1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	19–10 (9-9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lute Olson (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Jim Rosborough
MVP	Scott Thompson
Home arena	Iowa Field House; (Capacity: 13,365)
	Seasons ← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by head coach Lute Olson, coaching in his 2nd season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season 19–10 overall and 9–9 in Big Ten play.

ConferenceBig Ten Conference

Record19–10 (9-9 Big Ten)

Headcoach

Lute Olson (2nd season)

Assistant coachJim Rosborough

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1975–76 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
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

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/29/1975*	Augustana (SD)	W 111-81^[1]	1-0	Iowa Field House (8,400) Iowa City, IA
12/3/1975*	Nebraska Rivalry	W 72-65	2-0	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/6/1975*	Northeast Louisiana	W 97-87^[2]	3-0	Iowa Field House (10,800) Iowa City, IA
12/8/1975*	at Bradley	W 100-96^[3]^[4]	4-0	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
12/12/1975*	at Iowa State Rivalry	W 91-77^[5]	5-0	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
12/20/1975*	U.S. International	W 67-52^[6]	6-0	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/23/1975*	Drake	W 77-73	7-0	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/27/1975*	vs. Holy Cross Rainbow Classic	W 98-75	8-0	Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI
12/29/1975*	vs. Arizona Rainbow Classic	W 82-80	9-0	Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI
12/30/1975*	vs. USC Rainbow Classic	L 73-81	9-1	Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI
Big Ten Conference Season
1/3/1976	at Illinois	W 84-60	10-1 (1-0)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/5/1976	at Michigan State	L 88-105	10-2 (1-1)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/10/1976	at No. 17 Minnesota	W 71-68^[7]	11-2 (2-1)	Williams Arena (13,364) Minneapolis, MN
1/17/1976	at Wisconsin	W 81-71^[8]	12-2 (3-1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
1/19/1976	at Northwestern	L 92-99 ^{OT^[9]}	12-3 (3-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/24/1976	Ohio State	W 78-67	13-3 (4-2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/26/1976	No. 1 Indiana	L 73-88^[10]	13-4 (4-3)	Iowa Field House (13,395) Iowa City, IA
1/31/1976	at No. 15 Michigan	L 95-104^[11]	13-5 (4-4)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/2/1976	at Purdue	L 76-91	13-6 (4-5)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/7/1976	Minnesota	W 65-58^[12]	14-6 (5-5)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/10/1976*	at Drake	W 71-65^[13]	15-6 (5-5)	Veterans Memorial Auditorium (11,850) Des Moines, IA
2/14/1976	Wisconsin	W 96-82^[14]	16-6 (6-5)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/16/1976	Northwestern	W 81-68^[15]	17-6 (7-5)	Iowa Field House (10,561) Iowa City, IA
2/21/1976	at Ohio State	W 69-66	18-6 (8-5)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/23/1976	at No. 1 Indiana	L 81-101^[16]	18-7 (8-6)	Assembly Hall (17,691) Bloomington, IN
2/28/1976	No. 13 Michigan	L 74-88^[17]	18-8 (8-7)	Iowa Field House (13,276) Iowa City, IA
3/1/1976	Michigan State	L 88-93	18-9 (8-8)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/3/1976	Purdue	L 78-94	18-10 (8-9)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/6/1976	at Illinois	W 82-70	19-10 (9-9)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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