1976–77 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1976–77 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
1976–77 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–7 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lute Olson (3rd season);
Assistant coach	Jim Rosborough
MVP	Bruce King
Home arena	Iowa Field House; (Capacity: 13,365)
	Seasons ← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 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 3rd season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season 18–9 overall and 10–8 in Big Ten play (later changed to 20–7, 12–6).

ConferenceBig Ten Conference

Record20–7 (12–6 Big Ten)

Headcoach

Lute Olson (3rd season)

Assistant coachJim Rosborough

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1976–77 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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)

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/27/1976*	at Nebraska Rivalry	W 71-57^[1]	1-0	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
11/29/1976*	Kent State	W 84-55	2-0	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/4/1976*	at Drake	W 86-71^[2]	3-0	Veteran's Memorial Auditorium (12,000) Des Moines, IA
12/6/1976*	Bradley	W 90-77	4-0	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/10/1976*	California	W 94-73^[3]	5-0	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/18/1976*	Iowa State Rivalry	W 85-64	6-0	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/21/1976*	Drake	W 82-69	7-0	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
12/29/1976*	at New Mexico	L 83-96	7-1	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
12/30/1976*	vs. Pittsburgh	W 103-80	8-1
Big Ten Conference Season
1/8/1977	at No. 13 Minnesota	L 68-78	8-2 (0-1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/13/1977	at Purdue	L 76-87	8-3 (0-2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
1/15/1977	at Illinois	W 84-81 ^OT	9-3 (1-2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
1/17/1977	No. 6 Michigan	L 75-99	9-4 (1-3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/22/1977	Northwestern	W 76-74	10-4 (2-3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/27/1977	Ohio State	W 84-66	11-4 (3-3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/29/1977	at Indiana	L 65-81	11-5 (3-4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/5/1977	Wisconsin	W 90-73	12-5 (4-4)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/7/1977	Michigan State	W 87-79	13-5 (5-4)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/12/1977	No. 8 Minnesota	L 58-61	13-6 (5-5)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/14/1977	at Ohio State	W 74-70	14-6 (6-5)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/17/1977	at No. 5 Michigan	L 75-99	14-7 (6-6)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/19/1977	at Michigan State	L 79-81	14-8 (6-7)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
2/24/1977	Illinois	W 76-64	15-8 (7-7)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/26/1977	Purdue	L 70-81	15-9 (7-8)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/28/1977	Indiana	W 80-73^[4]	16-9 (8-8)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/3/1977	at Northwestern	W 78-60^[5]	17-9 (9-8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
3/5/1977	at Wisconsin	W 94-93^[6]	18-9 (10-8)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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