Kansas State’s basketball game at Marquette on Saturday will be loaded with special meaning for Bruce Weber.
The K-State basketball coach grew up in Milwaukee and used to watch Marquette home games as a child. Give him the chance, and he will tell you all about Al McGuire and the great Golden Eagles team that won the 1977 national championship.
He will get an opportunity to coach in his home town against a team he admires on Saturday at Fiserv Forum.
“It’s a lot of really good memories,” Weber said. “I grew up watching Marquette and Al McGuire, really good teams in the national championship.