Marquette Men’s Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 10, 2024 · CSM Staff
 
Marquette Golden Eagles
 
Big East (25-9, 14-6)
 
 
Big Wins: vs Kansas (73-59), Creighton (72-67)
Bad Losses: Butler (62-69), at Providence (57-72)
Coach: Shaka Smart
 
Probable Starters:
David Joplin, Junior, Forward, 10.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg
Oso Ighodaro, Junior, Forward, 14.0 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.2 bpg
Kam Jones, Junior, Guard, 16.8 ppg, 2.5 apg
Stevie Mitchell, Junior, Guard, 8.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg
Tyler Kolek, Senior, Guard, 15.0 ppg, 7.6 apg, 4.7 rpg, 1.6 spg
 
Key Role Players:
Ben Gold, Sophomore, Forward, 5.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Chase Ross, Sophomore, Guard, 6.3 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 79.2 (52nd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.8 (110, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.4 (23, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.8 (119, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.9 (41, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.6 (97, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.8 (226, 11)
Rebound Margin: -2.6 (296, 10)
Assists Per Game: 16.2 (30, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.2 (43, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023 NCAA Round of 64 win over Vermont
2023 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Michigan State
2022 NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina
2019 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Murray State
2018 NIT First Round win over Harvard
2018 NIT Second Round win over Oregon
2018 NIT Quarterfinal loss to Penn State
2017 NCAA Round of 64 loss to South Carolina
2013 NCAA Round of 64 win over Davidson
2013 NCAA Round of 32 win over Butler
2013 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Miami
2013 NCAA Regional Final loss to Syracuse
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over BYU
2012 NCAA Round of 32 win over Murray State
2012 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Florida
2011 NCAA Round of 64 win over Xavier
2011 NCAA Round of 32 win over Syracuse
2011 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to North Carolina
2010 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Washington
2009 NCAA Round of 64 win over Utah State
2009 NCAA Round of 32  loss to Missouri
2008 NCAA Round of 64 win over Kentucky
2008 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Stanford
2007 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Michigan State
 
*all team stats through 3/10