1975–76 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

The 1975–76 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1975–76 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 19–10 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with a 7–5 record. They were the champions of the postseason ECAC tournament. They made it to the sweet sixteen in the 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and were led by seventh-year head coach Dee Rowe.^[1][2]

1975–76 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
ECAC Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	19–10 (7–5 YC)
Head coach	Dee Rowe (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Steven F. Bell Dom Perno
Home arena	Hugh S. Greer Field House Hartford Civic Center
Seasons ← 1974–75 1976–77 →

1975–76 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Massachusetts	11	–	1		.917			21	–	6		.778
Connecticut	7	–	5		.583			19	–	10		.655
Rhode Island	7	–	5		.583			14	–	12		.538
Vermont	6	–	6		.500			15	–	10		.600
Maine	5	–	7		.417			14	–	11		.560
New Hampshire	3	–	9		.250			8	–	18		.308
Boston University	3	–	9		.250			7	–	19		.269

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/28/1975*		vs. Manhattan Lapchick Memorial Classic	L 83–99	0–1	Carnesecca Arena  Jamaica, NY
11/29/1975*		vs. Colgate Lapchick Memorial Classic	W 62–52	1–1	Carnesecca Arena  Jamaica, NY
12/3/1975*		Canisius	W 83–69	2–1	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
12/6/1975*		Yale	W 71–59	3–1	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
12/9/1975		Boston University	W 95–78	4–1 (1–0)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
12/13/1975*		at Rutgers	L 83–96	4–2	College Avenue Gymnasium  New Brunswick, NJ
1/2/1976*		Boston College	L 83–94	4–3	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, CT
1/6/1976		Vermont	L 85–86 ^OT	4–4 (1–1)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
1/9/1976*		Columbia UConn Classic	W 98–69	5–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
1/10/1976*		American UConn Classic	W 83–70	6–4	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
1/13/1976*		at George Washington	L 92–106	6–5	Charles E. Smith Center  Washington, D.C.
1/17/1976		at Maine	W 83–69	7–5 (2–1)	Memorial Gymnasium  Orono, ME
1/21/1976*		Manhattan	W 84–66	8–5	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
1/24/1976		at Rhode Island	L 60–63	8–6 (2–2)	Keaney Gymnasium  Kingston, RI
1/28/1976*		at Holy Cross	W 73–69	9–6	Hart Center  Worcester, MA
1/31/1976		at Massachusetts	W 72–66	10–6 (3–2)	Curry Hicks Cage  Amherst, MA
2/4/1976		Boston University	W 78–70	11–6 (4–2)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
2/7/1976		Massachusetts	L 73–86	11–7 (4–3)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
2/12/1976*		vs. Lafayette	W 86–79	12–7	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
2/14/1976		at Vermont	W 78–71	13–7 (5–3)	Patrick Gym  Burlington, VT
2/19/1976		Maine	L 63–64	13–8 (5–4)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
2/21/1976		at New Hampshire	L 82–85 ^OT	13–9 (5–5)	Lundholm Gym  Durham, NH
2/26/1976		New Hampshire	W 99–54	14–9 (6–5)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
2/28/1976		Rhode Island	W 76–66	15–9 (7–5)	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
3/2/1976*		at Fairfield	W 72–70	16–9	Alumni Hall  Fairfield, CT
ECAC tournament
3/4/1976		vs. Massachusetts Semifinals	W 73–69	17–9	Springfield Civic Center  Springfield, MA
3/6/1976*		vs. Providence Finals	W 87–73	18–9	Springfield Civic Center  Springfield, MA
NCAA tournament
3/13/1976*		vs. Hofstra First Round	W 80–78	19–9	Providence Civic Center  Providence, RI
3/18/1976*		vs. Rutgers Sweet Sixteen	L 79–93	19–10	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[1][3]

References

1. (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
2. Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
3. . UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.