1973–74 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

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1973–74 North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball

NCAA tournament National Champions ACC tournament champions ACC regular season champions
National Championship Game, W 76-64 vs. Marquette
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	30–1 (12–0 ACC)
Head coach	Norm Sloan (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Ed Biedenbach Sam Esposito Art Musselman
Captain	Game captains
Home arena	Reynolds Coliseum
Seasons← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 NC State †	12	–	0	1.000	30	–	1	.968
No. 4 Maryland	9	–	3	.750	23	–	5	.821
No. 12 North Carolina	9	–	3	.750	22	–	6	.786
Virginia	4	–	8	.333	11	–	16	.407
Clemson	3	–	9	.250	14	–	12	.538
Wake Forest	3	–	9	.250	13	–	13	.500
Duke	2	–	10	.167	10	–	16	.385

† 1974 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973–74 North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 1973-74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolfpack played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, and competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. While losing only one game throughout the season, the team finished undefeated in the ACC conference play, and went on to win the 1974 ACC men's basketball title. The Wolfpack then won the NCAA tournament, finishing the season as the national champions.

Season summary

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NC State had several highly rated players, including star high-jumping forward David Thompson, 7-foot-4 center Tom Burleson, point guard 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 John Wooden's UCLA. On December 15, 1973, the two top-ranked 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 later met and defeated the Bruins 80–77 in two overtimes in the NCAA tournament semi-final game, ending UCLA's streak of seven straight national championships. Two nights later, NC State won its first NCAA championship by beating Marquette, 76–64.

Roster

1973–74 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	24	Tommy Burleson	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Newland, North Carolina
C	50	Mike Buurma	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Willard, Ohio
G	32	Bruce Dayhuff	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Walkerton, Indiana
F	14	Greg Hawkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Huntington, West Virginia
G	22	Dwight Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Raleigh, North Carolina
G	34	Craig Kuszmaul	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Warren, Ohio
C	35	Bill Lake	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Carmel, Indiana
G	40	Mark Moeller	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Canfield, Ohio
F	52	Steve Nuce	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Rockville, Maryland
G	10	Moe Rivers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Brooklyn, New York
F	30	Phil Spence	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Raleigh, North Carolina
F	42	Tim Stoddard	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	East Chicago, Indiana
F	44	David Thompson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Shelby, North Carolina
G	25	Monte Towe	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	Jr	Converse, Indiana

Head coach

Norm Sloan (NC State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 5*	No. 2	East Carolina	W 79–47	1–0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 7*	No. 2	Vermont	W 97–42	2–0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 15* ABC	No. 2	vs. No. 1 UCLA	L 66–84	2–1	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
December 18*	No. 5	Georgia	W 94–60	3–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 28*	No. 5	vs. Villanova Sugar Bowl Tournament	W 97–82	4–1	Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA
December 29*	No. 5	vs. No. 18 Memphis State Sugar Bowl Tournament	W 98–83	5–1	Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA
January 4*	No. 5	No. 4 North Carolina Big Four Tournament	W 78–77	6–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 5*	No. 5	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	W 91–73	7–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
January 12	No. 4	Clemson	W 96–68	8–1 (1–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 13	No. 4	No. 3 Maryland	W 80–74	9–1 (2–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 17	No. 3	at Virginia	W 90–70	10–1 (3–0)	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
January 19*	No. 3	UNC Charlotte	W 104–72	11–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 22	No. 3	at No. 4 North Carolina	W 83–80	12–1 (4–0)	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
January 26*	No. 3	at Purdue	W 86–81	13–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 30	No. 2	at No. 6 Maryland	W 86–80	14–1 (5–0)	Cole Field House College Park, MD
February 2	No. 2	Virginia	W 105–93	15–1 (6–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 4	No. 2	at Duke	W 92–78	16–1 (7–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 8*	No. 2	vs. Georgia Tech North-South Doubleheader	W 98–54	17–1	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 9*	No. 2	vs. Furman North-South Doubleheader	W 111–91	18–1	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
February 13*	No. 2	Davidson	W 105–78	19–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 16	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 111–96	20–1 (8–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 20	No. 1	Duke	W 113–87	21–1 (9–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 23	No. 1	at Clemson	W 80–75	22–1 (10–0)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 26	No. 1	No. 4 North Carolina	W 83–72	23–1 (11–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 2	No. 1	at Wake Forest	W 72–63	24–1 (12–0)	Winston-Salem War Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
ACC tournament
March 8*	No. 1	vs. Virginia ACC tournament	W 87–66	25–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 9*	No. 1	vs. No. 4 Maryland ACC tournament	W 103–100	26–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 14*	No. 1	vs. No. 5 Providence NCAA tournament • Regional semifinals	W 92–78	27–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 16*	No. 1	vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh NCAA tournament • Regional Final	W 100–72	28–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 23*	No. 1	vs. No. 2 UCLA NCAA tournament • National semifinals	W 80–77	29–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 25*	No. 1	vs. No. 3 Marquette NCAA tournament • National Championship	W 76–64	30–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East.

Rankings

Main article: 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	2	2	2	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Coaches	Not released		2	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	Not released

ACC tournament

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

The final featured two of the top teams in the country. It has been regarded by many to be the greatest ACC game in histo — 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

Awards and honors

Tommy Burleson, ACC tournament MVP.
David Thompson, NCAA Men's MOP Award

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	3	Tommy Burleson	Seattle SuperSonics

References

"1974 NCAA Final Four program". March 1974. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
NC State All-Time Results Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-Jun-29.
"RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
"Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
"1974 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.

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Rivalries	East Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Dixie Classic / Big Four Tobacco Road 1961 gambling scandal 2018 corruption scandal
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

v t e 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

NC State Wolfpack men's basketball 1973–74 NCAA champions

Head coach: Norm Sloan

Assistant coaches: Eddie Biedenbach; Sammy Esposito

v t e 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 (Vacated) 2014 UConn 2015 Duke 2016 Villanova 2017 North Carolina 2018 Villanova 2019 Virginia 2020 No tournament 2021 Baylor 2022 Kansas 2023 UConn 2024 UConn

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 (Vacated)
2014: UConn
2015: Duke
2016: Villanova
2017: North Carolina
2018: Villanova
2019: Virginia
2020: No tournament
2021: Baylor
2022: Kansas
2023: UConn
2024: UConn

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