The 1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.
1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 14–13 (7–11 Big Ten) |
Head coach | |
Assistant coaches | |
MVP | Nate Williams |
Captain | Selected Each Game |
Home arena | Assembly Hall |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Indiana | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 32 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Michigan | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 6 | – | 20 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
Regular season edit
During the 1975-76 season, Illinois finished seventh in the Big Ten going went 14-13 overall. Lou Henson took over the team as head coach, replacing Gene Bartow after Bartow left Illinois to replace John Wooden at UCLA.
Roster edit
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Schedule edit
Source[3]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-Conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/28/1975* no, no |
at Nebraska | W 60-58 | 1 - 0 |
Nebraska Coliseum (6,235) Lincoln, NE | |||||||
12/1/1975* no, no |
Kent State | W 73-54 | 2 - 0 |
Assembly Hall (5,007) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/4/1975* no, no |
Missouri-Rolla | W 67-65 | 3 - 0 |
Assembly Hall (5,050) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/6/1975* no, no |
New Mexico | W 67-66 OT | 4 - 0 |
Assembly Hall (5,684) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/8/1976* no, no |
North Dakota State | W 90-73 | 5 - 0 |
Assembly Hall (3,016) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/11/1975* no, no |
at Furman | L 73-75 | 5 - 1 |
Greenville, South Carolina (2,579) Greenville, SC | |||||||
12/13/1975* no, no |
at Southern California | L 58-62 | 5 - 2 |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (4,458) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
12/20/1975* no, no |
Arizona | W 66-60 | 6 - 2 |
Assembly Hall (6,115) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/22/1975* no, no |
Rice | W 106-64 | 7 - 2 |
Assembly Hall (6,192) Champaign, IL | |||||||
Big Ten regular season | |||||||||||
1/3/1976 no, no |
at Iowa Rivalry |
L 60-84 | 7 - 3 (0 - 1) |
Iowa Field House (13,171) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
1/8/1976 no, no |
at No. 17 Minnesota | L 68-77 | 7 - 4 (0 - 2) |
Williams Arena (10,062) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
1/10/1976 no, no |
Northwestern Rivalry |
W 74-69 | 8 - 4 (1 - 2) |
Assembly Hall (5,547) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/12/1976 no, no |
Wisconsin | W 71-61 | 9 - 4 (2 - 2) |
Assembly Hall (6,968) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/17/1976 no, no |
No. 1 Indiana Rivalry |
L 55-83 | 9 - 5 (2 - 3) |
Assembly Hall (16,128) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/19/1976 no, no |
at Ohio State | L 63-64 | 9 - 6 (2 - 4) |
St. John Arena (5,715) Columbus, OH | |||||||
1/24/1976 no, no |
Michigan State | L 63-74 | 9 - 7 (2 - 5) |
Assembly Hall (6,975) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/26/1976 no, no |
No. 17 Michigan | W 76-75 | 10 - 7 (3 - 5) |
Assembly Hall (5,863) Champaign, IL | |||||||
1/31/1976 no, no |
Purdue | W 71-63 | 11 - 7 (4 - 5) |
Assembly Hall (8,467) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/2/1976 no, no |
Minnesota | L 62-72 | 11 - 8 (4 - 6) |
Assembly Hall (7,317) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/7/1976 no, no |
at Northwestern Rivalry |
W 61-55 | 12 - 8 (5 - 6) |
McGaw Memorial Hall (4,228) Evanston, IL | |||||||
2/9/1976 no, no |
at Wisconsin | W 70-59 | 13 - 8 (6 - 6) |
Wisconsin Field House (3,883) Madison, WI | |||||||
2/14/1976 no, no |
at No. 1 Indiana Rivalry |
L 48-58 | 13 - 9 (6 - 7) |
Assembly Hall (17,759) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
2/16/1976 no, no |
Ohio State | W 91-73 | 14 - 9 (7 - 7) |
Assembly Hall (8,087) Champaign, IL | |||||||
2/21/1976 no, no |
at Michigan State | L 59-69 | 14 - 10 (7 - 8) |
Jenison Fieldhouse (4,227) East Lansing, MI | |||||||
2/23/1976 no, no |
at No. 15 Michigan | L 75-90 | 14 - 11 (7 - 9) |
Crisler Center (8,121) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
2/28/1976 no, no |
at Purdue | L 62-81 | 14 - 12 (7 - 10) |
Mackey Arena (13,729) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
3/6/1976 no, no |
Iowa Rivalry |
L 70-82 | 14 - 13 (7 - 11) |
Assembly Hall (10,028) Champaign, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
Player stats edit
Player | Games Played | Field Goals | Free Throws | Rebounds | Assists | Points |
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Rich Adams[4] | 27 | 181 | 67 | 158 | 41 | 429 |
Audi Matthews[5] | 27 | 129 | 46 | 144 | 50 | 304 |
Mike Washington[6] | 27 | 105 | 40 | 142 | 78 | 250 |
Nate Williams[7] | 18 | 102 | 39 | 63 | 44 | 243 |
Otho Tucker[8] | 26 | 83 | 68 | 135 | 84 | 234 |
Ken Ferdinand[9] | 26 | 72 | 17 | 83 | 11 | 161 |
Rick Leighty[10] | 27 | 50 | 10 | 70 | 53 | 110 |
Larry Lubin | 26 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 46 | 60 |
Tom Gearhardt | 22 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 12 | 38 |
Dennis Graff | 15 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
Tim Bushell | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Awards and honors edit
- Nate Williams
- Team Most Valuable Player [11]
Team players drafted into the NBA edit
Player | NBA Club | Round | Pick |
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Nate Williams | Chicago Bulls | 5 | 69 |
Otho Tucker | Boston Celtics | 10 | 169 |
Rankings edit
References edit
- ^ Men's Basketball Roster
- ^ All-Time Illini Rosters Archived 2010-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1975-76 Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, FightingIllini.com
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "Season Stats pg. 118" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "List of MVPs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ 1976 NBA Draft Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine