1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

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

1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

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 Heights, 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

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

^ "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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