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1975-76 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

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Record: 164-115, .588 W-L% (4th of 21)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Indiana

NCAA Tournament: 2 (Indiana and Michigan)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Indiana and Michigan)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Indiana and Michigan)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 Indiana* RFN 18 0 1.000 32 0 1.000
2 Michigan* F 14 4 .778 25 7 .781
3 Purdue  11 7 .611 16 11 .593
4 Michigan State  10 8 .556 14 13 .519
5 Iowa  9 9 .500 19 10 .655
6 Minnesota  8 10 .444 16 10 .615
7 Illinois  7 11 .389 14 13 .519
7 Northwestern  7 11 .389 12 15 .444
9 Wisconsin  4 14 .222 10 16 .385
10 Ohio State  2 16 .111 6 20 .231

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 12/2 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24 3/2 3/9 Final
Indiana 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Michigan 16 16 18 16 16 17 19 16 17 15   16 15 13 11 14 9
Minnesota         20 16 17                    

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Indiana won (90-70) versus St. John's (NY) (Mideast Regional)
Michigan won (74-73) versus Wichita State (Midwest Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Indiana won (74-69) versus Alabama (Mideast Regional)
Michigan won (80-76) versus Notre Dame (Midwest Regional)

Regional Final
Indiana won (65-56) versus Marquette (Mideast Regional)
Michigan won (95-88) versus Missouri (Midwest Regional)

National Semifinal
Indiana won (65-51) versus UCLA
Michigan won (86-70) versus Rutgers

National Final
Indiana won (86-68) versus Michigan
Michigan lost (86-68) versus Indiana