1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1975–76 Iowa Hawkeyes Big Ten Conference Big Ten 19–10 9-9 Lute Olson 2nd Jim Rosborough Scott Thompson Iowa Field House(Capacity: 13,365) The 1975–76 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 2nd season at the school, and played their home games at the Iowa Field House. They finished the season 19–10 overall and 9–9 in Big Ten play. Roster 1975 Iowa Hawkeyes men's y Kirk Speraw y 3 G 6 0 Fr Sioux City, Iowa Cal Wulfsberg 10 G 6 3 Jr Dick Peth y 20 G 6 2 Fr Tomah, Wisconsin William Mayfield Bill Mayfield y 24 F 6 7 205 Fr Detroit, Michigan Dan Frost 30 F 6 7 Sr Long Beach, California Scott Thompson y basketball coach 34 G 6 3 Sr Moline, Illinois Archie Mays   G Sr Dayton, Ohio Clay Hargrave 44 F 6 4 Fr Iowa City, Iowa Mike Gatens 50 C 6 9 Sr Bruce "Sky" King 54 FC 6 8 Jr Dayton, Ohio Lute Olson Jim Rosborough Schedule/results no yes yes no |- !colspan=8| Non-conference regular season |- 11/29/1975 yes Augustana (SD) Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 111-81The Daily Iowan Hawks impressive against Augustana 8 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1975/di1975-12-01.pdf December 1, 1975 April 30, 2017 8,400 1-0 12/3/1975 yes Nebraska Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA Rivalry 72-65 2-0 12/6/1975 yes Northeast Louisiana Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 97-87The Daily Iowan Cagers to play in Peoria after sub-par act wins 8 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1975/di1975-12-08.pdf December 8, 1975 April 30, 2017 10,800 3-0 12/8/1975 yes yes Bradley Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL 100-96The Daily Iowan Hawkeyes wow them in Peoria 10 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1975/di1975-12-09.pdf December 9, 1975 April 30, 2017 Chicago Tribune Bradley bows to Hawkeyes http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/12/09/page/49/article/bradley-bows-to-hawkeyes December 9, 1975 April 30, 2017 4-0 12/12/1975 yes yes Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA Rivalry 91-77The Daily Iowan Mays and Gatens leading Hawkeye victory streak 8 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1975/di1975-12-15.pdf December 15, 1975 April 30, 2017 5-0 12/20/1975 yes U.S. International Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 67-52Des Moines Register Frost's 29 lift Hawks, 67-52 37 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/127976277/ December 21, 1975 April 30, 2017 6-0 12/23/1975 yes Drake Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 77-73 7-0 12/27/1975 yes yes Holy Cross Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 98-75 8-0 12/29/1975 yes yes Arizona Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 82-80 9-0 12/30/1975 yes yes USC Honolulu International Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic 73-81 9-1 |- !colspan=8| Big Ten Conference Season |- 1/3/1976 yes Illinois Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 84-60 10-1 1-0 1/5/1976 yes Michigan State Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI 88-105 10-2 1-1 1/10/1976 yes Minnesota 17 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN 71-68The Daily Iowan Cagers hold back Minnesota charge 10 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-01-12.pdf January 12, 1976 April 30, 2017 13,364 11-2 2-1 1/17/1976 yes Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI 81-71The Daily Iowan Hawks steal cage show; face Northwestern tonight 10 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-01-19.pdf January 19, 1976 April 30, 2017 12-2 3-1 1/19/1976 yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL 92-99 OTThe Daily Iowan Iowa loses in overtime, 99-92 8 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-01-20.pdf January 20, 1976 April 30, 2017 12-3 3-2 1/24/1976 Ohio State Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 78-67 13-3 4-2 1/26/1976 Indiana 1 Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 73-88The Daily Iowan No. 1 Hoosiers show Hawks why 1 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-01-27.pdf January 27, 1976 April 30, 2017 13,395 13-4 4-3 1/31/1976 yes Michigan 15 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI 95-104The Daily Iowan Michigan guns down Hawkeyes 10 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-02-02.pdf February 2, 1976 April 30, 2017 13-5 4-4 2/2/1976 yes Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN 76-91 13-6 4-5 2/7/1976 Minnesota Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 65-58The Daily Iowan 'Not a pretty ball game' 9 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-02-09.pdf February 9, 1976 April 30, 2017 14-6 5-5 2/10/1976 yes yes Drake Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA 71-65The Daily Iowan Cagers stave off Drake 8 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-02-11.pdf February 11, 1976 April 30, 2017 11,850 15-6 5-5 2/14/1976 Wisconsin Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 96-82The Daily Iowan Hawkeyes stroll past Wisconsin 10 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-02-16.pdf February 16, 1976 April 30, 2017 16-6 6-5 2/16/1976 Northwestern Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 81-68The Daily Iowan Routine win for UI cagers 8 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-02-17.pdf February 17, 1976 April 30, 2017 10,561 17-6 7-5 2/21/1976 yes Ohio State St. John Arena Columbus, OH 69-66 18-6 8-5 2/23/1976 yes Indiana 1 Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN 81-101The Daily Iowan Buckner leads Hoosiers past Hawkeyes, 101-81 1 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-02-24.pdf February 24, 1976 April 30, 2017 17,691 18-7 8-6 2/28/1976 Michigan 13 Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 74-88The Daily Iowan Michigan runs past cagers 7 https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1976/di1976-03-01.pdf March 1, 1976 April 30, 2017 13,276 18-8 8-7 3/1/1976 Michigan State Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 88-93 18-9 8-8 3/3/1976 Purdue Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 78-94 18-10 8-9 3/6/1976 yes Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 82-70 19-10 9-9 AP Poll Rankings 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References 2 Iowa Category:Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball seasons Hawkeyes Hawkeyes