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1975-76 Independent Season Summary
Record: 1178-886, .571 W-L% (6th of 21)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Rutgers
NCAA Tournament: 9 (DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Nevada-Las Vegas, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John's (NY), Syracuse and Virginia Tech)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 6 (Centenary (LA), DePaul, Marquette, Nevada-Las Vegas, Notre Dame and Rutgers)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Notes |
| Rutgers* RF | 31 | 2 | .939 | |||||
| Nevada-Las Vegas* | 29 | 2 | .935 | |||||
| Marquette* | 27 | 2 | .931 | |||||
| North Texas | 22 | 4 | .846 | |||||
| Centenary (LA) | 22 | 5 | .815 | |||||
| Charlotte | 24 | 6 | .800 | |||||
| Texas-Pan American | 20 | 5 | .800 | |||||
| Notre Dame* | 23 | 6 | .793 | |||||
| St. John's (NY)* | 23 | 6 | .793 | |||||
| Florida State | 21 | 6 | .778 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 22-5 | ||||
| Oral Roberts | 20 | 6 | .769 | |||||
| Georgetown* | 21 | 7 | .750 | |||||
| Virginia Tech* | 21 | 7 | .750 | |||||
| George Washington | 20 | 7 | .741 | |||||
| Illinois State | 20 | 7 | .741 | |||||
| Creighton | 19 | 7 | .731 | |||||
| Louisiana-Monroe | 18 | 7 | .720 | |||||
| Detroit Mercy | 19 | 8 | .704 | |||||
| South Florida | 19 | 8 | .704 | |||||
| New Orleans | 18 | 8 | .692 | |||||
| DePaul* | 20 | 9 | .690 | |||||
| Syracuse* | 20 | 9 | .690 | |||||
| Holy Cross | 22 | 10 | .688 | |||||
| Seton Hall | 18 | 9 | .667 | |||||
| South Alabama | 18 | 9 | .667 | |||||
| South Carolina | 18 | 9 | .667 | |||||
| Providence | 21 | 11 | .656 | |||||
| California-Santa Barbara | 17 | 9 | .654 | |||||
| Stetson | 17 | 9 | .654 | |||||
| Air Force | 16 | 9 | .640 | |||||
| Virginia Commonwealth | 16 | 9 | .640 | |||||
| Saint Peter's | 19 | 11 | .633 | |||||
| Portland State | 17 | 10 | .630 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 18-9 | ||||
| St. Bonaventure | 17 | 10 | .630 | |||||
| Mercer | 15 | 10 | .600 | |||||
| Villanova | 16 | 11 | .593 | |||||
| Niagara | 17 | 12 | .586 | |||||
| Long Island University | 15 | 12 | .556 | |||||
| Colgate | 13 | 11 | .542 | |||||
| Xavier | 14 | 12 | .538 | |||||
| West Virginia | 15 | 13 | .536 | |||||
| Georgia State | 12 | 11 | .522 | |||||
| Indiana State | 13 | 12 | .520 | |||||
| Dayton | 14 | 13 | .519 | |||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 14 | 13 | .519 | |||||
| Jacksonville | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Manhattan | 14 | 14 | .500 | |||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 14 | 14 | .500 | |||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Marshall | 13 | 14 | .481 | |||||
| Duquesne | 12 | 13 | .480 | |||||
| Northeastern | 12 | 13 | .480 | |||||
| Fairfield | 12 | 14 | .462 | |||||
| Utah State | 12 | 14 | .462 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 13-13 | ||||
| Butler | 12 | 15 | .444 | |||||
| Denver | 12 | 15 | .444 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 12 | 15 | .444 | |||||
| Army | 11 | 14 | .440 | |||||
| Iona | 11 | 15 | .423 | |||||
| Milwaukee | 11 | 15 | .423 | |||||
| Southern Mississippi | 11 | 15 | .423 | |||||
| Navy | 10 | 14 | .417 | |||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 9 | 13 | .409 | |||||
| Georgia Southern | 11 | 16 | .407 | |||||
| Hawaii | 11 | 16 | .407 | |||||
| Penn State | 10 | 15 | .400 | |||||
| Buffalo | 10 | 16 | .385 | |||||
| Loyola (IL) | 10 | 16 | .385 | |||||
| Canisius | 10 | 17 | .370 | |||||
| Boston College | 9 | 17 | .346 | |||||
| Oklahoma City | 9 | 18 | .333 | |||||
| Portland | 9 | 18 | .333 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 10-17 | ||||
| Fordham | 7 | 19 | .269 | |||||
| Cleveland State | 6 | 19 | .240 | |||||
| Houston Baptist | 5 | 21 | .192 | |||||
| Charleston Southern | 3 | 23 | .115 | |||||
| Samford | 3 | 23 | .115 | |||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nevada-Las Vegas | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Rutgers | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Notre Dame | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| DePaul | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Centenary (LA) | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | ||||||
| Florida State | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Providence | 17 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| St. John's (NY) | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| Syracuse | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
NCAA Tournament
National Third Place
Rutgers lost (106-92) versus UCLA
First Round
DePaul won (69-60) versus Virginia (East Regional)
Georgetown lost (83-76) versus Arizona (West Regional)
Marquette won (79-60) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Nevada-Las Vegas won (103-78) versus Boise State (West Regional)
Notre Dame won (79-78) versus Cincinnati (Midwest Regional)
Rutgers won (54-53) versus Princeton (East Regional)
St. John's (NY) lost (90-70) versus Indiana (Mideast Regional)
Syracuse lost (69-56) versus Texas Tech (Midwest Regional)
Virginia Tech lost (77-67) versus Western Michigan (Mideast Regional)
Regional Semifinal
DePaul lost (71-66) versus Virginia Military Institute (East Regional)
Marquette won (62-57) versus Western Michigan (Mideast Regional)
Nevada-Las Vegas lost (114-109) versus Arizona (West Regional)
Notre Dame lost (80-76) versus Michigan (Midwest Regional)
Rutgers won (93-79) versus Connecticut (East Regional)
Regional Final
Marquette lost (65-56) versus Indiana (Mideast Regional)
Rutgers won (91-75) versus Virginia Military Institute (East Regional)
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