1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Preseason AP No. 1 | Indiana Hoosiers[1][2] |
NCAA Tournament | 1976 |
Tournament dates | March 13 – 29, 1976 |
National Championship | Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
NCAA Champions | Indiana Hoosiers |
Helms National Champions | Indiana Hoosiers |
Other champions | Kentucky Wildcats (NIT) |
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden) | Scott May, Indiana |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Kent Benson, Indiana, & Scott May, Indiana |
← 1974–75 1976–77 → |
The 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1975, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 29, 1976, at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Indiana Hoosiers won their third NCAA national championship with a 86–68 victory over the Michigan Wolverines.
Season headlines
- The Metro Conference began play, with six original members.
- The last basketball season for the Yankee Conference, which dropped all sports except football at the end of the season.
- Indiana went undefeated (32–0) during the season.
- In the Pacific 8 Conference, UCLA won its 10th of what would ultimately be 13 consecutive conference titles.
Season outlook
Pre-season polls
The top 20 from the AP Poll during the pre-season.[3][4]
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Conference membership changes
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
From 1975 to 1982, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), a loosely organized sports federation of Northeastern colleges and universities, organized Division I ECAC regional tournaments for those of its members that were independents in basketball. Each 1976 tournament winner received an automatic bid to the 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in the same way that the tournament champions of conventional athletic conferences did.[5]
Informal championships
Conference | Regular season winner | Conference player of the year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (City) | Tournament winner |
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Philadelphia Big 5 | St. Joseph's & Villanova | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leaders
Post-season tournaments
NCAA tournament
Final Four
National semifinals | National finals | ||||||||
E | Rutgers | 70 | |||||||
MW | Michigan | 86 | |||||||
MW | Michigan | 68 | |||||||
ME | Indiana | 86 | |||||||
ME | Indiana | 65 | |||||||
W | UCLA | 51 |
- Third Place – UCLA 106, Rutgers 92
National Invitation tournament
Semifinals & finals
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
UNC Charlotte | 80 | ||||||||
NC State | 79 | ||||||||
UNC Charlotte | 67 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 71 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 79 | ||||||||
Providence | 78 |
- Third Place – NC State 74, Providence 69
Awards
Consensus All-American teams
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Kent Benson | C | Junior | Indiana |
Adrian Dantley | F | Junior | Notre Dame |
John Lucas | G | Senior | Maryland |
Scott May | F | Senior | Indiana |
Richard Washington | F/C | Junior | UCLA |
Player | Position | Class | Team |
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Phil Ford | G | Sophomore | North Carolina |
Bernard King | F | Sophomore | Tennessee |
Mitch Kupchak | F/C | Senior | North Carolina |
Phil Sellers | G | Senior | Rutgers |
Earl Tatum | G/F | Senior | Marquette |
Major player of the year awards
- Naismith Award: Scott May, Indiana
- Helms Player of the Year: Kent Benson, Indiana, & Scott May, Indiana
- Associated Press Player of the Year: Scott May, Indiana
- UPI Player of the Year: Scott May, Indiana
- NABC Player of the Year: Scott May, Indiana
- Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Adrian Dantley, Notre Dame
- Adolph Rupp Trophy: Scott May, Indiana
- Sporting News Player of the Year: Scott May, Indiana
Major coach of the year awards
- Associated Press Coach of the Year: Bob Knight, Indiana
- Henry Iba Award (USBWA): Johnny Orr, Michigan
- NABC Coach of the Year: Johnny Orr, Michigan
- UPI Coach of the Year: Tom Young, Rutgers
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: Tom Young, Rutgers
Other major awards
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Best player under 6'0): Frank Alagia, St. John's
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Charlie Wise, La Salle
- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Phil Sellers, Rutgers
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.
Team | Former Coach | Interim Coach | New Coach | Reason |
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Michigan State | Gus Ganakas | Jud Heathcote | ||
Montana | Jud Heathcote | Jim Brandenburg | ||
Ohio State | Fred Taylor | Eldon Miller | ||
Syracuse | Roy Danforth | Jim Boeheim | ||
Texas | Leon Black | Abe Lemons | ||
Texas–Pan American | Abe Lemons | Bill White | ||
Tulane | Charles Moir | Roy Danforth | ||
Virginia Tech | Don DeVoe | Charles Moir | ||
Wyoming | Moe Radovich | Don DeVoe |
References
- ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 846. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "1978 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 836. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "1977 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
- ^ Varsity Pride: ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
- ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ 2008–09 ACC Men's Basketball Media Guide – Year by Year section Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2009-02-14
- ^ 2008–09 Big 12 Men's Basketball Media Guide – Awards section, Big 12 Conference, retrieved 2009-02-04
- ^ Men's Ivy League Outstanding performers Archived 2008-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, Ivy League, retrieved 2009-02-01
- ^ 2008–09 MAC Men's Basketball Media Guide – Records Section, Mid-American Conference, retrieved 2009-02-14
- ^ 2008–09 SEC Men's Basketball Record Book, Southeastern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-06
- ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Honors Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
- ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
- ^ 2008–09 Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide, Southland Conference, retrieved 2009-02-07
- ^ "SWC honors told". The Port Arthur News. March 7, 1976. p. 26. Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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