SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Until further notice, Jack Bennett believes the heyday for college basketball in the state of Wisconsin came in 1977, when Marquette won the national title under coach Al McGuire.
“That,” said the UW-Stevens Point men’s basketball coach, “stands above everything else.” Bennett will add a caveat to that statement, however.
“Collectively,” said Bennett, whose older brother, Dick Bennett, led the University of Wisconsin to the Final Four in 2000, “it hasn’t been a whole lot better than right now.”