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Finishing with a 39-2 record, the 1975-76 men's basketball team won the NAIA National Championship which is the school's only National Title. After winning the Potomac Intercollegiate Conference Championship, Coppin was awarded the ninth seed in the NAIA Tournament and won five games in six days, defeating Dowling (N.Y.), Wisconsin-Parkside, Texas Southern, Marymount and Henderson State (Ark.). CSU Hall of Famer Joe Pace was named the NAIA Tournament Most Valuable Player and scored 43 points in the Championship Game victory over Henderson State which ended in a 96-91 score. Coached by Hall of Famer John Bates, members of the 1975-76 team include Pace, Gary 'Tank' Barnes, Ralph Blount, Earl Bundy, Hall of Famer Tony Carter, Don Evans, Arnold Graham, Mickey Heard, Allen Johnson, Andrew Jones, Eric King, David Moaney, Charles Moore, Charles Pender, David Sheppard and Ed Taylor.
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