Wright State Raiders men's basketball
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| University | Wright State University | |||
| Conference | Horizon | |||
| Location | Dayton, Ohio | |||
| Head coach | Scott Nagy (1st year) | |||
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Nutter Center (Capacity: 12,000) |
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| Nickname | Raiders | |||
| Student section | Raider Rowdies | |||
| Colors | Hunter Green and Vegas Gold |
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| NCAA Tournament champions | ||||
| 1983 (Division II) | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1993, 2007 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| Mid-Continent Conference 1993 Horizon League 2007 |
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| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| Horizon League 2007 |
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The Wright State Raiders is the NCAA Division 1 basketball team that represents Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. The school's team currently competes in the Horizon League. The Raiders won their only National Championship in 1983 as a DII school and have made a total of 2 NCAA Tournament appearances. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2007. The Raiders play at the Ervin J. Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio in what is often nicknamed the 'NUTT HOUSE'. The official capacity for basketball games is 10,000.
Wright State first sponsored men's basketball in 1970 under the direction of Coach John Ross. First year varsity letter winners included: Mark Beilinski, Jerry Butcher, Mark Donahue, Jerry Hecht, John Hildebrand, Chuck Horton, Jim Schellhase, Doug Taylor, Jim Thacker. Mike Zink. Paul Brown, and Gary Webb. Jim Thacker was named the MVP and Chuck Horton, Mark Donahue and John Hildebrand took the foul shooting honors. In 1983, Wright State won the Division II NCAA Tournament. Wright State moved to Division I in 1987, and have made NCAA Tournament appearances in 1993 and 2007.
On April 8, 2003 Wright state announced that Paul Biancardi would be the new head coach. Before coaching Wright State Biancardi was an assistant at St. Louis, Boston College and Ohio State where he coached under Jim O'Brien. Recognized nationally, Biancardi was named the No. 1 assistant coach in the country by Hoop Scoop Online. In his first season as coach, Wright State finished with a 14–14 record and finished 5th in the Horizon League Standings with a 10–6 conference record and lost to Loyola (IL) in the first round of the conference tournament. In the 2004–2005 season Wright State would finish with a 15–15 while finishing 6th in the conference standings with an 8–8 record. During the Horizon League tournament the Raiders would beat Butler in the first round but lost to Detroit in the second round. In 2005–2006, Wright State's final record was 13–15, with an 8–8 conference record they would finish 7th in the standings. The Raiders would once again have an early exit from the Horizon League tournament, losing to UIC in the first round. Despite never having a winning season in the three seasons that Biancardi coached at Wright State, it was his recruiting classes that would set the Raiders up for success in the future. Wright State and Biancardi agreed to part after the NCAA barred him from recruiting for violating rules while he was an assistant at Ohio State. Biancardi's final record at Wright State was 42–44
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