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1975–76 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

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1975–76 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record10-15
Head coach
Home arenaRec Hall
Seasons
1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Rutgers   31 2   .939
No. 3 UNLV   29 2   .935
No. 2 Marquette   27 2   .931
North Texas State   22 4   .846
No. 19 Centenary   22 5   .815
UNC Charlotte   24 6   .800
Pan American   20 5   .800
No. 7 Notre Dame   23 6   .793
St. John's   23 6   .793
Florida State   21 6   .778
Oral Roberts   20 6   .769
Georgetown   21 7   .750
Virginia Tech   21 7   .750
George Washington   20 7   .741
Illinois State   20 7   .741
Creighton   19 7   .731
Northeast Louisiana   18 7   .720
Detroit   19 8   .704
South Florida   19 8   .704
New Orleans   18 8   .692
No. 17 DePaul   20 9   .690
Syracuse   20 9   .690
Holy Cross   22 10   .688
Seton Hall   18 9   .667
South Alabama   18 9   .667
South Carolina   18 9   .667
Providence   21 11   .656
Stetson   17 9   .654
UC Santa Barbara   17 9   .654
Air Force   16 9   .640
VCU   16 9   .640
St. Peter's   19 11   .633
Portland State   17 10   .630
St. Bonaventure   17 10   .630
Mercer   15 10   .600
Villanova   16 11   .593
Niagara   17 12   .586
Long Island   15 12   .556
Colgate   13 11   .542
Xavier   14 12   .538
West Virginia   15 13   .536
Georgia State   12 11   .522
Indiana State   13 12   .520
Dayton   14 13   .519
Hardin–Simmons   14 13   .519
Jacksonville   13 13   .500
Manhattan   14 14   .500
St. Francis (PA)   14 14   .500
St. Francis (NY)   13 13   .500
Marshall   13 14   .481
Duquesne   12 13   .480
Northeastern   12 13   .480
Fairfield   12 14   .462
Utah State   12 14   .462
Butler   12 15   .444
Denver   12 15   .444
Pittsburgh   12 15   .444
Army   11 14   .440
Iona   11 15   .423
Milwaukee   11 15   .423
Southern Miss   11 15   .423
Navy   10 14   .417
Fairleigh Dickinson   9 13   .409
Georgia Southern   11 16   .407
Hawaii   11 16   .407
Penn State   10 15   .400
Buffalo   10 16   .385
Loyola (IL)   10 16   .385
Canisius   10 17   .370
Boston College   9 17   .346
Oklahoma City   9 18   .333
Portland   9 18   .333
Fordham   7 19   .269
Cleveland State   6 19   .240
Houston Baptist   5 21   .192
Baptist   3 23   .115
Samford   3 23   .115
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975-76 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team represented the Pennsylvania State University during the 1975-76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 8th-year head coach Johnny Bach, and played their home games at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
December 2
at Lehigh W 93–45  1–0
Taylor Gym 
 
December 4
Delaware W 66–61  2–0
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
December 7
Ohio State W 74–68  3–0
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
December 9
Virginia L 66–79  3–1
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
December 16
Kent State W 65–63  4–1
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
December 19
at Syracuse L 82–90  4–2
Manley Field House 
Syracuse, NY
December 20
at Colgate W 70–54  5–2
Cotterell Court 
Hamilton, NY
December 26
at No. 20 Minnesota L 70–86  5–3
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 27
vs. Butler L 50–63  5–4
 
 
January 2
vs. Harvard W 63–55  6–4
 
 
January 3
at George Washington L 69–78  6–5
Charles E. Smith Center 
Washington, D. C.
January 11
at Saint Francis (PA) W 79–68  7–5
Maurice Stokes Athletic Center 
 
January 14
at Bucknell L 64–69  7–6
Davis Gym 
 
January 17
Muhlenberg W 91–61  8–6
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
January 19
Gettysburg W 88–54  9–6
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
January 24
West Virginia L 64–69  9–7
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
January 27
at Georgetown L 63–71  9–8
McDonough Gymnasium 
 
January 30
at Duquesne L 70–76  9–9
Civic Arena 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 31
at Pittsburgh L 52–71  9–10
Fitzgerald Fieldhouse 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 4
Temple L 76–77  9–11
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
February 11
Syracuse L 93–100  9–12
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
February 14
at Navy L 81–83  9–13
Dahlgren Hall 
 
February 18
at West Virginia L 87–103  9–14
WVU Coliseum 
 
February 21
Pittsburgh L 61–65  9–15
Rec Hall 
University Park, Pennsylvania
February 28
vs. Fairfield W 76–68  10–15
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[1]

References

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  1. ^ "1975–76 Penn State Nittany Lions Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.