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1976-77 Tennessee Volunteers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-6 (16-2, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ray Mears

PS/G: 85.7 (14th of 249)

PA/G: 78.7 (196th of 249)

SRS: 15.00 (12th of 244)

SOS: 8.03 (6th of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Mideast First Round (93-88) versus Syracuse

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
Tennessee	16	15	15	-	19	-	-	-	14	7	11	11	14	7	11	7	15

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		South Florida	Sun Belt	-12.99	W	94	64		1	0	W 1	Stokely Center
2	Sat, Dec 4, 1976	REG		Charlotte (20)	Sun Belt	12.14	W	69	67		2	0	W 2	Stokely Center
3	Tue, Dec 7, 1976	REG		Duke	ACC	10.68	L	78	81		2	1	L 1	Stokely Center
4	Fri, Dec 10, 1976	REG	N	San Francisco (6)	WCAC	15.18	L	77	86		2	2	L 2
5	Sat, Dec 11, 1976	REG	N	Seton Hall	NJNY7	5.09	W	99	90		3	2	W 1
6	Fri, Dec 17, 1976	REG		La Salle	ECC	-1.67	W	92	85		4	2	W 2	Stokely Center
7	Sat, Dec 18, 1976	REG		St. John's (NY) (20)	NJNY7	9.09	W	86	81		5	2	W 3	Stokely Center
8	Tue, Dec 21, 1976	REG		Xavier	Ind	-9.18	W	97	73		6	2	W 4	Stokely Center
9	Mon, Jan 3, 1977	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	3.28	W	73	69		7	2	W 5	Memorial Gymnasium
10	Sat, Jan 8, 1977	REG		Auburn	SEC	10.64	W	87	79		8	2	W 6	Stokely Center
11	Mon, Jan 10, 1977	REG		Florida	SEC	11.79	W	92	82		9	2	W 7	Stokely Center
12	Wed, Jan 12, 1977	REG	@	Kentucky (2)	SEC	23.26	W	71	67	OT	10	2	W 8	Rupp Arena
13	Sat, Jan 15, 1977	REG	@	Louisiana State	SEC	6.53	W	108	102		11	2	W 9	Maravich Assembly Center
14	Mon, Jan 17, 1977	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	2.28	W	86	72		12	2	W 10	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 22, 1977	REG		Alabama (3)	SEC	14.25	W	102	93		13	2	W 11	Stokely Center
16	Mon, Jan 24, 1977	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	9.97	W	68	59		14	2	W 12	Stokely Center
17	Sun, Jan 30, 1977	REG	N	UCLA (8)	Pac-8	16.48	L	89	103		14	3	L 1
18	Tue, Feb 1, 1977	REG		Georgia	SEC	0.83	W	106	82		15	3	W 1	Stokely Center
19	Sat, Feb 5, 1977	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	10.64	W	93	83		16	3	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
20	Mon, Feb 7, 1977	REG	@	Florida	SEC	11.79	L	76	80		16	4	L 1	Florida Gymnasium
21	Sat, Feb 12, 1977	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	6.53	W	91	64		17	4	W 1	Stokely Center
22	Mon, Feb 14, 1977	REG		Mississippi	SEC	2.28	W	87	75		18	4	W 2	Stokely Center
23	Sat, Feb 19, 1977	REG	@	Alabama (4)	SEC	14.25	W	92	89		19	4	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
24	Mon, Feb 21, 1977	REG	@	Mississippi State	SEC	9.97	W	76	68		20	4	W 4	Humphrey Coliseum
25	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	0.83	L	76	83		20	5	L 1	Stegeman Coliseum
26	Sat, Mar 5, 1977	REG		Kentucky (2)	SEC	23.26	W	81	79		21	5	W 1	Stokely Center
27	Mon, Mar 7, 1977	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	3.28	W	65	55		22	5	W 2	Stokely Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Sun, Mar 13, 1977	NCAA	N	Syracuse (10)	Ind	14.50	L	88	93	OT	22	6	L 1	Maravich Assembly Center