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1976-77 Providence Friars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-5 (Independent)

Coach: Dave Gavitt

PS/G: 77.8 (91st of 249)

PA/G: 68.8 (46th of 249)

SRS: 8.76 (37th of 244)

SOS: 0.65 (105th of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Midwest First Round (87-80) versus Kansas State

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
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	15	14	15	16	16	12	8	13	-

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	Mon, Nov 29, 1976	REG	@	Brown	Ivy	-10.84	W	95	69		1	0	W 1	Marvel Gym
2	Sat, Dec 4, 1976	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	13.78	L	62	68		1	1	L 1	Providence Civic Center
3	Sat, Dec 11, 1976	REG	@	Boston College	Ind	-10.54	W	77	67		2	1	W 1	Roberts Center
4	Sun, Dec 12, 1976	REG	@	Holy Cross	Ind	6.39	L	65	67		2	2	L 1	Hart Recreation Center
5	Sat, Dec 18, 1976	REG		Brown	Ivy	-10.84	W	102	82		3	2	W 1	Providence Civic Center
6	Tue, Dec 28, 1976	REG		Texas	SWC	0.71	W	81	67		4	2	W 2	Providence Civic Center
7	Wed, Dec 29, 1976	REG		Michigan (1)	Big Ten	16.61	W	82	81		5	2	W 3	Providence Civic Center
8	Sun, Jan 2, 1977	REG		Seton Hall	NJNY7	5.09	W	72	68		6	2	W 4	Providence Civic Center
9	Wed, Jan 5, 1977	REG		Saint Joseph's	ECC	-0.85	W	65	64		7	2	W 5	Providence Civic Center
10	Sat, Jan 8, 1977	REG		Massachusetts	ECBL	2.54	W	68	62		8	2	W 6	Providence Civic Center
11	Tue, Jan 11, 1977	REG		Connecticut	Ind	-0.07	W	86	71		9	2	W 7	Providence Civic Center
12	Sat, Jan 15, 1977	REG		Hawaii	Ind	-6.80	W	94	76		10	2	W 8	Providence Civic Center
13	Tue, Jan 18, 1977	REG		Rhode Island	Ind	-1.07	W	82	71		11	2	W 9	Providence Civic Center
14	Sat, Jan 22, 1977	REG		Boston University	Ind	-12.51	W	83	68		12	2	W 10	Providence Civic Center
15	Mon, Jan 24, 1977	REG	@	Canisius	Ind	-19.34	W	83	68		13	2	W 11	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16	Tue, Jan 25, 1977	REG	@	Niagara	Ind	-6.18	W	71	63		14	2	W 12	Gallagher Center
17	Tue, Feb 1, 1977	REG		St. Bonaventure	Ind	7.25	W	82	75		15	2	W 13	Providence Civic Center
18	Thu, Feb 3, 1977	REG	@	Rhode Island	Ind	-1.07	W	67	66		16	2	W 14	Keaney Gymnasium
19	Sun, Feb 6, 1977	REG	@	Louisville (9)	Metro	15.24	L	64	68		16	3	L 1	Freedom Hall
20	Wed, Feb 9, 1977	REG		DePaul	Ind	5.13	W	84	73		17	3	W 1	Providence Civic Center
21	Sat, Feb 12, 1977	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-9.48	W	99	85		18	3	W 2	Providence Civic Center
22	Sat, Feb 19, 1977	REG	@	La Salle	ECC	-1.67	W	75	62		19	3	W 3	Tom Gola Arena
23	Tue, Feb 22, 1977	REG	@	Villanova	ECBL	8.43	W	84	71		20	3	W 4	Villanova Field House
24	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	NJNY7	9.09	W	69	66		21	3	W 5	Madison Square Garden (IV)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
25	Thu, Mar 3, 1977	CTOURN	@	Fairfield	Ind	-0.58	W	44	31		22	3	W 6	Hartford Civic Center
26	Sat, Mar 5, 1977	CTOURN	N	Holy Cross	Ind	6.39	L	67	68		22	4	L 1	Hartford Civic Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 12, 1977	NCAA	N	Kansas State	Big 8	12.65	L	80	87		22	5	L 2	Lloyd Noble Center