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1976-77 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-4 (16-2, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 83.6 (28th of 249)

PA/G: 69.0 (50th of 249)

SRS: 23.26 (1st of 244)

SOS: 7.69 (10th of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (72-58) versus Princeton
Won East Regional Semifinal (93-78) versus Virginia Military Institute
Lost East Regional Final (79-72) versus North Carolina

SEC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1976-77 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
Kentucky	6	5	4	3	7	6	3	2	6	6	3	3	2	2	2	6	3

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 27, 1976	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	2.17	W	72	64		1	0	W 1	Rupp Arena
2	Thu, Dec 2, 1976	REG		TCU	SWC	-15.36	W	103	53		2	0	W 2	Rupp Arena
3	Mon, Dec 6, 1976	REG	@	Indiana (13)	Big Ten	11.44	W	66	51		3	0	W 3	Assembly Hall
4	Sat, Dec 11, 1976	REG		Kansas	Big 8	8.28	W	90	63		4	0	W 4	Rupp Arena
5	Mon, Dec 13, 1976	REG	@	South Carolina	Ind	4.18	W	95	67		5	0	W 5	Carolina Coliseum
6	Fri, Dec 17, 1976	REG		Bowling Green State	MAC	0.99	W	77	54		6	0	W 6	Rupp Arena
7	Sat, Dec 18, 1976	REG		Utah	WAC	13.47	L	68	70		6	1	L 1	Rupp Arena
8	Thu, Dec 30, 1976	REG	N	Notre Dame (2)	Ind	16.09	W	102	78		7	1	W 1	Freedom Hall
9	Mon, Jan 3, 1977	REG		Georgia	SEC	0.83	W	64	59	OT	8	1	W 2	Rupp Arena
10	Sat, Jan 8, 1977	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	3.28	W	64	62		9	1	W 3	Memorial Gymnasium
11	Wed, Jan 12, 1977	REG		Tennessee	SEC	15.00	L	67	71	OT	9	2	L 1	Rupp Arena
12	Sat, Jan 15, 1977	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	10.64	W	75	68		10	2	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
13	Mon, Jan 17, 1977	REG	@	Florida	SEC	11.79	W	73	71		11	2	W 2	Florida Gymnasium
14	Sat, Jan 22, 1977	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	6.53	W	87	72		12	2	W 3	Rupp Arena
15	Mon, Jan 24, 1977	REG		Mississippi	SEC	2.28	W	100	73		13	2	W 4	Rupp Arena
16	Sat, Jan 29, 1977	REG	@	Alabama (3)	SEC	14.25	W	87	85		14	2	W 5	Memorial Coliseum
17	Mon, Jan 31, 1977	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	9.97	W	92	85		15	2	W 6	Humphrey Coliseum
18	Sat, Feb 5, 1977	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	3.28	W	113	73		16	2	W 7	Rupp Arena
19	Mon, Feb 7, 1977	REG	@	Florida State	Metro	6.23	W	97	57		17	2	W 8	Freedom Hall
20	Sat, Feb 12, 1977	REG		Auburn	SEC	10.64	W	89	60		18	2	W 9	Rupp Arena
21	Mon, Feb 14, 1977	REG		Florida	SEC	11.79	W	104	79		19	2	W 10	Rupp Arena
22	Sat, Feb 19, 1977	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	6.53	W	90	76		20	2	W 11	Maravich Assembly Center
23	Mon, Feb 21, 1977	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	2.28	W	81	64		21	2	W 12	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
24	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	REG		Alabama (8)	SEC	14.25	W	85	70		22	2	W 13	Rupp Arena
25	Mon, Feb 28, 1977	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	9.97	W	77	64		23	2	W 14	Rupp Arena
26	Sat, Mar 5, 1977	REG	@	Tennessee (11)	SEC	15.00	L	79	81		23	3	L 1	Stokely Center
27	Mon, Mar 7, 1977	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	0.83	W	72	54		24	3	W 1	Stegeman Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sat, Mar 12, 1977	NCAA	N	Princeton	Ivy	8.42	W	72	58		25	3	W 2	The Palestra
29	Thu, Mar 17, 1977	NCAA	N	Virginia Military Institute (20)	Southern	4.92	W	93	78		26	3	W 3	Cole Fieldhouse
30	Sat, Mar 19, 1977	NCAA	N	North Carolina (5)	ACC	20.78	L	72	79		26	4	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse