# 1975–76 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 1975–76 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1975–76 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. This was the first season with head coach Marcus Jackson. It was the school's first 20 win season and NCAA tournament appearance.

## Background

Coach Marcus Jackson was recruited from Dartmouth College to replace Coach John Ross, who had accepted a promotion to assistant athletic director following the 1974–75 season. His preseason goals for the scrappy young program were 20 wins and an NCAA tournament bid, both of which were achieved.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 29, 1975 | Oakland | W 103-79 | 1–0 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 3, 1975 | at Cincinnati | L 70-118 | 1–1 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Dec 6, 1975 | Marian | W 107-83 | 2–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 13, 1975 | Otterbein | W 86-84 | 3–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 16, 1975 | Cumberland | W 87-75 | 4–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 20, 1975 | Indianapolis | W 91-82 | 5–1 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Dec 29, 1975 | vs. Ohio Northern | W 83-80 | 6–1 | Gambier, OH |
| Dec 30, 1975 | vs. Kenyon | L 68-73 | 6–2 | Gambier, OH |
| Jan 3, 1976 | at Armstrong State | W 89-85 $^{OT}$ | 7-2 | Savannah, Georgia |
| Jan 7, 1976 | Cleveland State | W 89-85 | 8–2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 10, 1976 | Central State | W 84-80 | 9–2 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 12, 1976 | at Morehead State | L 74-94 | 9–3 | Morehead, Kentucky |
| Jan 14, 1976 | Akron | W 78-65 | 10–3 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 17, 1976 | at Stetson | L 66-70 | 10–4 | DeLand, Florida |
| Jan 21, 1976 | Roosevelt | W 118-59 | 11–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 24, 1976 | Indiana-Southeast | W 94-52 | 12–4 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Jan 28, 1976 | at Akron | W 84-81 $^{2OT}$ | 13–4 | Akron, OH |
| Jan 31, 1976 | at Slippery Rock | L 72-75 | 13–5 | Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania |
| Feb 4, 1976 | Northern Kentucky | W 91-87 | 14–5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 7, 1976 | at Cleveland State | W 76-62 | 15–5 | Cleveland, OH |
| Feb 11, 1976 | at Franklin | W 58-57 | 16–5 | |
| Feb 14, 1976 | Bellarmine | W 71-64 | 17–5 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 18, 1976 | at Northern Kentucky | L 73-85 | 17–6 | Highland Heights, Kentucky |
| Feb 21, 1976 | at Central State | L 51-59 | 17–7 | Wilberforce, Ohio |
| Feb 24, 1976 | Thomas More | W 86-84 | 18–7 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| Feb 28, 1976 | Wilmington | W 109-53 | 19–7 | WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 1976 | at Evansville | L 75-85 | 19–8 | Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| Mar 10, 1976 | vs. St. Joseph’s (IN) | W 72-68 | 20–8 | Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. ||||||
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## Awards and honors

Bob Grote honorable mention all-America selection by Associated Press
Bob Grote MVP
Rick Martin MVP
Lyle Falknor Raider Award

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Rebounds | Assists |
| 30-15 | Bob Grote | 28 | 17.1 | 479 | 189 | 66 |
| 40-20 | Lyle Falknor | 28 | 14.2 | 398 | 113 | 39 |
| 35-31 | Bob Schaefer | 28 | 12.1 | 338 | 210 | 29 |
| 20-10 | Rick Martin | 27 | 11.8 | 320 | 62 | 98 |
| 34-32 | Steve Shook | 28 | 9.5 | 266 | 166 | 21 |
| 43-30 | Curt Shellabarger | 18 | 6.9 | 124 | 95 | 18 |
| 23-11 | Alan McGee | 28 | 4.4 | 123 | 53 | 36 |
| 33-22 | Dan Huguely | 22 | 3.5 | 77 | 56 | 3 |
| 32-21 | Neil Reif | 25 | 2.8 | 69 | 45 | 13 |
| 25-24 | Edgar Johnson | 9 | 4.1 | 37 | 12 | 0 |
| 24-12 | Don Person | 6 | 3.8 | 23 | 13 | 2 |
| 42-23 | Ken Millisor | 10 | 2.2 | 22 | 19 | 2 |
| 44-25 | Guy Conners | 7 | 1.3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 22-14 | Bob Cook | 8 | 0.9 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| _ | Rick Zink | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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