#MUBB To Honor 1993-94 Sweet 16 Team Saturday

The Marquette University men’s basketball team will honor the 1993-94 Sweet 16 team during a halftime ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 18 against Xavier at 1 p.m. CT at Fiserv Forum.

The 1993-94 campaign was highlighted by the program’s first-ever Great Midwest Conference title and the team’s first trip to the Sweet 16 in 15 years.

Marquette finished 24-9 overall under head coach Kevin O’Neill and posted a 10-2 conference record.

MU collected NCAA tournament victories over Southwestern Louisiana and Kentucky before falling to eventual national runner-up duke in the sweet 16.

Jim McIlvaine was named the Great Midwest Conference Player of the Year and Damon Key and Tony Miller both claimed second team all-league accolades. O’Neill was also tabbed the league’s coach of the year for the second-straight season.

Marquette finished 17^th in the final top-25 coaches poll and set a then single-season average attendance record at the Bradley Center.

The 1993-94 roster featured seven players who would score 1,000 career points at Marquette and the respective all-time leaders in blocked shots and assists, McIlvaine and Miller.

1993-94, 10-2, 1st place
Damon Key | All-Great Midwest Second Team
Jim McIlvaine | Great Midwest Player of the Year | All-Great Midwest First Team
Tony Miller | All-Great Midwest Second Team
Kevin O’Neill | Ray Meyer Coach of the Year

NCAA All-Time Career Rankings
Blocked Shots | 399 | Jim McIlvaine (t22nd)
Assists | 956 | Tony Miller (8th)

Marquette 1,000-Point Scorers
1,647 | Damon Key | 14th
1,471 | Roney Eford | 20th
1,278 | Jim McIlvaine | 32nd
1,234 | Anthony Pieper | 34th
1,201 | Robb Logterman | 39th
1,048 | Chris Crawford | 46th
1,027 | Tony Miller | 50th

Those expected to be in attendance include:

Players
Faisal Abraham
Chris Crawford
Roney Eford
Erin Harris (widow of Mark Harris, who passed away in 2014)
Carl Hren
Abel Joseph
Damon Key
Robb Logterman
Amal McCaskill
Jim McIlvaine
Tony Miller
Anthony Pieper
Joel Pogodzinski

Coaches
Mark Anglavar
Bo Ellis
Kevin O’Neill

Support Staff
John Hintz, Strength Coach
Kathleen Hohl, Sports Information Director
Cora Quinn, Secretary
Dave Leigh, Athletic Trainer

Managers
Bryan Hannley
Jon Hoff
Jim Mews
Robert Taylor
Jordan Wells

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.