1973–74 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

1973–74 North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball
National Champions ACC Tournament Champions ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
1973–74 record	30–1 (12–0 ACC)
Head coach	Norm Sloan
Assistant coach	Ed Biedenbach
Assistant coach	Sam Esposito
Assistant coach	Art Musselman
Captain	Game captains
Home arena	Reynolds Coliseum

The 1973–74 North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University. The Wolfpack were a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team finished undefeated in the ACC regular season, then won the ACC Tournament. The Wolfpack then won the NCAA tournament, finishing the season as the national champions.

Season summary

N.C. State had it all: a star high-jumping forward David Thompson, a towering center in 7-foot-4 Tom Burleson, a great point guard in Monte Towe and several complementary players, including guard Moe Rivers and forward Phil Spence. The Wolfpack began the season ranked #2 in the nation, behind UCLA. On December 15, 1973 the two teams met in St. Louis, with UCLA beating NC State by 84-66 after trailing by one at halftime. It would be the only loss for the Wolfpack that season. NC State avenged that loss by beating the Bruins 80-77 in two overtimes in the NCAA Tournament semi-final game and ending their streak of seven straight national championships. Two nights later NC State captured its first NCAA championship by beating Marquette 76-64.

Roster

Name	#	Height	Year	Home Town
Tommy Burleson	24	7–4	Senior	Newland, NC
Mike Buurma	50	6–10	Freshman	Willard, OH
Bruce Dayhuff	32	6–5	Freshman	Walkerton, IN
Ken Gehring	54	6–9	Freshman	Akron, OH
Greg Hawkins	14	6–5	Senior	Huntington, WV
Jerry Hunt	12	6–5	Sophomore	Shelby, NC
Dwight Johnson	22	6–0	Sophomore	Raleigh, NC
Craig Kuszmaul	34	6–5	Junior	Warren, OH
Bill Lake	35	6–11	Freshman	Carmel, IN
Mark Moeller	40	6–3	Junior	Canfield, OH
Steve Nuce	52	6–8	Senior	Rockville, MD
Moe Rivers	10	6–1	Junior	Brooklyn, NY
Steve Smith	12	6–10	Sophomore	East McDowell, KY
Phil Spence	30	6–8	Sophomore	Raleigh, NC
Tim Stoddard	42	6–7	Junior	Hammond, IN
David Thompson	44	6–4	Junior	Shelby, NC
Monte Towe	25	5–7	Junior	Converse, IN

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 5*	#2	East Carolina	W 79–47	1–0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 7*	#2	Vermont	W 97–42	2–0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 15*	#2	vs. #1 UCLA	L 66–84	2–1	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
December 18*	#5	Georgia	W 94–60	3–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 28*	#5	vs. Villanova Sugar Bowl Tournament	W 97–82	4–1	New Orleans, LA
December 29*	#5	vs. #18 Memphis State Sugar Bowl Tournament	W 98–83	5–1	New Orleans, LA
January 4*	#5	#4 North Carolina Big Four Tournament	W 78–77	6–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 5*	#5	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	W 91–73	7–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 12	#4	Clemson	W 96–68	8–1 (1–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 13	#4	#3 Maryland	W 80–74	9–1 (2–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 17	#3	at Virginia	W 90–70	10–1 (3–0)	Charlottesville, VA
January 19*	#3	UNC-Charlotte	W 104–72	11–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 22	#3	at #4 North Carolina	W 83–80	12–1 (4–0)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 26*	#3	at Purdue	W 86–81	13–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 30	#2	at #6 Maryland	W 86–80	14–1 (5–0)	Cole Field House College Park, MD
February 2	#2	Virginia	W 105–93	15–1 (6–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 4	#2	at Duke	W 92–78	16–1 (7–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 8*	#2	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 98–54	17–1	Charlotte, NC
February 9*	#2	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 111–91	18–1	Charlotte, NC
February 13*	#2	Davidson	W 105–78	19–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 16	#2	Wake Forest	W 111–96	20–1 (8–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 20	#1	Duke	W 113–87	21–1 (9–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 23	#1	at Clemson	W 80–75	22–1 (10–0)	Clemson, SC
February 26	#1	#4 North Carolina	W 83–72	23–1 (11–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 2	#1	Wake Forest	W 72–63	24–1 (12–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 8*	#1	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament	W 87–66	25–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 9*	#1	vs. #5 Maryland ACC Tournament	W 103–100 ^OT	26–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 14*	#1	vs. #5 Providence NCAA Tournament • Regional Semifinals	W 92–78	27–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 16*	#1	vs. #13 Pittsburgh NCAA Tournament • Regional Final	W 100–72	28–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 23*	#1	vs. #2 UCLA NCAA Tournament • National Semifinals	W 80–77 ^2OT	29–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 25*	#1	vs. #3 Marquette NCAA Tournament • National Final	W 76–64	30–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

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ACC Tournament

The 1974 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Greensboro, North Carolina at the Greensboro Coliseum from March 7–9. North Carolina State defeated Maryland 103–100 in overtime to claim the championship.

The Final pitted two of the top teams in the country. It has been regarded by many to be the greatest ACC game in history — and one of the greatest college games ever. The game was instrumental in forcing the expansion of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship to 32 teams, allowing more than one bid from a conference.

NCAA Tournament

1974 NCAA Tournament Championship Game Box Score
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

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Awards and honors

Tommy Burleson, ACC Tournament MVP.
David Thompson, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[3]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	3	Tommy Burleson	Seattle SuperSonics

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References

↑ NC State All-Time Results. Retrieved 2015-Jun-29.
↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1974
↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1974&lg=N

NC State Wolfpack men's basketball

Venues	Thompson Gym (1925–1949) Reynolds Coliseum (1949–1999) PNC Arena (1999–present)

Rivalries	North Carolina

Culture & lore	History Dixie Classic Tobacco Road

People	Head coaches Honored jerseys

Seasons	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

NC State Wolfpack Men's Basketball 1973–74 NCAA Champions

10 Moe Rivers 24 Tommy Burleson 25 Monte Towe 30 Phil Spence 42 Tim Stoddard 44 David Thompson (MOP) Head Coach Norm Sloan Assistant Coaches Eddie Biedenbach Sammy Esposito

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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