# 2013–14 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

The 2013–14 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their coach Buzz Williams served in his sixth year as head coach. Marquette played its home games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Marquette was a member of the newly reorganized Big East Conference after the split of the old Big East because they are part of the Catholic 7. They finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to Xavier. They did not participate in a postseason tournament.
At the end of the season, head coach Buzz Williams resigned to take the head coaching job at Virginia Tech. He was replaced by Duke assistant coach Steve Wojciechowski.

## Preseason
### Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| JaJuan Johnson SG | Memphis, TN | Southwind High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Nov 2, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Deonte Burton PF | Milwaukee, WI | Harold S. Vincent High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 228 lb (103 kg) | Sep 2, 2011 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 87 ||||||
| Duane Wilson PG | Milwaukee, WI | Dominican High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 228 lb (103 kg) | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 87 ||||||
| John Dawson PG | Clovis, NM | Clovis High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 74 ||||||
| Jameel McKay PF | Milwaukee, WI | Indian Hills Community College | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Jun 2, 2012 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: JC ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 22 October 2013. ||||||

### Departures

| Name | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Jameel McKay | 32 | F | 6-8 | 210 | Junior | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Left team in preseason |
| Junior Cadougan | 5 | G | 6-1 | 205 | Senior | Toronto, Ontario | Graduated |
| Trent Lockett | 22 | G/F | 6-5 | 210 | Senior | Golden Valley, Minnesota | Graduated |
| Vander Blue | 13 | G | 6-4 | 200 | Junior | Madison, Wisconsin | Declared for NBA draft (undrafted) |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 8 November* 7:00 pm, FSN | No. 17 | Southern | W 63–56 | 1–0 | BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,269) Milwaukee, WI |
| 12 November* 6:00 pm, FS1 | No. 17 | Grambling State | W 114–71 | 2–0 | BMO Harris Bradley Center (13,372) Milwaukee, WI |
| 16 November* 12:00 pm, FOX | No. 17 | No. 10 Ohio State | L 35–52 | 2–1 | BMO Harris Bradley Center (18,756) Milwaukee, WI |
| 21 November* 7:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 25 | New Hampshire | W 58–53 | 3–1 | BMO Harris Bradley Center (13,522) Milwaukee, WI |
| 25 November* 8:00 pm, FS1 | No. 25 | at Arizona State | L 77–79 | 3–2 | Wells Fargo Arena (9,155) Tempe, AZ |
| 28 November* 3:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 25 | at Cal State Fullerton The Wooden Legacy Quarterfinals | W 86–66 | 4–2 | Titan Gym (1,966) Fullerton, CA |
| 29 November* 2:30 pm, ESPN | No. 25 | vs. George Washington The Wooden Legacy Semifinals | W 76–60 | 5–2 | Titan Gym (N/A) Fullerton, CA |
| 1 December* 8:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 25 | vs. San Diego State The Wooden Legacy championship | L 59–67 | 5–3 | Honda Center (6,007) Anaheim, CA |
| 7 December* 1:15 pm, BTN | | at No. 8 Wisconsin Rivalry | L 64–70 | 5–4 | Kohl Center (17,249) Madison, WI |
| 14 December* 2:00 pm, FS1 | | IUPUI | W 86–50 | 6–4 | BMO Harris Bradley Center (13,972) Milwaukee, WI |
| 17 December* 8:00 pm, FS1 | | Ball State | W 91–53 | 7–4 | BMO Harris Bradley Center (13,668) Milwaukee, WI |
| 21 December* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. New Mexico MGM Grand Showcase | L 68–75 | 7–5 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (N/A) Las Vegas, NV |
| 28 December* 1:00 pm, FSN | | Samford | W 71–48 | 8–5 | BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,668) Milwaukee, WI |
| Big East regular season ||||||
| 31 December 9:00 pm, FS1 | | at Creighton | L 49–67 | 8–6 (0–1) | CenturyLink Center (18,525) Omaha, NE |
| 4 January 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | DePaul | W 66–56 | 9–6 (1–1) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (15,194) Milwaukee, WI |
| 9 January 8:00 pm, FS1 | | at Xavier | L 79–86 | 9–7 (1–2) | Cintas Center (9,630) Cincinnati, OH |
| 11 January 1:00 pm, FSN | | Seton Hall | W 67–66 | 10–7 (2–2) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (15,581) Milwaukee, WI |
| 18 January 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Butler | L 57–69 $^{OT}$ | 10–8 (2–3) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (10,000) Indianapolis, IN |
| 20 January 9:00 pm, FS1 | | at Georgetown | W 80–72 $^{OT}$ | 11–8 (3–3) | Verizon Center (9,014) Washington, D.C. |
| 25 January 1:00 pm, FS1 | | No. 4 Villanova | L 85–94 $^{OT}$ | 11–9 (3–4) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (16,662) Milwaukee, WI |
| 30 January 11:00 am, FS1 | | Providence | W 61–50 | 12–9 (4–4) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (15,248) Milwaukee, WI |
| 1 February 11:30 am, FS1 | | at St. John's | L 59–74 | 12–10 (4–5) | Madison Square Garden (12,561) New York City, NY |
| 4 February 8:00 pm, FS1 | | Butler | W 69–62 | 13–10 (5–5) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,479) Milwaukee, WI |
| 11 February 6:00 pm, FS1 | | at Seton Hall | W 77–66 | 14–10 (6–5) | Prudential Center (6,342) Newark, NJ |
| 15 February 6:00 pm, FOX | | Xavier | W 81–72 | 15–10 (7–5) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (18,644) Milwaukee, WI |
| 19 February 7:00 pm, FS1 | | No. 11 Creighton | L 70–85 | 15–11 (7–6) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (15,539) Milwaukee, WI |
| 22 February 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | at DePaul | W 96–94 $^{OT}$ | 16–11 (8–6) | Allstate Arena (9,342) Rosemont, IL |
| 27 February 8:00 pm, FS1 | | Georgetown | W 75–73 | 17–11 (9–6) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (14,874) Milwaukee, WI |
| 2 March 1:00 pm, CBS | | at No. 8 Villanova | L 56–73 | 17–12 (9–7) | Wells Fargo Center (15,026) Philadelphia, PA |
| 4 March 8:00 pm, FS1 | | at Providence | L 80–81 $^{2OT}$ | 17–13 (9–8) | Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,461) Providence, RI |
| 8 March 11:00 am, FS1 | | St. John's | L 90–91 $^{2OT}$ | 17–14 (9–9) | BMO Harris Bradley Center (16,784) Milwaukee, WI |
| Big East tournament ||||||
| 13 March 9:30 pm, FS1 | | vs. Xavier Quarterfinals | L 65–68 | 17–15 | Madison Square Garden (13,807) New York City, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██NR = Not Ranked. RV = Receiving Votes. :
| Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 | Final |
| AP | 17 | 17 | 25 | 25 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A |
| Coaches | 17 | 17 | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |