1976–77 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1976–77 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
Record	19–9 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Schaus (5th season)
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 1975–76 1977–78 →

1976–77 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Michigan	16	–	2	.889	26	–	4	.867
Purdue	14	–	4	.778	20	–	8	.714
Iowa	12	–	6	.667	20	–	7	.741
Indiana	11	–	7	.611	16	–	11	.593
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	12	–	15	.444
Illinois	8	–	10	.444	16	–	14	.533
Wisconsin	7	–	11	.389	11	–	16	.407
Northwestern	7	–	11	.389	9	–	18	.333
Ohio State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	16	.407
No. 13 Minnesota*	0	–	18	.000	0	–	27	.000

Rankings from AP Poll *Minnesota forfeited all games due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (15–3, 24–3)

The 1976–77 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1976-77 college basketball season.

Roster

1976–77 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	22	Joe Barry Carroll	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Denver, Colorado
F	34	Walter Jordan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr	Fort Wayne, Indiana

Head coach

Fred Schaus

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference Regular season
Nov 26, 1976*	at No. 13 Alabama	L 80–97	0–1	Memorial Coliseum Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Nov 29, 1976*	at Miami (OH)	L 67–69	0–2	Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio
Dec 1, 1976*	Butler	W 77–56	1–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 4, 1976*	at Providence	W 68–62	2–2	Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 7, 1976*	Indiana State	W 82–68	3–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 11, 1976*	No. 14 Louisville	W 72–70	4–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 22, 1976*	No. 14 Arizona	L 76–85	4–3	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 29, 1976*	vs. Georgetown ECAC Holiday Festival	W 83–65	5–3	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Dec 30, 1976*	at Manhattan ECAC Holiday Festival	W 70–60	6–3	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Big Ten Regular season
Jan 6, 1977	at Indiana	W 80–63	7–3 (1–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
Jan 8, 1977	at Ohio State	W 82–65	8–3 (2–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
Feb 26, 1977	at Iowa	W 81–70	18–7 (12–4)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 3, 1977	Michigan State	W 78–69	19–7 (13–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 5, 1977	No. 3 Michigan	L 79–84	19–8 (13–5)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
NCAA tournament
Mar 12, 1977*	vs. No. 4 North Carolina	L 66–69^[1]	19–9	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

^[2]

References

^ "Providence, Arkansas Absorb Regional Defeats". The New York Times. March 13, 1977. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
^ ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. pp. 836–837. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

v t e Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 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 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics