Al McGuire, the one-time Marquette coach who now is an analyst for NBC, calls centers aircraft carriers, the pride of the fleet.

"It's underrated," said Al McGuire, the former Marquette coach who won the 1977 N.C.A.A. title.

Majerus had walked on to the freshman team - "I think my career highlight was setting a pick," he said - but the Marquette coach never dared insert him in a varsity game.

Tom Crean, the Marquette coach, said, "We were paralyzed a few times."

December 6 - Hank Raymonds, former Marquette coach (born 1924)

Tom Crean, the Marquette coach, was sympathetic and generous.

The game marked the first New Jersey appearance by the Marquette coach, Bob Dukiet, since he left St. Peter's College two years ago.

After announcing his retirement midway through his 13th season as the Marquette coach, the Warriors sent him out a winner by upsetting North Carolina, 67-59.

Tom Crean, the Marquette coach, is reportedly one of the candidates to replace Self at Illinois, on the ever-revolving money-go-round.

Kevin O'Neil, the Marquette coach, lamented afterward that "If we had turned it over a little more, we could have started our own bakery."