1976-77 NCAA champion Marquette Warriors roster: Craig Butrym - Sr 7-0 Center
Bo Ellis - Sr 6-9 Forward
Bill Neary - Sr 6-5 Forward
Jimmy Boylan - Jr 6-2 Guard
Butch Lee - Jr 6-1 Guard
Ulice Payne - Jr 6-6 Forward
Gary Rosenberger - Jr 6-0 Guard
Jerome Whitehead - Jr 6-10 Center
Jim Dudley - So 6-6 Forward
Bernard Toone - So 6-9 Forward
Robert Byrd - Fr 6-6 Forward
Mark Lavin - Fr 6-0 Guard
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Coaches: Al. McGuire, Hank Raymonds, Rick Majerus
Starters: Jerome Whitehead (C)
Bo Ellis, Bernard Toone (F)
Butch Lee, Jim Boylan (G)
1977 Marquette defeated North Carolina.
Starting lineup for Marquette in the 1977 NCAA Championship game: Bill Neary - F Bo Ellis - F Jerome Whitehead - C Butch Lee - G Gary Rosenberger - G Bernard Toone (F) and Jim Boylan (G) came off the bench and played the majority of the game. Marquette coach Al McGuire usually played only these seven players. Marquette beat North Carolina 67-59 to win its only NCAA Basketball Championship in McGuire's last game as coach of the Marquette Warriors.
Marquette went 25-7 in 1977 en route to defeating North Carolina 67-59 in the National Championship game.
"Sweet" Lou Dunbar, Sandra Hodge, Ozzie Lockhart, Kelvin Hedricks, Billy Ray Hobley, Boo Curly Neal
Who was the first African American woman basketball player?The first African American female basketball player to be drafted by the NBA was Lucy Harris in 1977. She was from New Orleans, Louisiana. Ms. Harris was also a silver medalist from the 1976 Olympics.