1975–76 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1975–76 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten
Record	16–11 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Schaus (4th season)
Captains	Mike Steele Gerald Thomas
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons← 1974–75 1976–77 →

1975–76 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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

The 1975–76 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1975-76 college basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 19*	Athletes in Action Exhibition	W 99–80		Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
November 29*	Xavier	W 81–64	1-0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 4*	Rutgers	L 73–81	1-1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 6*	West Virginia	W 90–79	2-1	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
December 10*	San Diego State	L 79–81	2-2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 13*	vs. Providence	L 59–66	2-3	Indianapolis, IN
December 22*	California	W 97–79	3-3	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 29*	vs. Saint Louis Bruin Classic	W 80–77	4-3	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 30*	at No. 4 UCLA Bruin Classic	L 86–99	4-4	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 3	at No. 16 Minnesota	W 111–110	5-4 (1-0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 5*	at Butler	W 81–57	6-4	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
January 10	Wisconsin	W 87–72	7-4 (2-0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 12	Northwestern	W 91–81	8-4 (3-0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 17	at Ohio State	W 84–80	9-4 (4-0)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
January 19	No. 1 Indiana Indiana–Purdue rivalry	L 67–71	9-5 (4-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 24	No. 17 Michigan	L 80–84	9-6 (4-2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 26	Michigan State	L 65–66	9-7 (4-3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 31	at Illinois	L 63–71	9-8 (4-4)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
February 2	Iowa	W 91–76	10-8 (5-4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 7	at Wisconsin	W 85–74	11-8 (6-4)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
February 9	at Northwestern	W 86–58	12-8 (7-4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 14	Ohio State	W 98–73	13-8 (8-4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 16	No. 1 Indiana Indiana-Purdue rivalry	L 71–74	13-9 (8-5)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 21	at No. 15 Michigan	L 81–92	13-10 (8-6)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
February 23	at Michigan State	L 76–89	13-11 (8-7)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
February 28	Illinois	W 81–62	14-11 (9-7)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 3	at Iowa	W 94–78	15-11 (10-7)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
March 6	Minnesota	W 94–87	16-11 (11-7)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Personnel

Starting Lineup: F Jordan, F Walls, C Scheffler, G Parker, G Macy

References

"2003-04 Purdue men's basketball media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
2003-04 Purdue men's basketball media guide.

v t e Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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