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1976-77 Season Summary

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National Champion: Marquette
Final Four: Charlotte, Marquette, Nevada-Las Vegas and North Carolina

Consensus Player of the Year: Marques Johnson

AP Preseason #1: Michigan ▪ AP Final #1: Michigan

Conference Summary

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Rk Conference Schls W L W-L% AP NCAA FF Regular Season Champ Tournament Champ
1 Atlantic Coast Conference 7 134 68 .663 2 2 1 North Carolina North Carolina
2 Big Eight Conference 8 123 103 .544 1 1 0 Kansas State Kansas State
3 Big Sky Conference 8 109 106 .507 0 1 0 Idaho State Idaho State
4 Big Ten Conference 10 150 127 .542 2 2 0 Michigan
5 East Coast Conference 12 168 150 .528 0 1 0 Hofstra (East)
Temple (East)
Lafayette (West)		 Hofstra
6 Eastern Collegiate Basketball League 8 125 105 .543 0 1 0 Rutgers (East)
Penn State (West)
West Virginia (West)		 Duquesne
7 Independent 70 1003 875 .534 5 7 2 Nevada-Las Vegas
8 Ivy Group 8 88 119 .425 0 1 0 Princeton
9 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference 7 117 78 .600 1 2 0 Louisville Cincinnati
10 Mid-American Conference 10 132 135 .494 0 1 0 Central Michigan
11 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 4 36 69 .343 0 0 0 South Carolina State Morgan State
12 Missouri Valley Conference 9 145 106 .578 0 1 0 New Mexico State
Southern Illinois		 Southern Illinois
13 New Jersey-New York 7 Conference 4 58 55 .513 0 1 0 Seton Hall
14 Ohio Valley Conference 8 113 98 .536 0 1 0 Austin Peay Middle Tennessee
15 Pacific Coast Athletic Association 7 94 96 .495 0 1 0 Long Beach State
San Diego State		 Long Beach State
16 Pacific-8 Conference 8 124 97 .561 1 1 0 UCLA
17 Southeastern Conference 10 162 113 .589 3 2 0 Kentucky
Tennessee
18 Southern Conference 9 116 134 .464 1 1 0 Furman
Virginia Military Institute		 Virginia Military Institute
19 Southland Conference 6 83 82 .503 0 0 0 Louisiana-Lafayette
20 Southwest Conference 9 133 123 .520 1 1 0 Arkansas Arkansas
21 Sun Belt Conference 6 92 80 .535 1 1 1 Charlotte Charlotte
22 West Coast Conference 8 120 97 .553 1 1 0 San Francisco
23 Western Athletic Conference 8 130 89 .594 1 2 0 Utah

AP Poll Summary

School Conf 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
Michigan Big Ten 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 5 2 7 5 5 3 3 1 1
UCLA Pac-8 4 3 3 9 8 8 7 12 10 8 2 2 3 5 4 2 2
Kentucky SEC 6 5 4 3 7 6 3 2 6 6 3 3 2 2 2 6 3
Nevada-Las Vegas Ind 7 6 5 12 12 11 9 8 7 5 4 10 6 4 5 5 4
North Carolina ACC 3 9 12 11 10 9 6 5 4 4 13 14 13 9 6 4 5
Syracuse Ind     20 15 17 18 19   20 17 17 17 20 15 13 10 6
Marquette Ind 2 2 2 2 6 12 12 11 8 9 6 9 9 18 19 16 7
San Francisco WCC 11 10 6 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 8
Wake Forest ACC   14 11 10 9 7 10 7 9 10 5 4 7 11 16   9
Notre Dame Ind 14 8 7 4 2 2 8 19               15 10
Alabama SEC 13 13 10 7 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 4 8 12 12 11
Detroit Mercy Ind                     20 19 15 16 15 17 12
Minnesota Big Ten         20 15 13 9 11 13 10 8 12 13 9 9 13
Utah WAC         16 19               20 20 19 14
Tennessee SEC 16 15 15   19       14 7 11 11 14 7 11 7 15
Kansas State Big 8                                 16
Charlotte Sun Belt 19 20                           18 17
Arkansas SWC       19 18 17 18 16 17 15 14 13 11 6 7 8 18
Louisville Metro 9 7 14 17 13 14 14 13 12 11 9 6 8 10 10 14 19
Virginia Military Institute Southern                       20 19       20
School Conf 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
Arizona WAC 10 11 9 8 14 13 11 10 16 16 19 18 17   17 20  
Auburn SEC           20                      
Cincinnati Metro 12 12 8 6 4 5 2 3 2 12 12 12 10 14 14 11  
Clemson ACC     16 13 11 10 16 17   19 16 15 18 19 18    
DePaul Ind 18 18 19                            
Indiana Big Ten 5 4 13 16                          
Maryland ACC 8 16 17 14 15 16 15 14 13                
Memphis Metro             20 18 18 20              
Missouri Big 8 20                                
North Carolina State ACC 15                                
Oregon Pac-8               20           17      
Providence Ind             17 15 15 14 15 16 16 12 8 13  
Purdue Big Ten                 19 18 18            
Rutgers ECBL 17 19                              
Southern Illinois MVC   17 18 18                          
St. John's (NY) NJNY7       20