Allegheny College Athletics

Led by legendary coach and the namesake of Allegheny's Walk of Fame, Norm Sundstrom, the 1974-75 men's basketball team achieved unprecedented success on the hardwood. Sundstrom, in his fifth season as the head men's basketball coach, guided the Gators to their best season ever that winter, culminating in the program's first-ever Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) championship. The Gators ended the regular season with a 10-game win streak, the longest in team history at the time, and their 15 wins were just one shy of the then-record of 16 from 1931-32. Against PAC opponents, Allegheny was near perfect with a 13-1 record, resulting in the first NCAA Tournament bid by any Gator team in school history. All five starters were recognized with All-PAC honors at the end of the season, headlined by first-team honoree Martin Orzechowski '77. Frank Barba '77 was an All-PAC Second Team selection, while Bill Faloon '77, Dave Malone '76, and Robert Del Greco '76 were all honorable mentions. A sign of the tremendous talent on the 1974-75 squad, the Gator lineup featured four future Allegheny Hall of Famers in Orzechowski, Malone, Del Greco, and the program's future head coach, John Reynders '75.