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1971 Marquette Basketball: Perfect Until March

Marquette basketball was rolling coming into 1971. Al McGuire had the Warriors on a run of three straight 20-plus win seasons in an era when that threshold was a key benchmark for victories. MU made the Sweet 16 in 1968 and 1969. In 1970, a highly ranked team turned down an NCAA bid and won […]

1971 Providence Basketball: A Foundation Season Under Dave Gavitt

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To a modern audience, Dave Gavitt is a college basketball legend, the man who spearheaded formation of the Big East and transformed the sport in the 1980s. But before that, Gavitt was a simply a solid basketball coach. After spending two seasons at Dartmouth, he took the job at Providence in 1970, and his 1971 […]