1994–95 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1994–95 Wright State Raiders men's basketball | |
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Conference | MCC |
Record | 13–17 (6–8 MCC) |
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Home arena | Nutter Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 23 | – | 5 | .821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois-Chicago | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WI-Green Bay † | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Mercy | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UW-Milwaukee | 2 | – | 13 | .133 | 3 | – | 24 | .111 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (IL) | 2 | – | 13 | .133 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1995 MCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1994–95 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season led by head coach Ralph Underhill.
Season summary
The start of a new era, Wright State and five other Mid-Continent teams jumped to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. This solid conference, which had been the University of Dayton's home through 1992-93 and still counted Xavier as a member, would be Wright State's home for years to come.
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Roster
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Jim Brown, Jim Ehler, Jack Butler
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Nov 26, 1994* | at No. 15 Wisconsin | L 63-86 | 0–1 | Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI | |||||||
Nov 30, 1994* | Fairleigh Dickinson | L 62-64 | 0–2 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Dec 3, 1994* | Wilmington | W 79-61 | 1–2 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Dec 10, 1994* | Dayton Gem City Jam | W 74-53 | 2-2 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Dec 13, 1994* | at No. 19 Ohio | L 56-90 | 2–3 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio | |||||||
Dec 16, 1994* | Prairie View A&M USAir Classic | W 90–65 | 3–3 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Dec 17, 1994* | Youngstown State USAir Classic | L 56-62 | 3-4 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Dec 21, 1994* | at Fairleigh Dickinson | L 67-91 | 3–5 | Rothman Center Hackensack, NJ | |||||||
Dec 22, 1994* | at Manhattan | L 46-69 | 3–6 | Draddy Gymnasium (1,279) Bronx, NY | |||||||
Dec 30, 1994* | Miami (OH) | L 61-69 | 3–7 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Jan 3, 1995* | Mississippi Valley St. | W 74-65 | 4–7 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Jan 5, 1995 | at Detroit Mercy | W 78-71 | 5–7 | Cobo Arena Detroit, MI | |||||||
Jan 7, 1995 | at Cleveland State | W 82-74 | 6-7 | CSU Convocation Center Cleveland, OH | |||||||
Jan 12, 1995 | La Salle | L 65-74 | 6-8 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Jan 18, 1995 | Xavier | L 73-81 | 6-9 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Jan 21, 1995 | Northern Illinois | L 68-77 | 6-10 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Jan 26, 1995 | at Loyola | L 69-75 | 6-11 | Alumni Gym Chicago, IL | |||||||
Jan 28, 1995 | at Milwaukee | W 76-74 | 7-11 | Baker Fieldhouse Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
Feb 2, 1995 | Detroit Mercy | W 79–64 | 8–11 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Feb 4, 1995 | at UIC | L 83-94 | 8-12 | UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL | |||||||
Feb 7, 1995* | Virginia Tech | L 74-77 | 8-13 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Feb 11, 1995 | at La Salle | L 90-92 | 8-14 | Philadelphia Civic Center Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
Feb 15, 1995 | at Xavier | L 84-94 | 8-15 | Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
Feb 19, 1995 | Cleveland State | W 78-60 | 9–15 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Feb 23, 1995 | Butler | W 83-79 | 10–15 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Feb 26, 1995 | Green Bay | L 61-75 | 10-16 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||
Midwestern Collegiate Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 3, 1995 | (8) | (9) Cleveland State First Round | W 88-81 | 11-16 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | ||||||
Mar 4, 1995 | (8) | (1) No. 25 Xavier Quarterfinal | W 71-70 | 12-16 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | ||||||
Mar 5, 1995 | (8) | (4) Detroit Mercy Semifinal | W 76-69 | 13-16 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | ||||||
Mar 7, 1995 | (8) | (3) Green Bay Final | L 59-73 | 13-17 | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. |
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Awards and honors
Vitaly Potapenko | MVP |
Delme Herriman | Raider Award |
Vitaly Potapenko | First Team MCC |
Vitaly Potapenko | MCC All Newcomer |
Vitaly Potapenko | MCC Newcomer of the year |
Vitaly Potapenko | MCC All Tournament Team |
Rob Welch | MCC All Tournament Team |
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Statistics
Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
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52 | Vitaly Potapenko | 30 | 19.2 | 575 | 41 | 193 |
20 | Rob Welch | 30 | 11.2 | 355 | 101 | 115 |
32 | Delme Herriman | 30 | 9.9 | 298 | 73 | 162 |
22 | Rick Martinez | 30 | 8.4 | 253 | 102 | 97 |
33 | Antuan Johnson | 28 | 6.2 | 229 | 45 | 119 |
35 | Jon Ramey | 30 | 5.7 | 172 | 27 | 52 |
40 | Mike Conner | 29 | 3.9 | 114 | 8 | 68 |
21 | Darryl Woods | 29 | 1.8 | 51 | 17 | 20 |
31 | Quincy Brann | 19 | 2.3 | 43 | 8 | 17 |
44 | Jason Smith | 23 | 1.6 | 36 | 6 | 34 |
41 | Bilaal Neal | 16 | 1.6 | 26 | 1 | 11 |
43 | Thad Burton | 15 | 1.4 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
24 | Derek Watkins | 15 | 0.6 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
34 | Eric Wills | 8 | 0.4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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References
- ^ Ludwig, Chick (Dec 10, 1993). "Coming out on top". Dayton Daily News. Vol. 117, no. 92. Cox Media. p. 4D.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "1994-95 Wright State University Men's Basketball". Athletics Publications. Wright State University Athletics. 14 November 1994. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "Wright State Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "1993-94 Final Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved November 20, 2023.