Marquette basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule
Marquette returns 80% of last season's minutes, and adds the No. 43 recruiting class.
Last season it ranked No. 88 in adjusted net rating (No. 138 on offense, No. 48 on defense). The biggest loss is Chase Ross, 14.3 points a game. The schedule has 31 games, seven against last season's adjusted top 25.
2026-27 roster
PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.
Who left
The players who left played 20% of last season’s minutes.
Adjusted net rating, last three seasons
Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 110.9 (No. 138), defense 101.4 (No. 48).
2026-27 schedule
Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 31 games, 19 in the Big East. Tip times are set closer to each game.
Questions
Who is back for Marquette in 2026-27?
13 players who played for Marquette last season: Nigel James Jr., Royce Parham, Ben Gold, Adrien Stevens, Sean Jones, Damarius Owens, Caedin Hamilton, Tre Norman, Michael Phillips II, Joshua Clark, Braeden Brenn, Casey O'Malley, Jonah Lucas. They played 80% of its minutes.
Who did Marquette add for 2026-27?
Sheek Pearson (freshman, No. 58 recruit).