With Johnny Davison and Brad Davison (finally) gone, this should be a down year for the Badgers, but we hear that every year, so don't expect it to really happen. George Thompson, who played for Marquette from 1967-69 and remains one of the programs all-time leading scorers, has died, Marquette basketball legend George Thompson dies at 74. Were looking at maybe three more additions to the schedule, maybe four depending on how everything shakes out timing-wise as far as the Bucks schedule at Fiserv Forum goes. While the 2015-16 Belmont game came from an exempt tournament, Marquette pursued a quality non-con guarantee game in every non-conference schedule.

The Golden Eagles will then travel to South Bend in 2023-24. Justin Lewis has decided to remain in the NBA draft rather than return to Marquette for the 2022-23 season, Justin Lewis will remain in the NBA draft and not return to Marquette. Read More: Purdue Basketball to Play in 2022 Phil Knight Legacy Tournament. I would be surprised if one of them isn't a fairly ambitious buy game. Source: Marquette will open the 2022-23 season on November 7th against Radford. Purdue all have yet to fulfill their Gavitt obligations, so those are the most likely destinations. Here I take a look at the top stock risers Greg Elliott transfers to Pittsburgh for his final season after five years at Marquette. He got the job after Mike Jones left after 10 seasons to take the UNC-Greensboro job. She is a senior from Naperville, Illinois, majoring in Journalism and Digital Media 1977 NCAA mens basketball champion Bernard Toone dies at 65, Justin Lewis signs two-way contract with Chicago Bulls, Mens basketball looking at players to step into bigger roles ahead of new season, Former all-time leading scorer George Thompson dies at 74, Justin Lewis going pro after two seasons at Marquette, BREAKING: Dwyane Wade confirmed as 2022 Commencement Speaker, 2023 recruit Zaide Lowery talks about why Marquette was the fit for him, Class of 2023 four-star recruit Zaide Lowery verbally commits to Marquette, Class of 2022 recruit gives versatility and maturity to Golden Eagles, Shaka Smart adds former NAIA Player of the Year to Marquettes 2022-23 roster, The student news site of Marquette University, Your email address will not be published. Seems like pretty steep competition for the Golden Eagles here, but they also only have one spot remaining at the moment. She can be reached at isabel.comerford@marquette.edu and on Twitter @zoe_comerford. A Salute To Coaches: Pat Clatchey - PressBox. On paper, Georgia Tech and Mississippi State are the two best potential opponents in Fort Myers, but Marquette should come into the tournament as a favorite on paper regardless of the draw. 1, 32 and 35 picks in the NBA draft, will have multiple chances to add to their roster on June 23. Marquette renews the series with Notre Dame with a home and home starting on the road. Lewis initially maintained his college eligibility after declaring for the NBA Draft in April. Kuath combined to play just 28 minutes across the Big East Tournament and NCAA Tournament -- with Marquette suffering two first-round exits. Mark your calendars, this could generate a lot of buzz, especially if Marquette comes into this one undefeated. Orlando Magic pre-draft profile: Marquette's Justin Lewis. Zoe Comerford, Assistant Sports Editor|November 22, 2019. The home-and-home series gives Marquette another quality opponent in future nonconference schedules. Kolek totaled three points (1-5 FG, 1-4 3Pt), one rebound and 10 assists across 28 minutes during Thursday's 95-63 loss to North Carolina. Plot in a Gavitt Game and a Big 12 Challenge matchup, and thats seven non-conference games right there. Aft George Thompson, former Marquette basketball star and analyst, through the years. Top 70 forward Carey Booth is set to take on a host of visits this month. The 6-3 guard entered the NCAA transfer portal in April after averaging 5.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists in his four seasons at MU. As it turns out, Marquette has never clashed with Radford. If you're wondering where we might be headed, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, and (ughagain?) The 6-foot-7 forward averaged 16.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game for the Golden Eagles last season. The team already has the annual Wisconsin rivalry, a home-and-home series with UCLA 2020-21 and 2021-22, the annual Gavitt Games series and the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle. D.J. Thompson scored 1,773 points in three seasons with the then-Warrior Pangos All American Camp: Four star forward Carey Booth talks visits. All rights reserved. Your email address will not be published. That is if we can trust Jon Rothstein, which we can not. Milwaukee-area Wisconsin fans will have more than one chance to see the Badgers men's basketball team play in person this season. Zoe Comerford is the Executive Sports Editor for the Marquette Wire. The Huskies suffered the most losses in nearly two decades and still had a season that most teams can only dream of having. LIU projects as the worst of the Palms Division campus games according to T-Rank, but they do have some upside thanks to three returning starters. Thursday marked his third double-digit assist game of the season -- and his first with zero turnovers.

The schools have not met since they were both in the BIG EAST. This should be a soft start. Radford is a pretty decent team in a generally respectable league. The matchup against Marquette is the third confirmed nonconference matchup for Purdue in the upcoming 2022-23 season. Theres more than enough teams out there in the wide world of Division 1 hoops, theres no reason to keep bumping up against the same ones. Theyll probably be better next year. Im not going to get into the wheretos and whatfors of what their roster is going to look like next season, not at this point of the calendar. He had just eight points and six rebounds in that span. Unless they put this on a Sunday, the date for this will be December 3rd, making for a big week at Fiserv with Baylor and Bucky back-to-back. Lewis made a huge leap in productivity in his second season with the Golden Eagles, averaging 16.8\u00a0points and 7.9\u00a0rebounds per gam Lewis will keep his name in the NBA Draft pool, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reports. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. If this all comes to pass, that gives Marquette six high-major games and two low-major games. Tyler Kolek gave Marquette fans a little magic against Illinois in 2021. The Boilermakers will also take part in the 2022 Phil Knight Legacy Tournament over Thanksgiving alongsideDuke, Gonzaga, Florida, Oregon State, Portland State, West Virginia and Xavier. The Bears project as a preseason top-10 team like Illinois did last year and have national title aspirations after winning it all in 2021. As we move deeper and deeper into the offseason, we eventually start moving closer and closer to next season. Trying to shake out who has a COVID bonus season coming and is sticking around or who is just transferring because they want to? Kuath ended Thursday's 95-63 loss to North Carolina with six points (3-5 FG), five rebounds and five blocks over 17 minutes. spent three years covering Indiana University Athletics and the Big Ten for the Indiana Daily Student and Rivals. 2016-17 Fresno State, 2017-18 Vermont, 2018-19 Buffalo, and 2019-20 North Dakota State were all coming off NCAA bids. Lewis ends a stellar freshman campaign on an ugly note. In this case, back last week, Rothstein let the world know that YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles mens basketball will be opening the season against Radford. George Thompson, a former Marquette basketball star in the late 1960s and later a longtime analyst with the team, died at the age of 74. During that 2012-13 season, MU finished 26-9 overall with an undefeated 16-0 record at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. This story was written by Zoe Comerford. It's a bit surprising that this will be on a Sunday, but any way we get this series back is welcome so let's just celebrate that it's happening. Wisconsin to face Marquette at Fiserv Forum in December. Marquette isn't guaranteed to be included (Butler, Georgetown, Villanova, Xavier should be locks based on only playing 4 previous Gavitt Games) but it's a strong bet that we'll have a road Gavitt Game. The team is also slated to tip off against Florida State on the road for the 2022 ACC/Big Ten Challenge and Davidson for the inaugural Indy Classic in Indianapolis. Expect the last three to all be guarantee games. Don't be surprised to see similar ambition with one of those games going to a tourney team like Montana State or a high-upside mid-major like Toledo. We're moving into summer, which means there isn't a lot of Marquette news coming out. T-Rank projects the Irish as a top-half ACC team, so this should be a tough challenge. Lewis closed Thursday's 95-63 loss to North Carolina with six points (2-15 FG, 2-7 3Pt), eight rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal across 25 minutes.

Marquette Golden Eagles guard Greg Elliott (5) drives for the basket around Purdue Boilermakers guard Sasha Stefanovic (55) during the first half at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2019). Yeah, not worth it, not right now. The jumbo-wing/forward has NBA-potential, but there remains a fair chance he returns to Marquette. Required fields are marked *. Matchups, tipoff times and television designations for the event are still to be announced.

Radford was successful in league more often than not under Jones, winning at least 10 games six times and at least 12 five times, including Jones last four campaigns. Fezler on Twitter at @DJFezler. While we all await a final decision from Justin Lewis, a TBT tournament roster and (hopefully deep) run, and the impending hot weather to clear out so we can get back to basketball season, I thought I'd take some time to update everyone on what we know about Marquette's non-conference schedule. George Thompson was one of Al McGuire's first big recruits at Marquette. We have now updated the class of 2023 rankings that includes 10 new names, all within the top 75. The Oklahoma transfer averaged 5.6 points and 3.9 rebounds across 19.0 minutes per game with Marquette. Lewis was named the Big East's most improved player last season as he led Marquette back to the NCAA Tournament. Purdue is 1-2 all-time when playing in the Gavitt Games, losing to Villanova in 2016 before splitting matchups against Marquette in 2017 and 2019. Fox Sports and 2022 Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC.

21 Fighting Irish 72-64 on National Marquette Day and Senior Day. The 6-foot-9 four-star has already visited Penn State and will vis Marquette sophomore Justin Lewis announces NBA draft decision. The last time these two teams played each other, Notre Dame beat Marquette 73-65 in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals March 14, 2013. Purdue basketball will take on Marquette inside Mackey Arena for the 2022 Gavitt Tipoff Games between the Big Ten and the Big East, the two conferences announced on Friday. Former Mount Saint Joseph players Darryl Morsell, JJ Outlaw and Will Thomas share what makes Gaels basketball coach Pat Clatchey so special. Radford went 11-18 this past season with a record of 7-9 in the Big South. They project to be even worse in year two, but have a radically different roster thanks to the transfer portal.

It will be the Boilermakers' fourth appearance in the event and the third straight matchup against the Golden Eagles. The contest is scheduled to be played on Nov. 15, with tipoff time and television assignments to be designated at a later date. You Can Follow D.J. For the first time since 2013, Marquette mens basketball will face the University of Notre Dame, scheduling a home-and-home series for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, Marquette announced Friday. Why are we so confident in December 3rd? Itll all be clear when November rolls around, and well get into an actual preview of the game then. Marquette will host Notre Dame at Fiserv Forum in the 2022-23 season. It also puts four home games on the schedule to go along with the eleven known Big East home games. Fort Myers Tip-Off: LIU on November 17th, Georgia Tech/Utah/Mississippi State on November 21st & 23rd. 2023 rankings update: Kingsley leads the top 10 newcomers. Lewis didn't perform well in his lone NCAA Tournament appearance but finished out his 2021-22 campaign averaging 16.8 points and 7.9 rebounds over 3.22 minutes per contest. He is from Cedar Lake, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana University in 2020. I have to say, I like it when MUs buy game opponents are new faces. Before covering the Boilermakers, D.J. Marquette head coach Shaka Smart and the Chicago Bulls' Billy Donovan have a long history. Shaka Smart was only an assistant at Florida for one season, but it was a formative experience for the Marquette head coach. After being perennial Big South contenders under Mike Jones, it didn't start well for Darris Nichols, who posted the Highlanders' first losing record since 2017. Theres also the Fort Myers Tip-Off just before Thanksgiving.

This is the big one. It won't be the first weekend of the season, it won't be in the middle of Fort Myers, and it won't be the week after (Notre Dame) so that really only leaves one realistic date on the calendar. Marquette Basketball needs a better voice, Smart Scholarship Offers: Drew McKenna & Somtochukwu Cyril. The last regular season matchup came less than two weeks earlier, when the then-No. Kolek managed to supply an awesome distributing effort despite Marquette's season ending in a 32-point loss. Averaging 16.8 points per game on a 44.0/34.9/76.1 percent shooting slash, Lewis couldn't buy a bucket Thursday. Purdue basketball is making its fourth appearance in the Gavitt Games during the upcoming 2022-23 season, including its third straight matchup against Marquette in the event. 22 Golden Eagles defeated the then-No. That means news about next years schedule, and if theres one thing we can count on Jon Rothstein for, its to repeat literally anything that a college basketball coach tells him thats not public information quite yet. Lewis was named the Big East Most Improved Player after averaging 16.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals. We know Marquette has their yearly game against Wisconsin on the docket this season, along with a trip to Notre Dame to renew that rivalry in terms of one-off games in the non-conference slate. Fezler is the publisher and beat writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Lewis announced Tuesday on Twitter that he will declare for the 2022 NBA Draft and will sign with an agent. Former Poly and Marquette forward Justin Lewis has agreed to a two-way deal with the Chicago Bulls, according to The Athletic, after going u Marquette's Justin Lewis goes undrafted but reportedly signs two-way deal with Chicago Bulls. Lewis had a breakout sophomore season with the Golden Eagles, averaging 16.8 points and 7.9 rebounds and being named to the all-Big East fir Justin Lewis' versatility will be a strength in the NBA. Short version? While former Marquette teammate Justin Lewis is expected to be picked in Thursday's NBA draft, Kuath and Morsell will have to take a different route. It was the first year under the direction of Darris Nichols. This would normally be the part of the program where we talk about Marquettes long or if the case may be short history against their newly announced opponent. The Boilermakers managed to grab an 86-71 victory in their first-ever game against the Golden Eagles but suffered a 65-55 loss in their last meeting. The freshman averaged an elite 5.9 assists per game this season (10th in the country). The Fighting Irish now compete in the ACC. Lewis should settle in somewhere in the second round and may have some proving to do at the next level but displayed some of his potential in his second season with the Golden Eagles. Report: Marquette To Open 2022-23 Season Against Radford, Devin Royal Includes Marquette In His Final 9. Use of this website (including any and all parts and components) constitutes your acceptance of these. Marquette played 11 this past season, and thats with the Charleston Classic giving them three games. The Badger Former Poly star Justin Lewis reportedly agrees to two-way deal with Chicago Bulls. Purdue Basketball to Play in 2022 Phil Knight Legacy Tournament. That has led to the Highlanders being safely above that nasty #300 cutoff on KenPom.com in every season over the last decade, and inside the top 200 in four of them. The Orlando Magic, owners of the Nos.