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	Atlantic Coast Conference	7	134	65	.673	13.13	7.06	3	2	0	North Carolina	Virginia
2	Big Ten Conference	10	164	115	.588	9.79	8.16	2	2	2	Indiana
3	Pacific-8 Conference	8	136	87	.610	8.92	5.96	1	2	1	UCLA
4	Southeastern Conference	10	151	119	.559	7.20	5.88	2	2	0	Alabama
5	Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference	6	110	60	.647	5.23	2.10	1	2	0	Tulane	Cincinnati
6	Western Athletic Conference	8	126	93	.575	3.96	2.50	1	1	0	Arizona
7	Big Eight Conference	8	107	110	.493	2.33	2.69	1	1	0	Missouri
8	Missouri Valley Conference	7	98	89	.524	2.30	2.28	0	1	0	Wichita State
9	Southwest Conference	9	133	116	.534	-0.58	-0.41	1	1	0	Texas A&M	Texas Tech
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	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	87	102	.460	-1.28	1.55	1	1	0	Pepperdine
12	Independent	77	1178	886	.571	-1.99	-1.53	6	9	1
13	Mid-American Conference	10	131	131	.500	-2.36	-1.15	1	1	0	Western Michigan
14	Big Sky Conference	8	112	105	.516	-3.53	-1.43	0	1	0	Boise State, Idaho State, Weber State	Boise State
15	Ohio Valley Conference	8	108	104	.509	-4.83	-3.64	0	1	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
16	Southern Conference	8	99	122	.448	-6.55	-2.77	0	1	0	Virginia Military Institute	Virginia Military Institute
17	Ivy League	8	93	117	.443	-6.79	-4.05	0	1	0	Princeton
18	Yankee Conference	7	98	86	.533	-7.02	-5.31	0	1	0	Massachusetts
19	East Coast Conference	12	147	163	.474	-7.58	-4.91	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's (East), Lafayette (West)	Hofstra
20	Southland Conference	6	64	91	.413	-12.93	-8.09	0	0	0	Louisiana Tech
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 Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/1	3/8	Final
DePaul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Princeton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	8	6	6	10	11	11	16	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	6	7	14	20	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquette	4	3	3	3	7	6	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
UCLA	2	5	5	6	4	4	3	8	6	12	9	6	5	9	7	6	5
La Salle	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pepperdine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Alabama	12	14	11	8	8	8	10	11	12	11	14	11	10	7	6	8	6
Oregon State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	13	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Florida State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
USC	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Washington	-	20	15	12	13	13	8	6	8	6	6	9	11	8	10	11	-
UNLV	-	-	16	13	12	10	5	4	4	3	3	7	6	5	5	4	3
Michigan	16	16	18	16	16	17	19	16	17	15	-	16	15	13	11	14	9
Oregon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-
Indiana	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Virginia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	19	18	18	-	-	-	-
Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	18
NC State	13	13	13	9	9	9	11	13	11	8	10	12	12	15	17	-	-
Auburn	20	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	20	18	13	13	14	14	12	15	10	14
Texas A&M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	-	-
North Texas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	-	-	-	-	-
Arizona State	18	19	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arizona	11	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	15
Western Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	17	16	14	16	10
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	18	17	15	14	12	9	14	12	17	16	14	16	17	-
UNC	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	7	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	8
West Texas A&M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Providence	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	14	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	20	16	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rutgers	-	-	-	15	15	14	12	10	7	5	7	5	4	3	3	3	4
Cincinnati	10	10	9	7	6	7	15	14	16	18	16	13	13	18	13	15	12
Tennessee	9	8	7	11	10	12	9	9	10	9	8	8	9	11	12	9	13
Texas Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16
Wake Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syracuse	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maryland	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	7	5	4	7	10	9	12	11
Centenary (LA)	-	-	-	-	19	18	-	18	-	19	18	19	20	19	20	20	19
Notre Dame	7	9	8	5	5	5	13	15	15	10	11	10	8	6	8	7	7
San Francisco	15	12	12	14	14	19	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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