1973–74 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

1973–74 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1974 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball
1973–74 North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball
ACC Tournament champions; ACC regular season champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1973–74 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

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 excellent 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

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 (North Carolina State)

Assistant coach(es)

Art Musselman (Citadel)
Sam Esposito (Indiana)
Eddie Biedenbach (North Carolina State)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
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*	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	Wake Forest	W 72–63	24–1 (12–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 8*	No. 1	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament	W 87–66	25–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 9*	No. 1	vs. No. 5 Maryland ACC Tournament	W 103–100 ^OT	26–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
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 ^2OT	29–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 25*	No. 1	vs. No. 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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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	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. 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[4]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	3	Tommy Burleson	Seattle SuperSonics

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References

"1974 NCAA Final Four program". March 1974. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2013-10-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "1974 NCAA Final Four program". March 1974. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[2] NC State All-Time Results. Retrieved 2015-Jun-29.

[3] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1974

[Tourney_History-4] "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-25. Retrieved 2013-10-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

NC State Wolfpack men's basketball
Venues	Thompson Gym (1925–1949) Reynolds Coliseum (1949–1999) PNC Arena (1999–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina Wake Forest
Culture & lore	History Dixie Classic/Big Four Tobacco Road 2018 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches Honored jerseys Statistical leaders
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1973–74 ACC men's basketball standings
	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