Rankings

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Marquette Golden Eagles History and Records" (PDF). Marquette University. p. 138. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
^ "Name Marquette's Al McGuire College Basketball Coach of Year". The Home News (AP story). March 20, 1971. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ref on Marquette All-Foe Team". San Francisco Examiner. March 30, 1971. p. 43.
^ Marquette Moments - The 1970-71 Team. Marquette Golden Eagles. March 6, 2017.
^ "1970–71 Marquette Warriors Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
^ 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.

[RB-1] "Marquette Golden Eagles History and Records" (PDF). Marquette University. p. 138. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2019.

[2] "Name Marquette's Al McGuire College Basketball Coach of Year". The Home News (AP story). March 20, 1971. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Ref on Marquette All-Foe Team". San Francisco Examiner. March 30, 1971. p. 43.

[4] Marquette Moments - The 1970-71 Team. Marquette Golden Eagles. March 6, 2017.

[5] "1970–71 Marquette Warriors Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

[6] 2008-09 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball media guide. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-Oct-21.

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