1974–75 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

1974–75
NCAA Division II Tournament, West Regional third-place game
1974–75 NCAA Division II Tournament, West Regional third-place game
Conference	Independent
Record	16–11
Head coach	Tim Tift (6th season);
Home arena	Crawford Hall
	Seasons ← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the

Puget Sound in the regional semifinals and UC Davis

in the regional third-place game. The anteaters finished the season with an overall record of 16–11.

Previous season

The 1973–74 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 14–12. They were not invited to a post season tournament.

Roster

1974–75 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
G	John Babcock	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So
C	C. David Baker	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr
F	Steve Cleveland	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
G	Kevin Davis	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—	So
F	Bill Dowden	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So
C	Dan Hair	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	So
G	Nate Jones	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Jr
F	Jerry Maras	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Sr
F	John McNeil	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
G	Rich Mraule	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr
G	Tim Tivenan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	So

Head coach

Tim Tift (Pepperdine)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 29, 1974*	South Dakota	W 101–84	1–0	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 2, 1974*	Fort Lewis	W 101–62	2–0	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 6, 1974*	Loyola Marymount UCI Invitational	L 66–72	2–1	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 7, 1974*	Northern Arizona UCI Invitational	W 98–95	3–1	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 13, 1974*	vs. Simon Fraser Puget Sound Classic	W 92–72^{[note 1]}^[1]	3–1	Tacoma, WA
December 14, 1974*	vs. Idaho State Puget Sound Classic	W 91–76	4–1	Tacoma, WA
December 18, 1974*	Moorhead State	W 94–68	5–1	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 20, 1974*	North Dakota State	W 85–80	6–1	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
December 21, 1974*	at Utah	L 77–97	6–2	Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT
January 4, 1975*	Sioux Falls	W 97–55	7–2	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 6, 1975*	Puget Sound	W 83–67	8–2	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 11, 1975*	Cal State Fullerton	W 69–67	9–2	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 16, 1975*	Grand Canyon	L 63–70	9–3	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 18, 1975*	Long Beach State	L 73–82	9–4	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 21, 1975*	Loyola Marymount	L 66–79	9–5	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
January 24, 1975*	at UC San Diego La Jolla Tournament	W 76–67	10–5	La Jolla, CA
January 25, 1975*	vs. UC Riverside La Jolla Tournament	L 78–80	10–6	La Jolla, CA
February 1, 1975*	UC Santa Barbara	L 81–94	10–7	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 7, 1975*	Pomona	W 102–64	11–7	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 8, 1975*	Cal State Northridge	W 82–76	12–7	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 15, 1975*	UC Riverside	L 60–71	12–8	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 20, 1975*	Chapman	W 86–72	13–8	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 22, 1975*	Lewis & Clark	W 73–63	14–8	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 24, 1975*	Cal Poly Pomona	W 83–63	15–8	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 26, 1975*	Pacific Christian	W 101–76	16–8	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
February 28, 1975*	Air Force	L 59–70	16–9	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
NCAA Tournament
March 7, 1975*	Puget Sound regional semifinal	L 74–76	16–10	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
March 8, 1975*	UC Davis Regional 3rd-place game	L 79–84	16–11	Crawford Hall Irvine, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time .

Source^[2]

Notes

^ Victory over Simon Fraser is not recognized by NCAA

References

^ "1974 75 Basketball Record" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA.
^ "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

[1] Victory over Simon Fraser is not recognized by NCAA

[2] "1974 75 Basketball Record" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA.

[3] "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved October 10, 2017.

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People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
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