1976–77 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1976–77 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
1976–77 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, East regional semifinals
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 10
1976–77 record	22–7
Head coach	Digger Phelps;
Assistant coach	Danny Nee
Home arena	Joyce Center

The 1976–77 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1976–77 NCAA men's basketball season.

Roster

1976–77 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F/C	45	Dave Batton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Springfield	Springfield, PA
G	12	Rich Branning	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Marina	Huntington Beach, CA
G	10	Jeff Carpenter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Fenwick	Oak Park, IL
G	24	Chris Fabian	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Haddonfield	Haddonfield, NJ
F/C	34	Bruce Flowers	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Berkley	Huntington Woods, MI
F	22	Randy Haefner	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	McNicholas	Milford, OH
G/F	42	Bill Hanzlik	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Beloit	Beloit, WI
G	11	Tim Healy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Cardinal Gibbons	Fort Lauderdale, FL
F/C	43	Toby Knight (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Vandermeulen	Shoreham, NY
G	23	Dave Kuzmicz	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	St. Joseph's	South Bend, IN
G	21	Ray Martin (C)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Mater Christi	Long Island City, NY
F	55	Bill Paterno (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Christian Brothers	Spring Lake, NJ
F	44	Bill Sahm	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Sr	Cathedral	Indianapolis, IN
G	25	Don Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Mackin	Washington, D.C.

Head coach

Digger Phelps

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-Dec-25

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site city, state
November 27	No. 14	at No. 8 Maryland	W 80–79	Cole Field House College Park, MD
December 1		Cal Poly	W 93–67	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 4		Valparaiso	W 93–56	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 7		Northwestern	W 105–78	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 11		at UCLA	W 66–63	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 14		Indiana	W 78–65	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 21		Vermont	W 89–48	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
December 30		at Kentucky	L 72–102	Louisville, KY
January 3		at Princeton	L 62–76	Princeton, NJ
January 5		at Villanova	L 62–64
January 16		at Marquette	L 69–78	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, WI
January 18		Stonehill	W 98–70	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 23		UCLA	L 65–70	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 26		Pittsburgh	W 88–68	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
January 30		Fordham	W 93–71	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 1		Dayton	W 97–64	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 5		at Davidson	W 88–57	Charlotte, NC
February 7		Xavier	W 94–63	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 9		Holy Cross	W 91–73	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 12		South Carolina	W 84–66	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 14		Butler	W 97–74	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
February 17		vs. Manhattan	W 80–76	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 19		at West Virginia	L 68–81	Morgantown, WV
February 23		Loyola (IL)	W 111–86	Chicago, IL
February 26		La Salle	W 113–77	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
March 1		San Francisco	W 93–82	Joyce Center South Bend, IN
March 5		at DePaul	W 76–68
March 17	No. 10	vs. Hofstra NCAA Tournament	W 90–83
March 19	No. 10	vs. No. 5 North Carolina NCAA Tournament	L 77–79
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

[1]

References

. Retrieved 2015-Dec-25.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] . Retrieved 2015-Dec-25.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Venues	Notre Dame Fieldhouse (1898–1968) Joyce Center (1968–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
Culture & lore	Notre Dame Leprechaun Crossroads Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1907 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 UNLV		–		–	29	–	3	.906
No. 6 Syracuse		–		–	26	–	4	.867
No. 12 Detroit		–		–	25	–	4	.862
Old Dominion		–		–	25	–	4	.862
Providence		–		–	24	–	5	.828
Holy Cross		–		–	23	–	6	.793
St. Bonaventure		–		–	23	–	6	.793
No. 7 Marquette		–		–	25	–	7	.781
North Texas State		–		–	21	–	6	.778
Illinois State		–		–	22	–	7	.759
No. 10 Notre Dame		–		–	22	–	7	.759
Oral Roberts		–		–	21	–	7	.750
Army		–		–	20	–	8	.714
Milwaukee		–		–	19	–	8	.704
Georgetown		–		–	19	–	9	.679
Virginia Tech		–		–	19	–	10	.655
James Madison		–		–	17	–	9	.654
Northwestern State		–		–	17	–	9	.654
Texas–Pan American		–		–	17	–	9	.654
Connecticut		–		–	17	–	10	.630
UNC Wilmington		–		–	16	–	10	.615
Portland State		–		–	16	–	10	.615
Iona		–		–	15	–	10	.600
Dayton		–		–	16	–	11	.593
Fairfield		–		–	16	–	11	.593
Georgia Southern		–		–	16	–	11	.593
Richmond		–		–	15	–	11	.577
Saint Francis (PA)		–		–	15	–	11	.577
DePaul		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Northeast Louisiana		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Stetson		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Utah State		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Colgate		–		–	13	–	11	.542
Navy		–		–	13	–	11	.542
Oklahoma City		–		–	14	–	12	.538
South Carolina		–		–	14	–	12	.538
Valparaiso		–		–	13	–	12	.520
Catholic		–		–	13	–	13	.500