1975–76_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team

1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	14–13 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Tony Yates (2nd season); Mark Coomes (1st season); Les Wothke (1st season);
MVP	Nate Williams
Captain	Selected Each Game
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1974–75 1976–77 →

1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/28/1975* no, no	at Nebraska	W 60-58	1 - 0	Nebraska Coliseum (6,235) Lincoln, NE
12/1/1975* no, no	Kent State	W 73-54	2 - 0	Assembly Hall (5,007) Champaign, IL
12/4/1975* no, no	Missouri-Rolla	W 67-65	3 - 0	Assembly Hall (5,050) Champaign, IL
12/6/1975* no, no	New Mexico	W 67-66 ^OT	4 - 0	Assembly Hall (5,684) Champaign, IL
12/8/1976* no, no	North Dakota State	W 90-73	5 - 0	Assembly Hall (3,016) Champaign, IL
12/11/1975* no, no	at Furman	L 73-75	5 - 1	Greenville, South Carolina (2,579) Greenville, SC
12/13/1975* no, no	at Southern California	L 58-62	5 - 2	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (4,458) Los Angeles, CA
12/20/1975* no, no	Arizona	W 66-60	6 - 2	Assembly Hall (6,115) Champaign, IL
12/22/1975* no, no	Rice	W 106-64	7 - 2	Assembly Hall (6,192) Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/3/1976 no, no	at Iowa Rivalry	L 60-84	7 - 3 (0 - 1)	Iowa Field House (13,171) Iowa City, IA
1/8/1976 no, no	at No. 17 Minnesota	L 68-77	7 - 4 (0 - 2)	Williams Arena (10,062) Minneapolis, MN
1/10/1976 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	W 74-69	8 - 4 (1 - 2)	Assembly Hall (5,547) Champaign, IL
1/12/1976 no, no	Wisconsin	W 71-61	9 - 4 (2 - 2)	Assembly Hall (6,968) Champaign, IL
1/17/1976 no, no	No. 1 Indiana Rivalry	L 55-83	9 - 5 (2 - 3)	Assembly Hall (16,128) Champaign, IL
1/19/1976 no, no	at Ohio State	L 63-64	9 - 6 (2 - 4)	St. John Arena (5,715) Columbus, OH
1/24/1976 no, no	Michigan State	L 63-74	9 - 7 (2 - 5)	Assembly Hall (6,975) Champaign, IL
1/26/1976 no, no	No. 17 Michigan	W 76-75	10 - 7 (3 - 5)	Assembly Hall (5,863) Champaign, IL
1/31/1976 no, no	Purdue	W 71-63	11 - 7 (4 - 5)	Assembly Hall (8,467) Champaign, IL
2/2/1976 no, no	Minnesota	L 62-72	11 - 8 (4 - 6)	Assembly Hall (7,317) Champaign, IL
2/7/1976 no, no	at Northwestern Rivalry	W 61-55	12 - 8 (5 - 6)	McGaw Memorial Hall (4,228) Evanston, IL
2/9/1976 no, no	at Wisconsin	W 70-59	13 - 8 (6 - 6)	Wisconsin Field House (3,883) Madison, WI
2/14/1976 no, no	at No. 1 Indiana Rivalry	L 48-58	13 - 9 (6 - 7)	Assembly Hall (17,759) Bloomington, IN
2/16/1976 no, no	Ohio State	W 91-73	14 - 9 (7 - 7)	Assembly Hall (8,087) Champaign, IL
2/21/1976 no, no	at Michigan State	L 59-69	14 - 10 (7 - 8)	Jenison Fieldhouse (4,227) East Lansing, MI
2/23/1976 no, no	at No. 15 Michigan	L 75-90	14 - 11 (7 - 9)	Crisler Center (8,121) Ann Arbor, MI
2/28/1976 no, no	at Purdue	L 62-81	14 - 12 (7 - 10)	Mackey Arena (13,729) West Lafayette, IN
3/6/1976 no, no	Iowa Rivalry	L 70-82	14 - 13 (7 - 11)	Assembly Hall (10,028) Champaign, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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Men's Basketball Roster

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Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Points
Rich Adams^[4]	27	181	67	158	41	429
Audi Matthews^[5]	27	129	46	144	50	304
Mike Washington^[6]	27	105	40	142	78	250
Nate Williams^[7]	18	102	39	63	44	243
Otho Tucker^[8]	26	83	68	135	84	234
Ken Ferdinand^[9]	26	72	17	83	11	161
Rick Leighty^[10]	27	50	10	70	53	110
Larry Lubin	26	22	16	19	46	60
Tom Gearhardt	22	15	8	34	12	38
Dennis Graff	15	4	16	4	6	24
Tim Bushell	8	2	2	3	2	6

Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick
Nate Williams	Chicago Bulls	5	69
Otho Tucker	Boston Celtics	10	169

1975–76_Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_basketball_team

1975–76 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Regular season

Roster

Schedule

Player stats

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Rankings

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Indiana	18	–	0	1.000	32	–	0	1.000
No. 9 Michigan	14	–	4	.778	25	–	7	.781
Purdue	11	–	7	.611	16	–	11	.593
Michigan State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	13	.519
Iowa	9	–	9	.500	19	–	10	.655
Minnesota	8	–	10	.444	16	–	10	.615
Illinois	7	–	11	.389	14	–	13	.519
Northwestern	7	–	11	.389	12	–	15	.444
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	10	–	16	.385
Ohio State	2	–	16	.111	6	–	20	.231

Rankings from AP Poll