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Former Marquette basketball star George Thompson dies at 74

MILWAUKEE (AP) George Thompson, who played for Marquette from 1967-69 and remains one of the program's all-time leading scorers, has died. He was 74.

Marquette announced Thompson died on Wednesday at his Milwaukee home due to complications from diabetes.

Thompson scored 1,773 points for Marquette and owned the school's career scoring record for 40 years. Thompson now ranks fourth on Marquette's career scoring list, behind Markus Howard, Jerel McNeal and Lazar Hayward.

Leaders
Points:	J. Lewis	16.8
Rebounds:	J. Lewis	7.9
Assists:	T. Kolek	5.9
FG%:	J. Lewis	44.0%
FT%:	J. Lewis	76.1%
3P%:	K. Jones	39.2%
Steals:	T. Kolek	1.4
Blocks:	K. Kuath	2.5

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Gonzaga	28-4
2	Arizona	33-4
3	Kansas	34-6
4	Baylor	27-7
5	Tennessee	27-8
6	Villanova	30-8
7	Kentucky	26-8
8	Auburn	28-6
9	Duke	32-7
10	Purdue	29-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	34-6
2	North Carolina	29-10
3	Duke	32-7
4	Villanova	30-8
5	Gonzaga	28-4
6	Arizona	33-4
7	Houston	32-6
8	Arkansas	28-9
9	Baylor	27-7
10	Purdue	29-8
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Big East Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Providence	14-3	27-6
Villanova	16-4	30-8
UConn	13-6	23-10
Creighton	12-7	23-12
Seton Hall	11-8	21-11
Marquette	11-8	19-13
Xavier	8-11	23-13
St. John's	8-11	17-15
DePaul	6-14	15-16
Butler	6-14	14-19
Georgetown	0-19	6-25
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	74.0 (97)
Rebounds:	7.8 (319)
Assists:	16.0 (21)
FG%:	45.0% (118)
FT%:	74.1% (97)
3P%:	34.4% (140)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	71.6 (251)
Rebounds:	26.9 (59)
Assists:	14.5 (307)
FG%:	41.2% (58)
FT%:	70.3% (105)
3P%:	32.0% (95)