1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–15 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tex Winter (3rd season);
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan 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 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster[edit]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	15	Tony Allen	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Chicago, Illinois
F	45	Pete Boesen	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Park Ridge, Illinois
F	24	Randy Carroll	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Atlanta, Georgia
F	31	Brad Cartwright	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Morton Grove, Illinois
G	30	Jim Endsley	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
G	22	Bill Fenlon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Atlanta, Georgia
F	54	Dave Fields	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Wyandotte, Michigan
F	10	Hilton Hale	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Columbus, Ohio
G	25	Bob Hildebrand	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Glen Ellyn, Illinois
F	20	David Hiser	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Bloomington, Illinois
C	53	Bob Klaas	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Palos, Illinois
G	14	Jerry Marifke	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	30	Billy McKinney	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Zion, Illinois
G	42	Dick Milam	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Lebanon, Indiana
F	44	Bob Svete	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	North Chicago, Illinois
G	43	Tim Teasley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Detroit, Michigan
F	40	Dennis Trompeter	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Peru, Illinois
C	52	Chris Wall	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Wilmette, Illinois
C	55	Jim Wallace	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Detroit, Michigan
F	34	Chris Winter	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Evanston, Illinois

Head coach

Tex Winter

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*	at Nebraska	L 68–79	0–1	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, Nebraska
December 1*	No. 7 Kentucky	W 89–77	1–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 6*	Ohio	W 88–62	2–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 9*	at Valparaiso	W 98–77	3–1	Hilltop Gym Valparaiso, Indiana
December 18*	DePaul	L 57–65	3–2	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 20*	at No. 3 Marquette	L 53–75	3–3	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI
December 26*	vs. Oregon State	W 72–67	4–3
December 29*	vs. No. 13 Washington	L 57–70	4–4
December 30*	vs. Duquesne	W 78–71	5–4
January 3	No. 17 Michigan	L 72–82	5–5 (0–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 5	at No. 1 Indiana	L 61–78	5–6 (0–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
January 8	Michigan State	W 105–89	6–6 (1–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 10	at Illinois	L 55–61	6–7 (1–3)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
January 12	at Purdue	L 81–91	6–8 (1–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
January 17	Minnesota	W 85–77	7–8 (2–4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 19	Iowa	W 99–92	8–8 (3–4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 24	Wisconsin	W 62–60	9–8 (4–4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 31	at Ohio State	L 69–83	9–9 (4–5)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
February 2	at Michigan State	L 71–91	9–10 (4–6)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
February 7	Illinois	L 55–61	9–11 (4–7)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
February 9	Purdue	L 58–86	9–12 (4–8)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
February 14	at Minnesota	W 75–69	10–12 (5–8)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 16	at Iowa	L 68–81	10–13 (5–9)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
February 21	at Wisconsin	W 90–77	11–13 (6–9)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
February 28	Ohio State	W 88–78	12–13 (7–9)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
March 1	No. 1 Indiana	L 63–76	12–14 (7–10)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
March 6	No. 11 Michigan	L 77–80	12–15 (7–11)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

^ "1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "2010–11 Media Guide" (PDF). NUsports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-10.

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[1] "1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] "2010–11 Media Guide" (PDF). NUsports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-10.

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