1975–76 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

The 1975–76 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Gene Bartow as the first coach of the post-Wooden era, began his first year as head coach.

1975–76 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-8 champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Pacific-8
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	28–4 (13–1, 1st Pac-8)
Head coach	Gene Bartow (1st year)
Assistant coaches	Larry Farmer Lee Hunt
Home arena	Pauley Pavilion
Seasons ← 1974–75 1976–77 →

1975–76 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 UCLA	12	–	2		.857			27	–	5		.844
Oregon State	10	–	4		.714			18	–	9		.667
Oregon	10	–	4		.714			19	–	11		.633
Washington	9	–	5		.643			22	–	6		.786
Washington State	8	–	6		.571			18	–	8		.692
California	4	–	10		.286			12	–	14		.462
Stanford	3	–	11		.214			9	–	18		.333
USC	0	–	14		.000			11	–	16		.407
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The Bruins were ranked #2 in the polls and opened in St. Louis against #1 Indiana, and lost 64–84. UCLA won the Pac-8 title (regular season) and accepted the bid to the 32-team NCAA tournament. They advanced to the Final Four, but lost again to eventual champion Indiana, 51–65. This was the last of ten consecutive Final Fours for UCLA, going back to March 1967 (an NCAA record streak);^[2] they were upset in the Sweet 16 in 1977.

Starting lineup

Position	Player	Class
F	Marques Johnson	Jr.
F	Richard Washington	Jr.
C	David Greenwood	Fr.
G	Raymond Townsend	So.
G	Andre McCarter	Sr.

Roster

1975–76 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown C 35 Ralph Drollinger 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr La Mesa, California C 34 David Greenwood 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Fr Los Angeles, California G 24 Roy Hamilton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Fr Los Angeles, California G 14 Brad Holland 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr La Crescenta, California F 54 Marques Johnson (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Los Angeles, California G 30 David Byrum 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Santa Monica, California G 45 Andre McCarter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Philadelphia, Pennsylvania F 53 Wilbert Olinde 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr La Mesa, California G/F 55 Gavin Smith 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Jr Sherman Oaks, California G 44 Jim Spillane 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 149 lb (68 kg) Jr Palos Verdes Estates, California G 22 Raymond Townsend 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So San Jose, California C 32 Brett Vroman 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Provo, Utah F/C 31 Richard Washington (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Jr Portland, Oregon	Head coach Gene Bartow Assistant coach(es) Larry Farmer (UCLA) Lee Hunt (Central Missouri State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
November 29, 1975*	No. 2	vs. No. 1 Indiana	L 64–84	0–1	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis Missouri
December 5, 1975*	No. 5	San Jose State	W 90–60	1–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 6, 1975*	No. 5	Southern Illinois	W 81–60	2–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 15, 1975*	No. 5	San Diego State	W 101–86	3–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 18, 1975*	No. 6	Missouri	W 83–71	4–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 20, 1975*	No. 6	Seattle	W 106–72	5–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 23, 1975*	No. 4	Baylor	W 96–75	6–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 1975*	No. 4	Santa Clara Bruin Classic	W 52–48	7–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 30, 1975*	No. 4	Purdue Bruin Classic	W 99–86	8–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 2, 1976*	No. 4	Denver	W 111–79	9–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 3, 1976*	No. 4	No. 5 Notre Dame	W 86–70	10–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 8, 1976	No. 3	at Oregon	W 62–61	11–1 (1–0)	McArthur Court  Eugene, OR
January 10, 1976	No. 3	at Oregon State	L 58–75[note 1]	12–1 (2–0)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, OR
January 16, 1976	No. 8	Stanford	W 68–67	13–1 (3–0)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 17, 1976	No. 8	California	W 80–71	14–1 (4–0)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 22, 1976*	No. 6	UC Santa Barbara	W 64–50	15–1	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 24, 1976*	No. 6	at No. 15 Notre Dame	L 85–95	15–2	Athletic & Convocation Center  Notre Dame, IN
January 31, 1976	No. 12	USC	W 68–62	16–2 (5–0)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
February 5, 1976	No. 9	at No. 6 Washington	W 92–87	17–2 (6–0)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion  Seattle, WA
February 7, 1976	No. 9	at Washington State	W 91–71	18–2 (7–0)	Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
February 12, 1976	No. 6	Washington State	W 104–78	19–2 (8–0)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
February 14, 1976	No. 6	No. 9 Washington	W 78–76	20–2 (9–0)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
February 19, 1976	No. 5	Oregon State	W 78–69	21–2 (10–0)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
February 21, 1976	No. 5	Oregon	L 45–65	21–3 (10–1)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 1976	No. 9	at California	W 113–93	22–3 (11–1)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, CA
February 28, 1976	No. 9	at Stanford	W 120–74	23–3 (12–1)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
March 6, 1976	No. 7	at USC	W 87–73	24–3 (13–1)	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
NCAA Tournament
March 13, 1976*	No. 6	vs. San Diego State First round	W 74–64	25–3	ASU Activity Center  Tempe, AZ
March 18, 1976*	No. 5	No. 20 Pepperdine Regional semifinal	W 70–61	26–3	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
March 20, 1976*	No. 5	No. 15 Arizona Regional Final	W 82–66	27–3	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
March 27, 1976*	No. 5	vs. No. 1 Indiana National semifinal	L 51–65	27–4	Spectrum  Philadelphia, PA
March 29, 1976*	No. 5	vs. Rutgers National third-place game	W 106–92	28–4	Spectrum  Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

Source^[4]

Notes

1. Oregon State vacated 15 wins from the 1975–76 season. UCLA record book records the vacated loss as a win

References

1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
2. 2012–13 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide
3. "1976 NCAA West Regional program". March 1976. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
4. "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.