The 1975–76 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team represented

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men's

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in the 1975–76 academic year. At that time, Marquette was an independent school not aligned with any conference; it did not join a conference until 1988, when it joined the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the

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; it would later move to the

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and

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before joining its current conference, the

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, in 2005. Also, Marquette did not adopt its current

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of "Golden Eagles" until 1994.

Roster

Schedule

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60 **Marquette 62,

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65, Marquette 56

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

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