1973–74 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team
1973–74 | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 1 |
AP | No. 1 |
Record | 30–1 (12–0 ACC) |
Head coach | (8th season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Captain | Game captains |
Home arena | Reynolds Coliseum |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 NC State † | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | – | 1 | .968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Maryland |
9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 5 | .821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 North Carolina | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson |
3 | – | 9 | .250 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1974 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1973–74 North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 1973-74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolfpack played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, and competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. While losing only one game throughout the season, the team finished undefeated in the ACC conference lay, and went on to win the 1974 ACC men's basketball title. The Wolfpack then won the NCAA tournament, finishing the season as the national champions.
Season summary
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NC State had several highly rated players, including star high-jumping forward
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
December 5* |
No. 2 | East Carolina | W 79–47 | 1–0 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
December 7* |
No. 2 | Vermont | W 97–42 | 2–0 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
December 15* ABC |
No. 2 | vs. No. 1 UCLA | L 66–84 | 2–1 |
St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO | ||||||
December 18* |
No. 5 | Georgia | W 94–60 | 3–1 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
December 28* |
No. 5 | vs. Villanova Sugar Bowl Tournament |
W 97–82 | 4–1 |
Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA | ||||||
December 29* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 18 Memphis State Sugar Bowl Tournament |
W 98–83 | 5–1 |
Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA | ||||||
January 4* |
No. 5 | No. 4 North Carolina Big Four Tournament |
W 78–77 | 6–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC | ||||||
January 5* |
No. 5 | vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament |
W 91–73 | 7–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
January 12 |
No. 4 | Clemson
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W 96–68 | 8–1 (1–0) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
January 13 |
No. 4 | No. 3 Maryland
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W 80–74 | 9–1 (2–0) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
January 17 |
No. 3 | at Virginia | W 90–70 | 10–1 (3–0) |
University Hall Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
January 19* |
No. 3 | UNC Charlotte | W 104–72 | 11–1 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
January 22 |
No. 3 | at No. 4 North Carolina | W 83–80 | 12–1 (4–0) |
Carmichael Auditorium
Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
January 26* |
No. 3 | at Purdue | W 86–81 | 13–1 |
Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN | ||||||
January 30 |
No. 2 | at No. 6 Maryland | W 86–80 | 14–1 (5–0) |
Cole Field House
College Park, MD | ||||||
February 2 |
No. 2 | Virginia | W 105–93 | 15–1 (6–0) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
February 4 |
No. 2 | at Duke | W 92–78 | 16–1 (7–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 8* |
No. 2 | vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader |
W 98–54 | 17–1 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
February 9* |
No. 2 | vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader |
W 111–91 | 18–1 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
February 13* |
No. 2 | Davidson | W 105–78 | 19–1 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
February 16 |
No. 2 | Wake Forest | W 111–96 | 20–1 (8–0) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
February 20 |
No. 1 | Duke | W 113–87 | 21–1 (9–0) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
February 23 |
No. 1 | at Clemson | W 80–75 | 22–1 (10–0) |
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | ||||||
February 26 |
No. 1 | No. 4 North Carolina | W 83–72 | 23–1 (11–0) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
March 2 |
No. 1 | at Wake Forest | W 72–63 | 24–1 (12–0) |
Winston-Salem War Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
ACC tournament | |||||||||||
March 8* |
No. 1 | vs. Virginia ACC tournament |
W 87–66 | 25–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
March 9* |
No. 1 | vs. No. 4 Maryland ACC tournament |
W 103–100 OT | 26–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
NCAA tournament
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March 14* |
No. 1 | vs. No. 5 NCAA tournament • Regional semifinals
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W 92–78 | 27–1 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
March 16* |
No. 1 | vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh NCAA tournament • Regional Final |
W 100–72 | 28–1 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
March 23* |
No. 1 | vs. No. 2 UCLA NCAA tournament • National semifinals |
W 80–77 2OT | 29–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
March 25* |
No. 1 | vs. No. 3 Marquette NCAA tournament • National Championship |
W 76–64 | 30–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. |
Rankings
Week | ||||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
AP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Coaches | Not released | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Not released |
ACC tournament
The 1974
The final featured two of the top teams in the country. It has been regarded by many to be the greatest ACC game in histo — and one of the greatest college games ever.[
NCAA tournament
1974 NCAA tournament championship Game Box Score | |||||||
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Player | Min | FG | FT | REB | AST | PF | PTS |
D. Thompson | 40 | 7–12 | 7–8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
M. Towe | 37 | 5–10 | 6–7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
T. Burleson |
36 | 6–9 | 2–6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
M. Rivers | 40 | 4–9 | 6–9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
T. Stoddard | 25 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
P. Spence | 19 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
M. Moeller | 3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 26–46 | 24–34 | 34 | 14 | 17 | 76 |
- East
- North Carolina State 92, Providence 78
- North Carolina State 100, Pittsburgh 72
- Final Four
- North Carolina State 80, UCLA 77
- North Carolina State 76, Marquette 64
Awards and honors
- Tommy Burleson, ACC tournament MVP.
- David Thompson, NCAA Men's MOP Award[4]
Team players drafted into the NBA
Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
1 | 3 | Tommy Burleson | Seattle SuperSonics |
References
- ^ "1974 NCAA Final Four program". March 1974.
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(help) - ^ NC State All-Time Results Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-29.
- ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
- ^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
- ^ "1974 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.