1976–77 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1976–77 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 6th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1976–77 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–11 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (6th season)
Captain	Kent Benson
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1976–77 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Michigan	16	–	2		.889			26	–	4		.867
Purdue	14	–	4		.778			20	–	8		.714
Iowa	12	–	6		.667			20	–	7		.741
Indiana	11	–	7		.611			16	–	11		.593
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			12	–	15		.444
Illinois	8	–	10		.444			16	–	14		.533
Wisconsin	7	–	11		.389			11	–	16		.407
Northwestern	7	–	11		.389			9	–	18		.333
Ohio State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	16		.407
No. 13 Minnesota*	0	–	18		.000			0	–	27		.000
Rankings from AP Poll *Minnesota forfeited all games due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (15–3, 24–3)

Coming off an undefeated season (32–0), the Hoosiers faced a disappointing season by completing the regular season with an overall record of 16–11 and a conference record of 11–7, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. After winning their third national title last season, Indiana did not participate in any postseason tournament.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Bill Cunningham	G	6–4	Fr.	Phoenix, Illinois
22	Wayne Radford	G/F	6–3	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
23	Jim Wisman	G	6–2	Jr.	Quincy, Illinois
31	Scott Eells	F	6–9	So.	Hoopeston, Illinois
33	Trent Smock	G/F	6–5	Sr.	Richmond, Indiana
34	Rich Valavicius	F	6–5	So.	Hammond, Indiana
40	Glen Grunwald	F	6–9	Fr.	Franklin Park, Illinois
41	Butch Carter	G/F	6–5	Fr.	Middletown, Ohio
42	Mike Woodson	F	6–5	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
43	Jim Roberson	C	6–9	So.	Rochester, New York
44	Derek Holcomb	C	6–11	Fr.	Peoria, Illinois
45	Mike Miday	F	6–8	Fr.	Canton, Ohio
54	Kent Benson	C	6–11	Sr.	New Castle, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/27/1976*	No. 5	South Dakota	W 110–64	1–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/1/1976*	No. 4	at Toledo	L 57–59	1–1	Centennial Hall  Toledo, OH
12/6/1976*	No. 4	No. 5 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 51–66	1–2	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/14/1976*	No. 16	at No. 4 Notre Dame	L 65–78	1–3	Joyce Center  Notre Dame, IN
12/17/1976*	No. 16	vs. DePaul	W 50–42	2–3	Market Square Arena  Indianapolis, IN
12/20/1976*	No. 16	Utah State Indiana Classic	W 79–71	3–3	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/21/1976*		Miami (OH) Indiana Classic	W 76–55	4–3	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/29/1976*		vs. Georgia Sugar Bowl Classic First Round	W 74–52	5–3	Louisiana Superdome  New Orleans, LA
12/30/1976*		vs. No. 5 Cincinnati Sugar Bowl Classic Championship	L 43–52	5–4	Louisiana Superdome  New Orleans, LA
1/6/1977		Purdue Rivalry	L 63–80	5–5 (0–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/8/1977		Illinois Rivalry	W 80–60	6–5 (1–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/13/1977		at Northwestern	W 78–53	7–5 (2–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
1/15/1977		at Wisconsin	W 79–64	8–5 (3–1)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
1/17/1977		Michigan State	L 60–61	8–6 (3–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/22/1977		at Ohio State	W 79–56	9–6 (4–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/27/1977		No. 13 Minnesota	L 60–79^	10–6 (5–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/29/1977		Iowa	W 81–65	11–6 (6–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/3/1977		at No. 7 Michigan	L 84–89	11–7 (6–3)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
2/5/1977		at Michigan State	W 81–79	12–7 (7–3)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
2/13/1977		No. 5 Michigan	W 73–64	13–7 (8–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/15/1977		at No. 12 Minnesota	L 61–65^	14–7 (9–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/17/1977		at Illinois Rivalry	L 69–73	14–8 (9–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
2/20/1977		at Purdue Rivalry	L 78–86	14–9 (9–5)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
2/24/1977		Wisconsin	L 64–66	14–10 (9–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/26/1977		Northwestern	W 69–54	15–10 (10–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/28/1977		at Iowa	L 73–80	15–11 (10–7)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
3/5/1977		Ohio State	W 75–69	16–11 (11–7)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Notes

^Jan 27/Feb 15: Minnesota forfeited these games, thus IU's official record is 16–11 (11–7).