1976–77 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1976–77 Iowa Hawkeyes Big Ten Conference Big Ten 20–7 12–6 Lute Olson 3rd Jim Rosborough Bruce King Iowa Field House(Capacity: 13,365) The 1976–77 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by head coach Lute Olson, coaching in his 3rd season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season 18–9 overall and 10–8 in Big Ten play (later changed to 20–7, 12–6). Roster 1976 Iowa Hawkeyes men's y Cal Wulfsberg 10 G 6 3 Sr Ronnie Lester y 12 G 6 2 Fr Chicago, Illinois Dick Peth y 20 G 6 2 So Tomah, Wisconsin Kirk Speraw y 23 G 6 0 So Sioux City, Iowa William Mayfield Bill Mayfield y 24 F 6 7 205 So Detroit, Michigan Terry Drake 40 F 6 7 Jr Elgin, Illinois Clay Hargrave 44 F 6 4 So Iowa City, Iowa Bruce "Sky" King 54 FC 6 8 Sr Dayton, Ohio Lute Olson Jim Rosborough Schedule/results no yes yes no |- !colspan=8| Non-conference regular season |- 11/27/1976 yes yes Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE Rivalry 71-57The Daily Iowan Hawkeyes crash Nebraska debut 7 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-11-29.pdf November 29, 1976 April 20, 2017 1-0 11/29/1976 yes Kent State Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 84-55 2-0 12/4/1976 yes yes Drake Veteran's Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA 86-71The Daily Iowan King's 'best game' besets Drake 10 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-12-06.pdf December 6, 1976 April 20, 2017 12,000 3-0 12/6/1976 yes Bradley Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 90-77 4-0 12/10/1976 yes California Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 94-73The Daily Iowan Guards combine to bury California, 98-73 7 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-12-13.pdf December 13, 1976 April 21, 2017 5-0 12/18/1976 yes Iowa State Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA Rivalry 85-64 6-0 12/21/1976 yes Drake Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 82-69 7-0 12/29/1976 yes yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, NM 83-96 7-1 12/30/1976 yes yes Pittsburgh 103-80 8-1 |- !colspan=8| Big Ten Conference Season |- 1/8/1977 yes Minnesota 13 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 68-78 8-2 0-1 1/13/1977 yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 76-87 8-3 0-2 1/15/1977 yes Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 84-81 OT 9-3 1-2 1/17/1977 Michigan 6 Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 75-99 9-4 1-3 1/22/1977 Northwestern Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 76-74 10-4 2-3 1/27/1977 Ohio State Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 84-66 11-4 3-3 1/29/1977 yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 65-81 11-5 3-4 2/5/1977 Wisconsin Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 90-73 12-5 4-4 2/7/1977 Michigan State Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 87-79 13-5 5-4 2/12/1977 Minnesota 8 Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 58-61 13-6 5-5 2/14/1977 yes Ohio State St. John Arena Columbus, OH 74-70 14-6 6-5 2/17/1977 yes Michigan 5 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI 75-99 14-7 6-6 2/19/1977 yes Michigan State Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI 79-81 14-8 6-7 2/24/1977 Illinois Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 76-64 15-8 7-7 2/26/1977 Purdue Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 70-81 15-9 7-8 2/28/1977 Indiana Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 80-73The Daily Iowan Hawkeyes savor revenge 8 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1977/di1977-03-01.pdf March 1, 1977 April 20, 2017 16-9 8-8 3/3/1977 yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 78-60The Daily Iowan Hawks incite NIT hopes 10 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1977/di1977-03-04.pdf March 4, 1977 April 20, 2017 17-9 9-8 3/5/1977 yes Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI 94-93The Daily Iowan Hawks edge Wisconsin; claim fourth 8 http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1977/di1977-03-07.pdf March 7, 1977 April 20, 2017 18-9 10-8 AP Poll Rankings 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References 2 Iowa Category:Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball seasons Hawkeyes Hawkeyes