1974–75 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1974–75 UC Irvine Anteaters basketball Independent 16–11 Tim Tift 6th Crawford Hall Puget Sound tournament champions NCAA Division II Tournament, West Regional third-place game The 1974–75 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1974–75 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by sixth year head coach Tim Tift and played their home games at Crawford Hall. They were invited to the 1975 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament where they lost to 1974 Puget Sound Loggers Puget Sound in the regional semifinals and 1974 UC Davis Aggies 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 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y John Babcock G 6 3 So C. David Baker y C 6 8 Sr Steve Cleveland y F 6 4 Jr Kevin Davis G 5 11 So Bill Dowden F 6 4 So Dan Hair C 6 5 So Nate Jones G 6 3 Jr Jerry Maras F 6 6 Sr John McNeil F 6 5 Fr Rich Mraule G 6 2 Sr Tim Tivenan G 6 0 So http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20II_1975_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf Tim Tift (Pepperdine) Schedule yes 1974-75 NCAA Division II men's basketball rankings 1974 yes no |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters|Regular Season November 29, 1974 yes 1974 South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 101–84 1–0 December 2, 1974 yes 1974 Fort Lewis Skyhawks Fort Lewis Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 101–62 2–0 December 6, 1974 yes 1974 Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount Crawford Hall Irvine, CA UCI Invitational 66–72 2–1 December 7, 1974 yes 1974 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Arizona Crawford Hall Irvine, CA UCI Invitational 98–95 3–1 December 13, 1974 yes yes 1974 Simon Fraser Clan Simon Fraser Tacoma, WA Puget Sound Classic 92–72Victory over Simon Fraser is not recognized by NCAA1974 75 Basketball Record http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20II_1975_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf#page=2 ncaa.org NCAA 3–1 December 14, 1974 yes yes Idaho State Tacoma, WA Puget Sound Classic 91–76 4–1 December 18, 1974 yes 1974 Minnesota State–Moorhead Dragons Moorhead State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 94–68 5–1 December 20, 1974 yes 1974 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 85–80 6–1 December 21, 1974 yes yes 1974 Utah Utes Utah Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT 77–97 6–2 January 4, 1975 yes 1974 Sioux Falls Cougars Sioux Falls Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 97–55 7–2 January 6, 1975 yes 1974 Puget Sound Loggers Puget Sound Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 83–67 8–2 January 11, 1975 yes 1974 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 69–67 9–2 January 16, 1975 yes 1974 Grand Canyon Antelopes Grand Canyon Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 63–70 9–3 January 18, 1975 yes 1974 Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 73–82 9–4 January 21, 1975 yes Loyola Marymount Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 66–79 9–5 January 24, 1975 yes yes 1974 UC San Diego Tritons UC San Diego La Jolla, CA La Jolla Tournament 76–67 10–5 January 25, 1975 yes yes 1974 UC Riverside Highlanders UC Riverside La Jolla, CA La Jolla Tournament 78–80 10–6 February 1, 1975 yes 1974 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 81–94 10–7 February 7, 1975 yes 1974 Pomona Sagehens Pomona Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 102–64 11–7 February 8, 1975 yes 1974 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 82–76 12–7 February 15, 1975 yes UC Riverside Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 60–71 12–8 February 20, 1975 yes 1974 Chapman Panthers Chapman Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 86–72 13–8 February 22, 1975 yes 1974 Lewis & Clark Pioneers Lewis & Clark Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 73–63 14–8 February 24, 1975 yes 1974 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Cal Poly Pomona Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 83–63 15–8 February 26, 1975 yes 1974 Hope International Royals Pacific Christian Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 101–76 16–8 February 28, 1975 yes 1974 Air Force Falcons Air Force Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 59–70 16–9 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#UC Irvine Anteaters 1;"| NCAA Tournament March 7, 1975 yes Puget Sound Crawford Hall Irvine, CA regional semifinal 74–76 16–10 March 8, 1975 yes 1974 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis Crawford Hall Irvine, CA Regional 3rd-place game 79–84 16–11 AP Poll Pacific Time Sourcehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=23 UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book UC Irvine Athletics NCAA October 10, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=23 dead Notes note References Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:1970s in Orange County, California UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters