1975–76 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
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The 1975–76 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.
1975–76 Washington Huskies men's basketball | |
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Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 10 |
Record | 22–6 (9–5 Pac-8) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Bob Johnson |
Home arena | Hec Edmundson Pavilion |
Seasons |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of April 15, 1976[1] Rankings from AP Poll |
The Huskies were 22–5 overall in the regular season and 9–5 in conference play, fourth in the standings.[2][3] In their final three games, all on the road, the eighth-ranked Huskies defeated #17 Oregon,[4][5] but then lost at Oregon State and Washington State.[6][7]
Washington made the 32-team NCAA Tournament as an at-large team, their first appearance in 23 years. The NCAA announced the selections prior to the end of the regular season,[8][9][10] two days before the Huskies' loss to the rival Cougars in Pullman. Oregon was seeded into the quarterfinals of the twelve-team NIT,[11] while OSU and WSU stayed home.
The eleventh-ranked Huskies met #10 Missouri in the first round in Lawrence, Kansas, and lost by two points.[12] Despite this close loss, the final AP poll dropped them out of the top twenty;[13] they ended at 22–6 (.786), but on a three-game losing streak. (Missouri also fell in that poll, four slots to fourteenth.)[13]
The next NCAA tournament appearance for Washington was eight years away.