The No. 8-ranked Marquette men's basketball team is off to a hot start to 2009, winning all of its Big East Conference games and improving to an 19-2 overall record. (Full disclosure, I'm a passionate fan and Marquette graduate.)
The folks at MU want all OnMilwaukee.com readers to take advantage of a special ticket offer to Marquette's game against No. 1-ranked Connecticut on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. Regularly priced $15 seats are available for just $10. This special offer is also available for the Feb. 17 game vs. Seton Hall. Tipoff for that one is at 7 p.m.
To purchase tickets, click the link below and select the game of your choice.
When prompted to enter a special offer code, type "milwaukee" and then enter your e-mail address on the following screen under "Create an Account."
Additionally, all fans in attendance at the Feb. 14 game vs. St. John's will receive a mini statue of legendary head coach Al McGuire. Tickets for this game are currently available at gomarquette.com/tickets.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.