1975-76 College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Indiana

Final Four: Indiana, Michigan, Rutgers and UCLA

Consensus Player of the Year: Scott May

AP Preseason #1: Indiana

AP Final #1: Indiana

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Southeastern Conference	10	151	119	.559	7.20	5.88	1	2	0	Alabama
2	Western Athletic Conference	8	126	93	.575	3.96	2.50	1	1	0	Arizona
3	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	6	110	60	.647	5.23	2.10	1	2	0	Tulane	Cincinnati
4	Atlantic Coast Conference	7	134	65	.673	13.13	7.06	0	2	0	North Carolina	Virginia
5	Southwest Conference	9	133	116	.534	-0.58	-0.41	0	1	0	Texas A&M	Texas Tech
6	Big Ten Conference	10	164	115	.588	9.79	8.16	0	2	2	Indiana
7	Pacific-8 Conference	8	136	87	.610	8.92	5.96	0	2	1	UCLA
8	Ohio Valley Conference	8	108	104	.509	-4.83	-3.64	0	1	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
9	Missouri Valley Conference	7	98	89	.524	2.30	2.28	0	1	0	Wichita State
10	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	6	88	73	.547	-1.28	-1.00	0	1	0	Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State	San Diego State
11	Big Sky Conference	8	112	105	.516	-3.53	-1.43	0	1	0	Boise State, Idaho State, Weber State	Boise State
12	Independent	77	1178	886	.571	-1.99	-1.53	0	9	1
13	Big Eight Conference	8	107	110	.493	2.33	2.69	0	1	0	Missouri
14	Mid-American Conference	10	131	131	.500	-2.36	-1.15	0	1	0	Western Michigan
15	East Coast Conference	12	147	163	.474	-7.58	-4.91	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's (East), Lafayette (West)	Hofstra
16	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	87	102	.460	-1.28	1.55	0	1	0	Pepperdine
17	Southern Conference	8	99	122	.448	-6.55	-2.77	0	1	0	Virginia Military Institute	Virginia Military Institute
18	Ivy League	8	93	117	.443	-6.79	-4.05	0	1	0	Princeton
19	Southland Conference	6	64	91	.413	-12.93	-8.09	0	0	0	Louisiana Tech
20	Yankee Conference	7	98	86	.533	-7.02	-5.31	0	1	0	Massachusetts
21	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	4	51	47	.520	-17.90	-14.20	0	0	0	Morgan State, North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T

AP Polls

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/2	3/9
Alabama	SEC	10	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	15	12	13	10	7	7
Arizona	WAC	9	19										20	15	12
Arizona State	WAC		18	19			17
Auburn	SEC
Centenary (LA)	Ind
Cincinnati	Metro	11	9	9	14			20		20	19	17	19	18	16
DePaul	Ind						17
Duquesne	Ind				19
Florida State	Ind												17	12	16
Indiana	Big Ten	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Iowa	Big Ten				18	20
Kansas State	Big 8	20		19
Kentucky	SEC	16		18		19
La Salle	ECC
Louisville	Metro	7	15	10	9	17				17	15	14	15	17
Marquette	Ind	2	2	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Maryland	ACC	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	7	6	4	7	8	8	13
Memphis	Metro
Michigan	Big Ten	19	12	11	15	13	13	14	13	14	11	11	11	9	9
Minnesota	Big Ten				19
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/2	3/9
Missouri	Big 8					17	15	15	14	10	13	12	13	14	11
NC State	ACC	18	13	12	8	16	14	13	12	10	15	15	18	20
North Texas	Ind
Notre Dame	Ind	8	6	6	6	14	16	16	11	12	10	10	6	10	8
Oregon	Pac-8
Oregon State	Pac-8						20	11	15	18
Pepperdine	WCAC
Princeton	Ivy								19	19					19
Providence	Ind
Rutgers	Ind	17	14	15	16	11	11	8	6	7	5	5	4	4	3
San Francisco	WCAC	14	16	16	17							17
St. John's (NY)	Ind		17	17	11	10	12	10	16	13	18	16	14	16	18
Syracuse	Ind
Tennessee	SEC	6	10	14	13	12	10	12	9	8	7	9	12	13	14
Texas A&M	SWC											20	16
Texas Tech	SWC
UCLA	Pac-8	5	5	4	4	3	8	7	10	9	6	4	7	6	5
UNC	ACC	4	4	3	3	8	7	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	6
UNLV	Ind	11	8	8	9	6	6	5	3	4	8	6	5	5	4
USC	Pac-8	15		19		15
Utah	WAC							19	17	16	14	19
Virginia	ACC														15
Virginia Tech	Ind
Wake Forest	ACC					7	5	17	20
Washington	Pac-8	13	11	13	12	5	3	6	5	5	9	8	9	11	10
West Texas A&M	MVC						19	18	18		19
Western Michigan	MAC										17			19	19
Wichita State	MVC		20

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

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