1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #1
AP #1
1975–76 record 32–0 (18–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Bobby Knight
Assistant coach Harold Andreas
Assistant coach Bob Donewald
Assistant coach Bob Weltlich
Home arena Assembly Hall
Seasons
« 1974–75 1976–77 »

The 1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. The Head Coach was Bobby Knight. The team played its home games in the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Contents

Regular season

In 1975–76 Knight led the team to an NCAA championship without a losing a game (the last men's Division I squad to achieve this feat).[1][2]

Roster

Name[3] # Position Height Year Home Town
Tom Abernathy 33 Forward 6–7 Senior South Bend, IN
Bob Bender 25 Guard 6–4 Freshman Bloomington, IL
Kent Benson 54 Center 6–11 Junior New Castle, IN
Quinn Buckner 21 Guard 6–3 Senior Phoenix, IL
Jim Crews 45 Guard 6–5 Senior Normal, IL
Scott Eells 31 Forward 6–9 Freshman Hoopeston, IL
Mark Haymore 32 Forward/Center 6–8 Sophomore Cleveland, OH
Scott May 42 Forward 6–7 Senior Sandusky, OH
Wayne Radford 22 Guard/Forward 6–3 Sophomore Indianapolis, IN
Jim Roberson 43 Forward/Center 6–9 Freshman Rochester, NY
Rich Valavicius 34 Forward 6–5 Freshman Hammond, IN
Bob Wilkerson 20 Guard/Forward 6–7 Senior Anderson, IN
Jim Wisman 23 Guard 6–2 Sophomore Quincy, IL

NCAA basketball tournament

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Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year Round Pick Player NBA Club
1976 1 2 Scott May Chicago Bulls
1976 1 7 Quinn Buckner Milwaukee Bucks
1976 1 11 Bob Wilkerson Seattle SuperSonics
1976 3 43 Tom Abernethy Los Angeles Lakers
1977 1 1 Kent Benson Milwaukee Bucks
1978 2 27 Wayne Radford Indiana Pacers
1979 6 119 Bob Bender San Diego Clippers

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See also

References

  1. ^ "A perfect season". sportingnews.com. http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/trends/150673.html. Retrieved 28 March 2008. 
  2. ^ "Hoosier Historia". heraldtimesonline.com. http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/sports/hh/1976/. Retrieved 28 March 2008. 
  3. ^ Hiner, Jason (2004). Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1582616558. 
  4. ^ a b http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1976
  5. ^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer. Retrieved 31 March 2008. 
  6. ^ http://www.naismithawards.com/History/NaismithTrophy/tabid/58/Default.aspx
  7. ^ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1976

External links

Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball 1975–76 NCAA Champions
20 Bob Wilkerson | 21 Quinn Buckner | 22 Wayne Radford | 25 Bob Bender | 33 Tom Abernathy | 42 Scott May | 45 Jim Crews | 54 Kent Benson (MOP)
Head coach Bob Knight
Assistant coaches Bob Donewald | Bob Weltlich