1979–80 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 January 2025 Basketball 1979–80 Wright State Raiders Wright State Raiders logo.png 200 Independent II 25-3 Ralph Underhill 2nd Jim Brown Bob Grote WSU PE Building NCAA tournament 3rd Place Great Lakes Regional The 1979–80 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1979–80 NCAA NCAA Division II men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill. Season summary The 1979-80 Raiders dominated, running off an astounding 25-3 record. They made their third trip to the NCAA Division II tournament. Roster 1979 Wright State Raiders y yes Flenoil Crook n sr basketball 33 F 6 8 190 Louisville, Kentucky Jacksonville Joe Fitzpatrick n sr basketball 40 F 6 6 200 Cincinnati, Ohio Mt. Healthy Steve Hartings n sr basketball 42 C 6 8 200 Maria Stein, Ohio Marion Local Bill Wilson n jr basketball 30 G 6 2 160 Columbus, Ohio Eastmoor Rodney Benson n jr basketball 24 F 6 6 195 Louisville, Kentucky Cleveland St. (TN) Jeff Bragg n jr basketball 25 F 6 5 180 Marion, Indiana Marion Eddie Crowe n jr basketball 34 G 6 1 170 Carlisle, Ohio Carlisle Leon Manning n jr basketball 45 F 6 6 170 Indianapolis Northwest Keith Miller n jr basketball 20 G 6 2 180 Louisville, Kentucky Cleveland St. (TN) Roman Welch n jr basketball 44 F 6 6 205 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida S. Plantation Mike Zimmerman n jr basketball 32 G 6 1 170 Kettering, Ohio Alter Tom Holzapfel n so basketball 23 F 6 5 185 Greenville, Ohio Greenville Clay Pickering n fr basketball 35 GF 6 5 205 Akron, Ohio Hoban Barry Turner n fr basketball 22 G 6 0 185 Wilmington, Ohio Wilmington Ralph Underhill Jim Brown, Bob Grote Sourcehttps://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=athletics_publications Wright State Athletics 1979-80 Basketball Press Book October 28, 2023 Schedule and results y |- !colspan=12 style=Wright State Raiders|Regular season Dec 12, 1979 Oakland WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 84-58 1–0 |- Dec 3, 1979 Campbellsville WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 93-79 2–0 |- Dec 5, 1979 yes Indiana Central Nicoson Hall Indianapolis 95-84 3-0 |- Dec 8, 1979 Wayne State WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 92-75 5-0 |- Dec 10, 1979 yes Miami Ohio Millett Assembly Hall Oxford, Ohio 83-68 6–0  |- Dec 13, 1979 Armstrong State UD Arena Dayton, Ohio 99-85 6-0 |- Dec 15, 1979 Otterbein UD Arena Dayton, Ohio 69-65 7-0 |- Dec 20, 1979 St. Joseph’s (IN) WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 115-81 8-0 |- Dec 22, 1979 Bellarmine WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 102-79 9-0 |- Jan 3, 1979 Wilberforce WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 82-58 10-0 |- Jan 7, 1980 yes Central State UD Arena Dayton, Ohio 60-69 10-1 |- Jan 9, 1980 Indiana Central WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 84-74 11–1 |- Jan 12, 1980 Heidelberg WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 97-55 12–1 |- Jan 16, 1980 yes St. Joseph’s (IN) Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana 72-68 13–1 |- Jan 19, 1980 Elmhurst WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 101-59 14–1 |- Jan 23, 1980 Marion WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 122-86 15–1 |- Jan 26, 1980 yes IUPUI Harry E. Wood Continuing Education Center Indianapolis 92-77 16-1 |- Jan 30, 1980 yes Northern Kentucky Regents Hall Highland Heights, Kentucky 116-66 17-1 |- Feb 2, 1980 Thomas Moore WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 73-70 18–1 |- Feb 4, 1980 yes Rice Autry Court Houston, Texas 78-84 18–2 |- Feb 9, 1980 yes Bellarmine Knights Hall Louisville, Kentucky 66-63 19-2 |- Feb 11, 1980 Missouri–St. Louis UD Arena Dayton, Ohio 82-69 20-2 |- Feb 16, 1980 Northern Kentucky WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 88-70 21-2 |- Feb 18, 1980 Youngstown State WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 72-61 22-2 |- Feb 23, 1980 SIU Edwardsville WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH 97-88 23-2 |- Feb 25, 1980 yes Missouri–St. Louis Mark Twain Sports Building St. Louis, Missouri 78-71 24–2 |- !colspan=12 style=Wright State Raiders| NCAA tournament |- Feb 29, 1980 Eastern Illinois WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional 64-73 24-3 |- Mar 1, 1980 Southern Indiana WSU PE Building Fairborn, OH NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional 88-85 25-3 |- 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 Rodney Benson MVP Roman Welch MVP Eddie Crowe Raider Award Steve Hartings 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 44 Roman Welch 27 17.9 484 48 225 24 Rodney Benson 28 15.6 436 37 180 30 Bill Wilson 28 11.3 316 133 74 42 Steve Hartings 28 9.9 277 71 169 34 Eddie Crowe 26 9.8 255 92 68 45 Leon Manning 26 7.0 181 23 111 20 Keith Miller 26 5.0 129 32 41 25 Jeff Bragg 27 4.6 123 36 48 35 Clay Pickering 25 4.5 113 7 61 32 Mike Zimmerman 21 3.4 72 31 23 40 Joe Fitzpatrick 14 1.6 23 1 26 23 Tom Holzapfel 15 1.5 23 10 18 33 Flenoil Crook 3 2.7 8 0 1 22 Barry Turner 3 1.0 3 1 1 Sourcehttps://wsuraiders.com/documents/2018/8/16//1979_80_MBB_stats.pdf?id=14436 1979-80 Statistics October 28, 2023 References Wright State Category:Wright State Raiders men's basketball seasons Wright State Raiders men's basketball Wright State Raiders men's basketball