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1976-77 Independent Season Summary
Record: 1003-875, .534 W-L% (13th of 23)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Nevada-Las Vegas
NCAA Tournament: 7 (Detroit Mercy, Holy Cross, Marquette, Nevada-Las Vegas, Notre Dame, Providence and Syracuse)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (DePaul, Marquette, Nevada-Las Vegas and Notre Dame)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Detroit Mercy, Marquette, Nevada-Las Vegas, Notre Dame and Syracuse)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Notes |
| Nevada-Las Vegas* RF | 29 | 3 | .906 | |||||
| Syracuse* | 26 | 4 | .867 | |||||
| Detroit Mercy* | 25 | 4 | .862 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 26-3 | ||||
| Old Dominion | 25 | 4 | .862 | |||||
| Providence* | 24 | 5 | .828 | |||||
| Holy Cross* | 23 | 6 | .793 | |||||
| St. Bonaventure | 23 | 6 | .793 | |||||
| Marquette* FN | 25 | 7 | .781 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 26-6 | ||||
| North Texas | 21 | 6 | .778 | |||||
| Illinois State | 22 | 7 | .759 | |||||
| Notre Dame* | 22 | 7 | .759 | |||||
| Oral Roberts | 21 | 7 | .750 | |||||
| Army | 20 | 8 | .714 | |||||
| Milwaukee | 19 | 8 | .704 | |||||
| Georgetown | 19 | 9 | .679 | |||||
| Virginia Tech | 19 | 10 | .655 | |||||
| James Madison | 17 | 9 | .654 | |||||
| Northwestern State | 17 | 9 | .654 | |||||
| Texas-Pan American | 17 | 9 | .654 | |||||
| Connecticut | 17 | 10 | .630 | |||||
| North Carolina-Wilmington | 16 | 10 | .615 | |||||
| Portland State | 16 | 10 | .615 | |||||
| Iona | 15 | 10 | .600 | |||||
| Dayton | 16 | 11 | .593 | |||||
| Fairfield | 16 | 11 | .593 | |||||
| Georgia Southern | 16 | 11 | .593 | |||||
| Richmond | 15 | 11 | .577 | |||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 15 | 11 | .577 | |||||
| DePaul | 15 | 12 | .556 | |||||
| Louisiana-Monroe | 15 | 12 | .556 | |||||
| Stetson | 15 | 12 | .556 | |||||
| Utah State | 15 | 12 | .556 | |||||
| Colgate | 13 | 11 | .542 | |||||
| Navy | 13 | 11 | .542 | |||||
| Oklahoma City | 14 | 12 | .538 | |||||
| South Carolina | 14 | 12 | .538 | |||||
| Valparaiso | 13 | 12 | .520 | |||||
| Catholic | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Loyola (IL) | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Maine | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Niagara | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Rhode Island | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Saint Peter's | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Virginia Commonwealth | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Butler | 13 | 14 | .481 | |||||
| New Hampshire | 12 | 14 | .462 | |||||
| Northeastern | 12 | 14 | .462 | |||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 12 | 14 | .462 | |||||
| Air Force | 12 | 15 | .444 | |||||
| Denver | 12 | 15 | .444 | |||||
| Southern Mississippi | 11 | 16 | .407 | |||||
| Siena | 9 | 15 | .375 | |||||
| Cleveland State | 10 | 17 | .370 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 11-16 | ||||
| Xavier | 10 | 17 | .370 | |||||
| Centenary (LA) | 11 | 19 | .367 | |||||
| Long Island University | 9 | 16 | .360 | |||||
| Hawaii | 9 | 18 | .333 | |||||
| Vermont | 8 | 17 | .320 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 9-16 | ||||
| Boston College | 8 | 18 | .308 | |||||
| Charleston Southern | 8 | 19 | .296 | |||||
| Boston University | 7 | 19 | .269 | |||||
| Robert Morris | 7 | 19 | .269 | |||||
| Samford | 7 | 19 | .269 | |||||
| Mercer | 6 | 19 | .240 | |||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 6 | 21 | .222 | |||||
| Houston Baptist | 6 | 23 | .207 | |||||
| Buffalo | 5 | 21 | .192 | |||||
| Wagner | 3 | 21 | .125 | |||||
| Canisius | 3 | 22 | .120 | |||||
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/30 | 12/7 | 12/14 | 12/21 | 12/28 | 1/4 | 1/11 | 1/18 | 1/25 | 2/1 | 2/8 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/1 | 3/8 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada-Las Vegas | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Syracuse | 20 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Marquette | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 7 |
| Notre Dame | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 10 | |||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 20 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 12 | ||||||||||
| DePaul | 18 | 18 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Providence | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
NCAA Tournament
National Third Place
Nevada-Las Vegas won (106-94) versus Charlotte
First Round
Detroit Mercy won (93-76) versus Middle Tennessee (Mideast Regional)
Holy Cross lost (92-81) versus Michigan (Mideast Regional)
Marquette won (66-51) versus Cincinnati (Midwest Regional)
Nevada-Las Vegas won (121-95) versus San Francisco (West Regional)
Notre Dame won (90-83) versus Hofstra (East Regional)
Providence lost (87-80) versus Kansas State (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (93-88) versus Tennessee (Mideast Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Detroit Mercy lost (86-81) versus Michigan (Mideast Regional)
Marquette won (67-66) versus Kansas State (Midwest Regional)
Nevada-Las Vegas won (88-83) versus Utah (West Regional)
Notre Dame lost (79-77) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
Syracuse lost (81-59) versus Charlotte (Mideast Regional)
Regional Final
Marquette won (82-68) versus Wake Forest (Midwest Regional)
Nevada-Las Vegas won (107-90) versus Idaho State (West Regional)
National Semifinal
Marquette won (51-49) versus Charlotte
Nevada-Las Vegas lost (84-83) versus North Carolina
National Final
Marquette won (67-59) versus North Carolina
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