1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1975–76 record	19–10 (9-9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lute Olson (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Tony McAndrews
MVP	Scott Thompson
Home arena	Iowa Field House (Capacity: 13,365)

1975–76 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	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

Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Kirk Speraw	G		Fr.	Sioux City, Iowa
10	Cal Wulfsberg	G	6–3	Jr.
20	Dick Peth	G		Fr.	Tomah, Wisconsin
24	William Mayfield	F	6–7	Fr.	Detroit, Michigan
30	Dan Frost	F	6–7	Sr.	Long Beach, California
	Scott Thompson			Sr.	Moline, Illinois
	Archie Mays			Sr.	Dayton, Ohio
44	Clay Hargrave	F	6–4	Fr.	Iowa City, Iowa
50	Mike Gatens	C	6–9	Sr.
54	Bruce "Sky" King	F/C	6–8	Jr.	Dayton, Ohio

Schedule/results

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	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.

References

↑ "Hawks impressive against Augustana" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 1, 1975. p. 8. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Cagers to play in Peoria after sub-par act wins" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 8, 1975. p. 8. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Hawkeyes wow them in Peoria" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 9, 1975. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Bradley bows to Hawkeyes". Chicago Tribune. December 9, 1975. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Mays and Gatens leading Hawkeye victory streak" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 15, 1975. p. 8. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Frost's 29 lift Hawks, 67-52". Des Moines Register. December 21, 1975. p. 37. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Cagers hold back Minnesota charge" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 12, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Hawks steal cage show; face Northwestern tonight" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 19, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Iowa loses in overtime, 99-92" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 20, 1976. p. 8. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "No. 1 Hoosiers show Hawks why" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. January 27, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Michigan guns down Hawkeyes" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 2, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "'Not a pretty ball game'" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 9, 1976. p. 9. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Cagers stave off Drake" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 11, 1976. p. 8. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Hawkeyes stroll past Wisconsin" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 16, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Routine win for UI cagers" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 17, 1976. p. 8. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Buckner leads Hoosiers past Hawkeyes, 101-81" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 24, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
↑ "Michigan runs past cagers" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 1, 1976. p. 7. Retrieved April 30, 2017.

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Venues	Close Hall (1901–1904) Iowa Armory (1905–1926) Iowa Field House (1927–1983) Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1983–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" First 5-on-5 college basketball game
People	Head coaches Individual honors
Seasons	1892–93 1893–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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