Marquette Gymnasium is a gymnasium on the campus of Marquette University

Marquette University

Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...

 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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. The building was the first full-time home of the then-Marquette Warriors men's basketball team before they moved, originally part-time, to the Milwaukee Arena

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. In later years, the building served as a practice facility for the team, as well as the home of the women's basketball and volleyball teams before the completion of the Al McGuire Center

Al McGuire Center

The Al McGuire Center is an 4,000 seat arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin which houses the women's volleyball and basketball teams at Marquette University. It also serves as a practice facility for the men's basketball team. It was opened in 2004, replacing the venerable Marquette Gymnasium...

. Currently the building houses offices for the Intercollegiate Athletics department (including the Cross Country, Track, soccer, tennis and golf teams) and the school's Army and Naval ROTC departments.

It was traditionally known in the Marquette community as the "Old Gym." Legendary Marquette

Marquette University

Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...

 basketball coach Al McGuire

Al McGuire

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 and his powerhouse Marquette men's basketball teams of the 1960s and 1970s (an era in which Marquette was a perennial NCAA tournament

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 team and was often ranked in the top 10 of national polls) practiced almost exclusively in the Old Gym. Famous MU basketball players and coaches who called the Old Gym home on a daily basis included George Thompson

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, Dean "The Dream" Meminger

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, Jim Chones

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, Bob Lackey

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, Maurice Lucas

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, Earl Tatum

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, Bo Ellis

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, Allie McGuire

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, Jerome Whitehead

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, Butch Lee, Sam Worthen

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, Doc Rivers

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, Tony Smith

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, Jim McIlvaine

Jim McIlvaine

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, Dwyane Wade

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 and Travis Diener

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...as well as Marquette coaches Tex Winter

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, Eddie Hickey

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, Al McGuire

Al McGuire

Al McGuire was the head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1964 to 1977. He compiled impressive numbers throughout his coaching career, resulting in his induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, and was also well known for his colorful personality.-Early life:He...

, Hank Raymonds

Hank Raymonds

Henry C. 'Hank' Raymonds coached the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1977 to 1983. He also was Athletic Director at Marquette from 1977 to 1987.-Early life:...

, Rick Majerus

Rick Majerus

Rick Majerus is an American college basketball coach, and the men's basketball head coach at Saint Louis University. He coached previously at Marquette University , Ball State University , and the University of Utah .-Biography:Majerus graduated from Marquette University High School in 1966 and...

, Kevin O'Neill

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, and Tom Crean

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.