1981–82 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2025 Basketball 1981–82 Wright State Raiders Wright State Raiders logo.png 200 Independent II 22-7 Ralph Underhill 4th Jim Brown Bob Grote WSU PE Building NCAA tournament 3rd Place Great Lakes Regional The 1981–82 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1981–82 NCAA NCAA Division II men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill. Season summary Wright State began the 1981-82 season having graduated eight seniors the year before, including all five starters. However, they also began the season ranked #3 in the U.S. Basketball Writers Association preseason poll, so no opponent would overlook theses Raiders. Their dominate 22-7 final record could only be thought of as disappointing because of yet another 3rd place finish in the Great Lakes Regional of the NCAA Div-II tournament. Paul Meyer The Journal Herald Journal Herald Inc. November 5, 1981 No. 3 WSU won't slip up on foes https://daytondailynews.newspapers.com/image/391981700/ 174 265 14 Roster 1981 Wright State Raiders y yes Theron Barbour n so basketball 33 C 6 9 204 Louisville, Kentucky Atherton Phil Benninger n basketball 45 C 6 8 215 fr yes New Albany, Indiana New Albany Anthony Bias n basketball 42 GF 6 4 180 jr Milwaukee, Wisconsin Pulaski Eric Ernst n basketball 43 G 6 4 200 fr Middletown, Ohio Middletown Mike Grote n so basketball 30 F 6 1 175 Cincinnati, Ohio Elder Stan Hearns n jr basketball 25 F 6 5 185 Trenton, New Jersey Ewing Tom Holzapfel n jr basketball 23 GF 6 5 185 Greenville, Ohio Greenville T.C. Johnson n so basketball 20 G 6 0 170 Sidney, Ohio Sidney Mark McCormick n basketball 34 G 6 3 160 fr Kettering, Ohio Fairmont East Aaron McGlon, n basketball 52 G 6 0 155 jr Gainesville, Florida Eastside Gary Monroe n basketball 24 C 6 7 190 jr Washington D.C. Roosevelt Fred Moore n basketball 40 F 6 7.5 190 so Louisville, Kentucky Atherton Steve Purcell n fr basketball 35 GF 6 4 180 Kokomo, Indiana Kokomo Andy Warner n basketball 44 F 6 5 200 fr Piqua, Ohio Piqua Ralph Underhill Jim Brown, Bob Grote Sourcehttps://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1055&context=athletics_publications Wright State University 1981-82 Basketball Press Book October 30, 2023 Schedule and results y |- !colspan=12 style=Wright State Raiders|Regular season Nov 28, 1981 Wilberforce WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 102-60 1-0 |- Dec 2, 1981 yes Bowling Green Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH 81-71 2–0  |- Dec 5, 1981 Franklin WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 92-73 3-0 |- Dec 7, 1981 yes Miami Ohio Millett Assembly Hall Oxford, Ohio 65-59 4–0  |- Dec 13, 1981 yes Charleston Eddie King Gymnasium Charleston, West Virginia 69-83 4–1  |- Dec 15, 1981 Thomas Moore WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 100-78 5–1 |- Dec 18, 1981 Otterbein WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 86-83 6-1 |- Dec 21, 1981 Charleston WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 68-55 7–1  |- Jan 2, 1982 Northeastern Illinois WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 99-63 8–1 |- Jan 4, 1982 Lewis WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 57-69 8–2 |- Jan 6, 1982 yes Indiana Central Nicoson Hall Indianapolis 77-61 9-2 |- Jan 9, 1982 Gannon WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 73-55 10-2 |- Jan 14, 1982 yes Central State UD Arena Dayton, Ohio 86-72 11-2 |- Jan 20, 1982 Northern Kentucky WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 57-55 OT 12-2 |- Jan 23, 1982 Indiana-Purdue-Ft. Wayne WSU PE Building Fort Wayne, Indiana 105-80 13-2 |- Jan 25, 1982 IUPUI WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 96-87 14-2 |- Jan 27, 1982 yes St. Joseph’s (IN) Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana 75-56 15-2 |- Feb 1, 1982 Youngstown State WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 85-74 16-2 |- Feb 4, 1982 yes Kentucky State Capital Plaza Frankfort, Kentucky 97-89 17-2 |- Feb 6, 1982 Transylvania WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 74-60 18-2 |- Feb 9, 1982 yes Central State UD Arena Dayton, Ohio 73-94 18-3 |- Feb 11, 1982 yes Lewis Memorial Gym Lockport, Illinois 74-76 18–4 |- Feb 17, 1982 Indiana Central WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 83-87 18-5 |- Feb 20, 1982 Siena Heights WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 83-71 19-5 |- Feb 24, 1982 yes Transylvania McAlister Auditorium Lexington, Kentucky 52-55 19-6 |- Feb 27, 1982 yes Northern Kentucky Regents Hall Highland Heights, Kentucky 69-67 20-6 |- Mar 2, 1982 Kentucky State WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 97-89 21-6 |- |- !colspan=12 style=Wright State Raiders| NCAA tournament |- Mar 6, 1982 yes Kentucky Wesleyan Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, Kentucky NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional 71-76 OT 21-7 |- Mar 7, 1981 yes Bellarmine Owensboro Sportscenter Owensboro, Kentucky NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional 87-86 2OT 22-7 |- MW Midwest Sourcehttps://wsuraiders.com/documents/2023/10/16/MBB_History_Through_2022-23.pdf Wright State Record Book October 23, 2023 Awards and honors Stan Hearns MVP T.C. Johnson Raider Award https://wsuraiders.com/documents/2023/10/16/MBB_History_Through_2022-23.pdf Wright State Record Book October 23, 2023 Statistics Number Name Games Average Points Assists Rebounds 25 Stan Hearns 27 17.8 481 40 119 24 Gary Monroe 26 13.0 337 23 145 40 Fred Moore 27 9.8 265 25 101 35 Steve Purcell 27 8.4 253 34 139 42 Anthony Bias 27 7.9 214 135 120 20 T.C. Johnson 27 5.9 159 79 49 44 Andy Warner 22 5.5 120 8 50 30 Mike Grote 18 5.2 93 72 30 23 Tom Holzapfel 24 4.7 113 23 50 33 Theron Barbour 21 3.3 68 8 49 34 Mark McCormick 14 2.3 32 13 16 32 Aaron McGlen 12 1.7 20 4 8 43 Eric Ernst 8 1.5 12 1 8 Sourcehttps://wsuraiders.com/documents/2018/8/16//1981_82_MBB_stats.pdf?id=14438 1981-82 Wright State University Basketball Statistics October 30, 2023 References Wright State Category:Wright State Raiders men's basketball seasons Wright State Raiders men's basketball Wright State Raiders men's basketball