1975–76 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1975–76 Arizona Wildcats Basketball Western Athletic Conference WAC 12 15 22–9 11–3 Fred Snowden 4th Ken Maxey Dave Toney Steve Kanner 3rd 1st 1st McKale Center WAC Champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight The 1975–76 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Coached by fourth year head coach Fred Snowden and led by junior center Bob Elliott, the Wildcats made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 25 seasons (and second appearance all-time), advancing to the Elite Eight. The Wildcats played their home games for the fourth season at the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona competing as members of the Western Athletic Conference. Previous season The Wildcats finished the 1974–75 season 22-7 overall, 9-5 in WAC play to finish in 3rd place in the conference, a three-win improvement from the season before. While beginning the season ranked pre-season #15, the team finished the season unranked and failed to make a postseason appearance for the 24th consecutive season.1974-75 Arizona Wildcats Roster and Stats https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/arizona/1975.html 31 December 2020 Sports Reference Roster 1975 Arizona Wildcats y yes Gilbert Myles 00 G 6 2 175 so Fresno, California Edison HS Sylvester Maxey 11 G 5 11 170 sr Chicago, Illinois Carver HS Gary Harrison 12 G 6 2 180 jr Ypsilanti, Michigan Willow Run HS Tom Ehlmann 14 G 6 3 170 so St. Charles, Missouri St. Charles HS Jim Rappis 15 G 6 2 185 sr Waukesha, Wisconsin Waukesha HS Len Gordy 21 G/F 6 5 180 jr Chester, Pennsylvania Chester HS Tim Marshall 22 F 6 4 180 so Pontiac, Michigan Central HS Greg Lloyd 23 G 6 2 165 fr Lansing, Michigan Eastern HS Herman Harris y 24 G/F 6 5 200 jr Chester, Pennsylvania Chester HS Ron Fuller 25 G/F 6 4 195 fr Atlanta, Georgia Southwest HS Larry Demic y 32 F 6 8 225 fr Gary, Indiana Westside HS Brian Jung 33 C 7 0 225 fr Tucson, Arizona Canyon del Oro HS Mitch Jones 34 F 6 7 210 so Rochester, New York East HS Bob Aleksa 41 C 6 10 220 jr Aurora, Illinois East HS Jay Geldmacher 42 F 6 8 210 jr Elgin, Illinois Elgin HS Jerome Gladney 44 C 6 8 225 jr Detroit, Michigan King HS Phil Taylor 52 F 6 8 225 so Denver, Colorado Manual HS Al Fleming 54 F 6 8 215 sr Michigan City, Indiana Elston HS basketball y Bob Elliott 55 C/F 6 10 225 jr Ann Arbor, Michigan Pioneer HS basketball y Fred Snowden (Wayne State University) Ken Maxey (Michigan) Dave Toney (Purdue) Steve Kanner (Arizona) Source1975-76 Arizona Wildcats Basketball Media Guide University of Arizona 1976 Tucson, Arizona 8–121975-76 Arizona Wildcats Roster and Stats https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/arizona/1976.html 31 December 2020 Sports Reference Schedule and results yes |- !colspan=12 style=Arizona Wildcats| Regular season November 28, 1975 yes 11 Oregon State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 96-67 1-0 December 3, 1975 yes 11 Idaho McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 88-62 2-0 December 6, 1975 yes 11 Northern Arizona McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 98-81 3-0 December 8, 1975 yes yes 11 Kansas State 18 Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas 61-71 3-1 December 10, 1975 yes yes 10 UNLV 16 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada 94-98 3-2 December 12, 1975 yes 10 Idaho State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 82-87 3-3 December 13, 1975 yes 10 SMU McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 83-81 4-3 December 20, 1975 yes yes Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois 60-66 4-4 December 27, 1975 yes yes Cincinnati 6 Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii Rainbow Classic 71-64 5-4 December 29, 1975 yes yes Iowa Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii Rainbow Classic 80-82 5-5 December 30, 1975 yes yes Hawaii Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii Rainbow Classic 84-74 6-5 January 6, 1976 yes Cal State Fullerton McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 85-70 7-5 January 10, 1976 yes Detroit Mercy McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 106-76 8-5 January 16, 1976 BYU McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 79-78 9-5 1-0 January 17, 1976 Utah McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 87-77 10-5 2-0 January 23, 1976 yes UTEP Memorial Gym El Paso, Texas 42-61 10-6 2-1 January 24, 1976 yes New Mexico The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico 80-79 11-6 3-1 January 27, 1976 yes Portland State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 114-94 12-6 January 30, 1975 Colorado State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 94-76 13-6 4-1 January 31, 1976 Wyoming McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 64-57 14-6 5-1 February 7, 1976 yes Arizona State ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona 63-67 14-7 5-2 February 13, 1976 yes Utah Special Events Center Salt Lake City, Utah 89-76 15-7 6-2 February 14, 1976 yes BYU Marriott Center Provo, Utah 74-79 15-8 6-3 February 20, 1976 New Mexico McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 67-65 16-8 7-3 February 21, 1976 UTEP McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 64-45 17-8 8-3 February 27, 1976 yes Wyoming War Memorial Fieldhouse Laramie, Wyoming 74-66 18-8 9-3 February 28, 1976 Colorado State yes Auditorium-Gymnasium Fort Collins, Colorado 78-72 19-8 10-3 March 6, 1976 Arizona State McKale Center Tucson, Arizona 77-72 20-8 11-3 |- !colspan=12 style=Arizona Wildcats| NCAA Tournament |- March 13, 1976 yes yes 18 Georgetown ASU Activity Center Tempe, Arizona Quarterfinals 83-76 21-8 March 18, 1976 yes yes 18 UNLV 3 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California Sweet Sixteen 114-109 OT 22-8 March 20, 1976 yes yes 18 UCLA 5 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California Elite Eight 66-82 22-9 |- AP Poll Mountain Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/arizona/1976-schedule.html 1975-76 Men's Basketball Schedule Sports Reference 31 December 2020 en Rankings 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP 0 15 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 10 11 11 16 Player statistics +Individual player statistics (final)ScoringTotal FGsFree-throwsReboundsPlayerGPPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotPF Bob Elliott3359518.022540655.4%14522564.4%34186 Al Fleming3352716.020735458.5%11315274.3%329108 Jim Rappis3238312.016535446.6%537174.6%6582 Herman Harris3334610.816235845.3%224252.4%12071 Gilbert Myles292739.410524243.4%638177.8%5973 Len Gordy332016.18018244.0%415969.5%15654 Phil Taylor311986.48715855.1%244158.5%16056 Gary Harrison23924.04010338.8%121963.2%2616 Jerome Gladney24542.3184639.1%183158.1%7225 Sylvester Maxey12110.93650.0%5683.3%111 Bob Aleksa1280.73650.0%2633.3%72 Larry Demic740.62728.6%00 -51Tim Marshall1040.421020.0%0100.0%45Tom Ehlmann231.500 -3475.0%01Brian Jung630.51250.0%1250.0%40Ron Fuller122.011100.0%00 -00Mitch Jones200.00300.0%00 -01Total 33 2704 81.9 1101 2238 49.2% 502 740 67.8% 1475 592 Legend  GP  Games played  GS  Games started Avg  Average per game  FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts  FT Free-throws made FTAFree-Throw attempts   PFPersonal fouls  TO Turnovers Source References Arizona Category:Arizona Wildcats men's basketball seasons Arizona Arizona Wildcats men's basketball Arizona Wildcats men's basketball