The Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette University have been tied together throughout the vast majority of the Bucks’ 52-year history.
Of course, the Bucks and Marquette have shared the same arenas since 1974 from the MECCA, the Bradley Center and now, Fiserv Forum. But long before the Bucks and Marquette shared the same home with one another, the Bucks attempted to make a push to bring in one of Marquette’s legendary figures.
After the original Bucks ownership group of Marvin Fishman and Wes Pavalon were awarded an expansion franchise back in January 22, 1968, they had to start from the ground up in filling out the team’s entire identity both on and off the court.