# 1973–74 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1973–74 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team, led by head coach John Ross, represented Wright State University in the 1973-74 NCAA NCAA Division II men's basketball season. They played their home games at the newly built Wright State Physical Education Building in Fairborn, OH.

## Previous season

In 1972-73 the Raiders soared to their first winning season, finishing 17–5 in just the third year of varsity basketball.

## Season summary

The 1973-74 Raiders won 17 for the second year in a row. Their second winning season firmly established the WSU PE Building as tough court to visit.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Dec 1, 1973 | Wilmington | W 87-55 | 1–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 4, 1973 | at Miami Ohio | L 69-79 | 1–1 | Millett Assembly Hall Oxford, Ohio |
| Dec 8, 1973 | Heidelberg | W 73-54 | 2–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 12, 1973 | at Cincinnati | L 42-78 | 2–2 | UC Armory Cincinnati, OH |
| Dec 15, 1973 | at Cumberland | L 67-81 | 2–3 | Lebanon, TN |
| Dec 20, 1973 | at Marietta | W 76-58 | 3–3 | |
| Dec 12, 1973 | Berea | W 87-56 | 4–3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 28, 1973 | vs. Adrian Colonel City Classic | W 81-64 | 5–3 | Wertheimer Field House Gambier, OH |
| Dec 29, 1973 | vs. Bluffton Colonel City Classic | W 62-60 | 6–3 | Wertheimer Field House Gambier, OH |
| Jan 3, 1974 | Northern Kentucky | W 92-59 | 7–3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 5, 1974 | Urbana | W 83-59 | 8–3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 10, 1974 | at Stetson | L 61-64 | 8–4 | Deland Armory DeLand, Florida |
| Jan 12, 1974 | at Rollins | L 77-84 | 8–5 | Enyart-Alumni Winter Park, Florida |
| Jan 16, 1974 | at Kent State | L 78-87 | 8–6 | Memorial Gymnasium Kent, Ohio |
| Jan 19, 1974 | at Rio Grande | W 79-69 | 9–6 | Lyne Physical Education Center Rio Grande, OH |
| Jan 21, 1974 | Cleveland State | W 69-45 | 10–6 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 26, 1974 | at Otterbein | L 64-70 | 10–7 | Alumni Gym Westerville, Ohio |
| Feb 2, 1974 | at Franklin | W 46-45 | 11–7 | Franklin, Indiana |
| Feb 7, 1974 | Marian (IN) | L 82-88 | 11–8 | Naval Armory Indianapolis |
| Feb 13, 1974 | Tiffin | W 92-58 | 12–8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 16, 1974 | Wilberforce | W 120-55 | 13-8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 20, 1974 | Bellarmine | W 99-75 | 14–8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 23, 1974 | at Rose-Hulman | W 90-77 $^{OT}$ | 15–8 | Shook Memorial Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Feb 26, 1974 | Thomas Moore | W 80-68 | 16–8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| March 2, 1974 | at Cedarville | W 102-75 | 17-8 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||
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## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Rebounds |
| 30 | Bob Grote | 25 | 14.2 | 357 | 127 |
| 21 | Bill Fogt | 25 | 12.4 | 311 | 139 |
| 10 | Rick Martin | 25 | 11.6 | 291 | 49 |
| 20 | Lyle Falknor | 25 | 10.9 | 272 | 124 |
| 23 | Tim Walker | 25 | 10.3 | 259 | 67 |
| 25 | Jim Minch | 25 | 10.0 | 251 | 222 |
| 31 | Dan Swain | 25 | 3.4 | 85 | 94 |
| 32 | Jim Cunningham | 24 | 2.9 | 69 | 68 |
| 23 | Greg McCurdy | 24 | 2.1 | 51 | 47 |
| 14 | Phil McKee | 11 | 1.3 | 14 | 7 |
| 11 | Jim Hough | 11 | 0.8 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Dan Brinkman | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Neil Reif | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Mike Herr | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |

## Awards

| Jim Minch | MVP |
| Rick Martin | Raider Award |