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The Marquette–Wisconsin men's basketball rivalry is an intercollegiate basketball rivalry [1] between the Marquette Golden Eagles and Wisconsin Badgers.The rivalry series is between the two major college athletics programs in the state of Wisconsin and is known as the I-94 Rivalry, given the 78 miles along the highway separating the two schools. [2]
The 1970 National Invitation Tournament was the 1970 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. It was unique in that coach Al McGuire of 8th ranked Marquette University, unhappy with his team's NCAA tournament placement in the Midwest rather than the closer Mideast regional, turned down that bid and elected to play in the NIT instead.
St. John's Zuby Ejiofor, right, reacts to the crowd after drawing a foul during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Marquette, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in New York.
The Marquette men's basketball team needs a big second-half comeback against NC State in its Sweet 16 March Madness game if it wants to advance to the Elite 8 for the first time since 2013.
In February, Marquette ranked as high as 10 in the AP poll but lost 5 of their last 9 games of the regular season, including losing dropping 4 straight to close out the regular season. Marquette beat St. John's in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Big East Tournament , but lost to Seton Hall in the semifinals, by a score of 79-81. [ 25 ]
Oso Ighodaro scored 17 points, Kolek had 15 points and 11 assists, and the Golden Eagles held off a furious St. John's rally for a 73-72 victory at Madison Square Garden.