# 1979–80 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1979–80 NCAA NCAA Division II men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill.

## Season summary

The 1979-80 Raiders dominated, running off an astounding 25-3 record. They made their third trip to the NCAA Division II tournament.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Dec 12, 1979 | Oakland | W 84-58 | 1–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 3, 1979 | Campbellsville | W 93-79 | 2–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 5, 1979 | at Indiana Central | W 95-84 | 3-0 | Nicoson Hall Indianapolis |
| Dec 8, 1979 | Wayne State | W 92-75 | 5-0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 10, 1979 | at Miami Ohio | W 83-68 | 6–0 | Millett Assembly Hall Oxford, Ohio |
| Dec 13, 1979 | Armstrong State | W 99-85 | 6-0 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Dec 15, 1979 | Otterbein | W 69-65 | 7-0 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Dec 20, 1979 | St. Joseph’s (IN) | W 115-81 | 8-0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 22, 1979 | Bellarmine | W 102-79 | 9-0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 3, 1979 | Wilberforce | W 82-58 | 10-0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 7, 1980 | vs. Central State | L 60-69 | 10-1 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Jan 9, 1980 | Indiana Central | W 84-74 | 11–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 12, 1980 | Heidelberg | W 97-55 | 12–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 16, 1980 | at St. Joseph’s (IN) | W 72-68 | 13–1 | Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Jan 19, 1980 | Elmhurst | W 101-59 | 14–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 23, 1980 | Marion | W 122-86 | 15–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 26, 1980 | at IUPUI | W 92-77 | 16-1 | Harry E. Wood Continuing Education Center Indianapolis |
| Jan 30, 1980 | at Northern Kentucky | W 116-66 | 17-1 | Regents Hall Highland Heights, Kentucky |
| Feb 2, 1980 | Thomas Moore | W 73-70 | 18–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 4, 1980 | at Rice | L 78-84 | 18–2 | Autry Court Houston, Texas |
| Feb 9, 1980 | at Bellarmine | W 66-63 | 19-2 | Knights Hall Louisville, Kentucky |
| Feb 11, 1980 | Missouri–St. Louis | W 82-69 | 20-2 | UD Arena Dayton, Ohio |
| Feb 16, 1980 | Northern Kentucky | W 88-70 | 21-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 18, 1980 | Youngstown State | W 72-61 | 22-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 23, 1980 | SIU Edwardsville | W 97-88 | 23-2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 25, 1980 | at Missouri–St. Louis | W 78-71 | 24–2 | Mark Twain Sports Building St. Louis, Missouri |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Feb 29, 1980 | Eastern Illinois NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional | L 64-73 | 24-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Mar 1, 1980 | Southern Indiana NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional | W 88-85 | 25-3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||
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## Awards and honors

| Rodney Benson | MVP |
| Roman Welch | MVP |
| Eddie Crowe | Raider Award |
| Steve Hartings | Raider Award |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 44 | Roman Welch | 27 | 17.9 | 484 | 48 | 225 |
| 24 | Rodney Benson | 28 | 15.6 | 436 | 37 | 180 |
| 30 | Bill Wilson | 28 | 11.3 | 316 | 133 | 74 |
| 42 | Steve Hartings | 28 | 9.9 | 277 | 71 | 169 |
| 34 | Eddie Crowe | 26 | 9.8 | 255 | 92 | 68 |
| 45 | Leon Manning | 26 | 7.0 | 181 | 23 | 111 |
| 20 | Keith Miller | 26 | 5.0 | 129 | 32 | 41 |
| 25 | Jeff Bragg | 27 | 4.6 | 123 | 36 | 48 |
| 35 | Clay Pickering | 25 | 4.5 | 113 | 7 | 61 |
| 32 | Mike Zimmerman | 21 | 3.4 | 72 | 31 | 23 |
| 40 | Joe Fitzpatrick | 14 | 1.6 | 23 | 1 | 26 |
| 23 | Tom Holzapfel | 15 | 1.5 | 23 | 10 | 18 |
| 33 | Flenoil Crook | 3 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Barry Turner | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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