1975–76 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1975–76 UC Irvine Anteaters basketball Independent 14–12 Tim Tift 7th Crawford Hall The 1975–76 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1975–76 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by seventh year head coach Tim Tift and played their home games at Crawford Hall. The anteaters finished the season with an overall record of 14–12 and were not invited to a post season tournament. Previous season The 1974–75 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team were invited to the 1975 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament where they lost to 1974 Puget Sound Loggers Puget Sound in the regional semifinals and 1974 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis in the regional third place game. The anteaters finished the season with a record of 16–11. Roster 1975 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y Bill Beckford F 6 4 Jr Mark Bonvecchio F 6 5 Jr Jeff Butler F 6 5 Sr Kevin Davis G 5 11 Jr Steve Cleveland y F 6 4 Sr Mike Fitzmorris C 6 7 So Dan Hair c 6 5 Jr Scott Jenkins F 6 4 Jr Nate Jones G 6 3 Sr Dorsey Watson G 6 3 So Bill Younge G 6 3 Jr http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20II_1976_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf Tim Tift (Pepperdine) Schedule yes 1975-76 NCAA Division II men's basketball rankings 1975 yes no |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters|Regular Season December 3, 1975 yes 1975 Humboldt State Lumberjacks Humboldt State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 67–46 1–0 December 6, 1975 yes 1974 Vanguard Lions Southern California College Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 101–77 2–0 December 13, 1975 yes 1975 Hope International Royals Pacific Christian Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 70–60 3–0 December 16, 1975 yes yes 1975 UNLV Rebels UNLV Las Vegas Convention Center Paradise, NV 57–129 3–1 December 18, 1975 yes yes 1975 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State Bison Sports Arena Fargo, ND 84–95 3–2 December 20, 1975 yes yes 1975 North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Hyslop Sports Center Grand Forks, ND 69–95 3–3 December 22, 1975 yes yes Utah Special Events Center Salt Lake City, UT 55–90 3–4 December 29, 1975 yes 1975 Central College (Iowa) Central Dutch Central Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 81–71 4–4 December 30, 1975 yes 1975 Spring Arbor Cougars Spring Arbor Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 96–58 5–4 January 3, 1976 yes 1975 Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 84–73 6–4 January 6, 1976 yes Bethany Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 61–56 7–4 January 10, 1976 yes yes 1975 Grand Canyon Antelopes Grand Canyon Phoenix, AZ 70–83 7–5 January 14, 1976 yes yes 1975 San Diego Toreros San Diego San Diego, CA 75–86 7–6 January 17, 1976 yes 1975 Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 54–58 7–7 January 24, 1976 yes Ambassador Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 63–48 8–7 January 27, 1976 yes 1975 UC Riverside Highlanders UC Riverside Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 70–69 9–7 January 31, 1976 yes 1975 UC Davis Aggies UC Davis Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 72–84 9–8 February 6, 1976 yes San Diego Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 78–66 10–8 February 7, 1976 yes 1970 Biola Eagles Biola Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 73–76 10–9 February 10, 1976 yes yes Cal State Northridge Matadome Northridge, CA 68–84 10–10 February 14, 1976 yes yes LA Baptist Los Angeles, CA 103–91 11–10 February 17, 1976 yes yes Ambassador Pasadena, CA 65–61 12–10 February 21, 1976 yes 1975 Chapman Panthers Chapman Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 66–64 13–10 February 23, 1976 yes 1975 Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros Cal State Dominguez Hills Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 85–69 14–10 February 25, 1976 yes 1975 Portland State Vikings Portland State Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 72–87 14–11 February 28, 1976 yes 1975 Air Force Falcons Air Force Crawford Hall Irvine, CA 76–77 14–12 AP Poll Pacific Time Sourcehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=23 UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book UC Irvine Athletics NCAA October 10, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=23 dead References Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:1970s in Orange County, California UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters