Conference tournament champion. Its been a strength most of the season, but they were battered on the boards in three of their last four games. He compiled a 410-240 record with the Jackrabbits. Wright St.'s Merriweather new Memphis coach. Damian Chong Qui hit the winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, Jarred Godfrey scored 25 points, and Purdue Fort Wayne defeated Wright State 77-75 on Sunday. That put them in a tie for sixth with Robert Morris. Billy Donlon was the head coach from 20102016 after Brad Brownell was announced as the new Clemson head coach. 8. They eventually earned a 14 seed, and lost in the first round to the Pittsburgh Panthers. Conference regular season champion You can have terrible practices and play great or great practices and play terrible. But there isnt much separation between the middle of the conference and the top. The HL has a 32-32 combined record. Their 3 losses were at Youngstown State, at Butler, and at Milwaukee. Justyn Mutts is leading the team in rebounds, steals, and assists despite playing power forward. Merriweather led No. Wright State fired basketball Coach Ralph Underhill on Friday, four days after he was charged with shoplifting. Darwin . They lost three straight road games before winning at Detroit Mercy on Saturday. Their logo, however, depicts a gray wolf, which serves as the mascot for the team. Wright State has made four appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, with the Raiders going 14. The Raiders were swept by YSU but just missed out on a road win, losing by two in triple overtime. Do you have a sports website? Merriweather is paid the most per game after Nagy, but only has a third of his numbers at $3,974 per game and $5,647 per win. wewright@bsu.edu. Oakland (2-6): Greg Kampe went into the season with 644 career wins and received a contract extension through 2026-27 after going 20-12 last season. 1. Nov. 16, 1996 12 AM PT. New coach Daniyal Robinson, a former Iowa State assistant, had only five returning players on the roster, including Wayne grad Deshon Parker, and he signed eight newcomers. They also won both games against second-seeded Milwaukee and split with fourth-seeded NKU. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images) - 2NKKYT7 . Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Board Information & Statistics. Take Wright State, for instance. Picked fifth in the preseason poll, the Penguins finished 15-5, while Milwaukee, Cleveland State and Northern Kentucky tied for second at 14-6. Hoffman joins the Raiders after serving as the head coach at nearby Cedarville University for the last five seasons, where she won 106 games, led the Yellow Jackets to three regular season conference titles and was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2021. Visit ESPN to view the latest Wright State Raiders news, scores, stats, standings, rumors, and more Loudon Love once again was honored, this time as a first-team member while newcomer Bill Wampler was placed on the second-team. His father is Dick Nagy, who was a University of Illinois assistant basketball coach under Lou Henson. The two universities are located in Dayton, Ohio, only 10 miles apart from each other. The 48-year-old Davis previously was an assistant . Wright State has four conference tournament championships, most recently in 2022 under coach Scott Nagy. Wright, a former head coach at Pike High School in Indianapolis, comes to Ball State after serving most recently as the . Total Threads: 1,962. He had previously served as head coach at South Dakota State for 21 seasons (19952016). Wright State currently plays in the Horizon League and has for the last 28 seasons. He finished with a .781 winning percentage as a Division II coach. FAIRBORN Wright State coach Scott Nagy doesnt profess to know the complete history of the Horizon League tourney, but hes aware that what his team is trying to accomplish would be unprecedented. He brought in nine new players this year, including six college transfers. And for Scott Nagy, it was the right time to go to Wright State. NCAA Tournament: 4 Years (1-4), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships NCAA Champion: Experienced Athlete with a demonstrated history of working in the sports industry. Class 1A Wrestler of the year: Collin Boese, Howard Lake Waverly-Winsted. They knocked off Bryant University to earn their first NCAA Tournament win ever and now will look to pull off an unthinkable upset over Arizona. Offensive line still a position of need for Bengals. Theres really just a few players in the league that have ever played in an NCAA tournament, and we have quite a few that have and know how to get there. Current head coach Scott Nagy was hired in 2016. Treyvon Calvin drills long 3-pointer vs. Northern Kentucky Norse. She was the Horizon League Coach of the Year three times in her five seasons at Wright State, which included all three of the Raiders' NCAA tournament berths. Three games in three days is a lot physically and emotionally, Nagy said. 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 . Nagy and his wife Jamie have five children: Nick, Tyler, Anthony AJ, Natalie, and Naika. But none of that matters to Nagy. GB is averaging 56.8 points, getting out-scored by nearly 21 per game and has no one averaging in double figures. Before its time in the Horizon League, Wright State played in the Summit League, which was then known as theMid-Continent Conference, for three seasons. [4] Biancardi's final record at Wright State was 4244. The Raiders have appeared in 8 Horizon League/Midwestern Collegiate championship games, most recently was in 2022. Scott Nagy is Wright State's head coach. She led Cedarville to the NCAA Division II Regional as an at-large selection this spring after the Yellow Jackets were an NCCAA National Tournament qualifier following the 2019-20 season. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Davis also has an NCAA-record 118 straight double-figure games. They were the 1983 National Champions. Since joining the Summit League in 2007, Nagys teams went 175-119 (.595), earning berths in the NCAA tournament in 2012, 2013 and 2016, an NIT berth in 2015, and playing in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) post-season tournament in 2014. When we hired Scott back in 2016, we wanted to upgrade our basketball program, so we decided to pay him at the top of the league, Athletics Director Bob Grant said. MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis has hired Katrina Merriweather as the new women's basketball coach after she led Wright State to that program's first NCAA tournament win. Wright State has retired one jersey number in its history. Expand. At best, the Buffs will tie the second-lowest regular season win total in head coach Tad Boyle's 13 seasons at CU. Of course, the Wizard of Westwood did it in 29 years, while Kampe is in Year 39. 10. The Wright State and Northern Kentucky series began in 1972 where both schools would routinely compete against each other up until 1987 when Wright State moved to division 1. They went 3-26 overall and 1-16 in the league last season, finishing 358th (dead last) in the NET ratings. Mens Basketball Head Coach Scott Nagy was paid the most by far, earning $302,395.88 this past academic year, making over two and a half times more than any other coach in the athletics program. Im so humbled and very excited to get the ball rolling!, We are thrilled that Kari and her family are joining our Raider family, said Grant. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Purdue Fort Wayne (4-3): The HL co-favorites are known for their stylish offense but are trying to prove they can win gritty games. Nagy (NAY-ghee) came to Wright State after 21 seasons at South Dakota State. Seniors Mark Hughes and Parker Ernsthausen took two of the five spots on the All-Defensive Team, and Malachi Smith was placed on the All-Freshman squad. 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. What league do they play in? As of the Fall of 2021, Wright State had an enrollment of 11,469 students, per its official website. Cleveland State out-rebounded them 46-28, Oakland 42-31 and Detroit Mercy 40-33. He was drafted in the second round by the Milwaukee Bucks. Hoffman was a two-time NAIA Division II All-America First Team honoree and also was a NAIA Division II All-America Second Team selection, along with a pair of NCCAA All-America First Team recognitions and two NCCAA Midwest Region Player of the Year awards. Jarred Godfrey, who went into the season with 1,613 career points, was a preseason first-team all-league pick. Postseason invitational champion The Phoenix has gone 8-17 and 5-25 in coach Will Ryans first two seasons. It (was) nice to have some time with families and get away.. [3] He was named the 2012 Barefoot Coach of the Year, an award given to coaches who support the Samaritan's Feet organization and help raise awareness about its cause. is pleased to announce the hiring of Creek [] 7 seed Wright State, 77-57. 77 Wright State - Lake Campus 101 at Kent St.-Tuscarawas Mon Jan 27 2020 Men's Basketball Final 90 Wright State - Lake Campus 101 at Miami Middletown Wed Jan 29 2020 Men's Basketball Final 98 Cincinnati-Clermont 77 vs. Wright State - Lake Campus Wed Feb 05 2020 Men's Basketball Final 114 Wilberforce 82 vs. Wright State - Lake Campus Sat Feb 08 2020 The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Hoffman becomes just the eighth head coach in womens program history. The Buffaloes will finish with one of their lowest spots in the Pac-12 Conference standings, and still have a chance at their worst Pac-12 finish. Apr 17, 2015 at 3:25 pm. In 2014, the Jackrabbits received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational tournament. She led Cedarville to three American Mideast Conference championships and a pair of NAIA Division II National Runner-Up finishes (2004, 2005) and was a two-time American Mideast Conference Player of the Year, along with being named the 2005 NCCAA National Player of the Year. Dayton, Ohio 45435 03 Mar 2023 03:44:30 Skip to main . Wright State was one of only six programs in this year's NCAA tournament with an all-female coaching staff along with Stanford, UCF, Georgia Tech, High Point and Central Michigan. The 200708 season was Nagy's first as a head coach in a Division I conference, as the Jackrabbits joined The Summit League on June 1, 2007. In addition to setting career records for games played and assists, he also excelled in the classroom, earning Gulf South All-Academic honors three times. Nagy played basketball collegiately at Delta State University, where he currently holds school records for most career games played and most assists in a career (549), season (234) and game (15).[1]. Also, WSU had a player named first-team All League for the first time since 2011 as Mark Alstork was honored by the Horizon League. Former Dayton guard Dwayne Cohill was named preseason first-team all-league. In 201112, South Dakota State won the Summit League tournament championship, qualifying them for their first ever berth in the NCAA tournament. The Raiders have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI). He is the highest paid coach in Raider history with an annual salary of $500k. He averaged 14.7 points and 7.7 rebounds last season and led the HL in shooting at 55.1%. He also served as a football assistant for nearly 30 years. Nagy, 49, was formally introduced as the Raiders new men's basketball coach Tuesday, replacing the fired Billy Donlon. Nagy spent the last 21 seasons at South Dakota State University [] Wright State's campus is651 acres in size. Official Twitter account of Wright State Basketball Horizon League Champs - '19 '20 '21 | NCAA - '93 '07 '18 '22. The belief factor is on our side, Nagy said. . No other player averages more than 8.6 points per game. Underhill coached from 1978 to 1996 and accumulated 356 wins at Wright State and an NCAA DII national championship in the 198283 season. Those six years produced a .693 winning percentage, three Summit League regular season and post-season tournament championships, multiple wins against Power 5 teams, and the programs first post-season win against Colorado State in the 2014 NIT. Theres no way to know for sure how to read things. 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The Raiders will go into a first-round home game with Green Bay at 7 p.m. Tuesday as the seventh seed, and no team has ever won the title seeded that low. The Jackrabbits also won the conference tournament in 2013 earning back-to-back trips to the NCAA tournament. She was formally introduced on May 21 during an event at the Mills Morgan Center/Setzer Pavilion. WSU paid its coaches $1,114,631.57 in Fiscal Year 2021, with over $750,000 of that going to men's and women's basketball coaches. The school announced in. SDSU won their first postseason game in the NIT, defeating No. Wright State finished 3rd, 3rd, and 2nd respectfully over the 2007, 2008, and 2009 seasons. The Miami Hurricanes basketball team blew a 25-point second-half lead losing 85-84 to Florida State on Saturday. The Raiders won the Horizon League Tournament and clinched their first NCAA tournament berth since 2007. The Raiders have appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament eight times. More impressively, Brownell finished 5810 in home contests over his 4-year tenure. The Raiders host Robert Morris at 7 p.m. Thursday and Youngstown State at 1 p.m. Sunday before diving back into non-league play with a trip to Western Kentucky on Dec. 10. Nova (16-14, 10-9) got off to a 4-8 record in Big East action and had college basketball fans wondering what on earth had gone wrong so fast. He was 10th in the HL in scoring with a 14.9 average last season and third in foul shooting at 83.5%. All rights reserved. Academically, Hoffman has mentored 20 NCCAA Scholar-Athletes and 31 All-Great Midwest Athletic Conference Academic Team players. He looked. In his first season as coach, Wright State finished with a 1414 record and finished 5th in the Horizon League Standings with a 106 conference record and lost to Loyola (IL) in the first round of the conference tournament. It's the second game that Louisville has lost in a matter of days after the. READ MORE: Mike Norvell, Josh Storms provide promising update on FSU WR Winston Wright There are 46 players on Florida State's roster that have put on at least four or more pounds, including 18 . Belmont head coach Rick Byrd watches his team against Wright State. Wright State posted 20 regular-season wins for the first time since 2008, including the title of the Men vs Breast Cancer Classic and finished with a 115 RPI. Billy Wright, a Richmond, Ind., native with coaching experience at both the college and high school levels, has been hired as an assistant men's basketball coach at Ball State. That said, the lower-seeded teams and mid-major tournament winners aren't always as well-known even to die-hard college basketball fans. Division regular season champion Where is it located? Wright State Athletics YouTube Athletes & Recruits Current Raiders Academic Services Compliance Life Skills Our Mission: P-S-A SAAC Sportsmanship Policy Student-Athlete Handbook Name, Image, Likeness Prospective Raiders About Dayton Admission Facilities NCAA Eligibility Center Wright State University Giving Sport Navigation Menu Men's Basketball February 27, 2023. She was an assistant at Purdue from 2003 to 2006 and an assistant at UIC for 2002-03. The Raiders lost to NKU in the 4/5 match-up in the Horizon League Tournament. Wadsworth senior Solomon Callaghan grew up playing basketball with hopes of one day receiving a scholarship from a Division I college. The series currently favors Dayton at 53. They were the No. FAIRBORN Wright State coach Scott Nagy doesn't profess to know the complete history of the Horizon League tourney, but he's aware that what his team is trying to accomplish . After the conclusion of the 20092010 season, Brad Brownell left Wright State to take the head coaching job at Clemson University. [2] He was named to the 2000 All-MCC first team. UIC is the only sixth seed to win the tourney in its 43 years, pulling off three upsets to prevail in 2002 when the league had just nine members. Scott Nagy is Wright State's head coach. Im beyond grateful for this opportunity Ive been given, Hoffman said. 3 Northern Kentucky in the final to make it to the March Madness. Nagy previously served as the coach at South Dakota State from 1995-2006. Conferences: Trey Calvin's 34 points led Wright State past Detroit Mercy 82-71 on Saturday, although the Titans' Antoine Davis had his seventh-straight 30-point game and pulled within 63 points of tying Peter Maravich's all-time NCAA Division I scoring record. Prior to the transition to Division I, Nagy led the Jackrabbits to eight Division II NCAA tournaments in his first nine years, including an Elite 8 appearance in 1997. Paul Brown, and Gary Webb. The Raiders arent exactly riding a wave of momentum, though. The Titans had 19 offensive rebounds and the Vikings 17. Wednesday night's game. Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. They are: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Bryant men's basketball team earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance and headed to Dayton filled with confidence that the story of the season was far from over. The first championship came in the 199293 season under Ralph Underhill. Nagy coaches at least one game every season shoeless to support the charity Samaritan's Feet, which distributes shoes to those without worldwide. Women's Champ Week predictions: Which teams will win the auto bids in all 32 conferences? WSU paid its coaches $1,114,631.57 in Fiscal Year 2021, with over $750,000 of that going to mens and womens basketball coaches. Visit ESPN for the box score of the Green Bay Phoenix vs. Wright State Raiders NCAAM basketball game on 1 March 2023 . Mike Zink. Our players know that, he said. Billy Donlon took over the Wright State Men's Basketball program in 2010 after the announcement that Brad Brownell would be leaving for Clemson. They fell to Maryland 79-74 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. I dont know WHAT matters. 11. The Raiders first made it to March Madness in 1993 and has made the tournament twice in the last five years. The Raiders have had 8 coaches in their 48 years as a program. Wright State was invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they would make it to the semi-finals before losing to eventual tournament champion Tulsa. Nobody is afraid of anybody. In his second season, Nagy's Raiders finished second in the Horizon League regular season (even though they swept #1 seed NKU) with a conference record of 144. He was inducted into the Delta State Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. But it was back to business starting last Sunday as they prepared for the launch of Horizon League play. In a posted Twitter message at 3:21 a.m. on Wednesday, the school said "The Beavercreek Athletic Dept. Prior to that, they were a Division I Independent for four years. 765.285.8141. Scott Nagy is entering his sixth season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Wright State University. They were a top-3 pick in the preseason poll for the sixth straight year. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:03AM. In my short time interviewing, it was clear to me that this place truly cares about student-athletes and treating people right. Jim Thacker was named the MVP and Chuck Horton, Mark Donahue and John Hildebrand took the foul shooting honors. For his and the team's efforts, Nagy was named the League and the NABC District Coach of the Year as WSU posted a 25-10, 14-4 record.
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