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1976–77 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
1976–77 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–14 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Henson (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Tony Yates (3rd season); Bill Molinari (1st season); Les Wothke (2nd season);
MVP	Audie Matthews
Captain	Audie Matthews
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	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 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.

Regular season

The 1976-77 team would include Lou Henson's first group of recruited athletes. Levi Cobb, Neil Bresnahan, and Steve Lanter contributed to a quick start on the season and a 7-1 record. The team's only loss was by 1 point at the hands of Missouri in the Show Me Classic played in Columbia, MO. Before the Big Ten season commenced the Illini had staked themselves to an 8-4 record, yet the fans support still did not yet believe in Henson's squad.

A mere 6,938 fans attended a mid-December Saturday afternoon game versus Arizona State. Even with fewer fans coming out, the team set a series of offensive records in the Big Ten opener against Ohio State. The records included converting on 19 of their first 21 shots and shooting 69.4 percent for the game.

During the course of the season the Illini would lose twice to the Golden Gophers, however, before the NCAA Tournament it was determined that Minnesota had committed violations that resulted in sanctions against them, including the forfeiture of all of their games. This gave the Illini two additional wins and a final record of 16-14, with an 8-10 conference mark.

The team's starting lineup included Rick Leighty, Ken Ferdinand and Levi Cobb as forwards, Audie Matthews and Steve Lanter at the guard positions, and Rich Adams playing center.

Roster

1976–77 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	10	Rick Kirby	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Urbana High School	Urbana, Illinois
F	12	Ken Ferdinand	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Urbana High School	Urbana, Illinois
G	20	Jeff Berry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Morgan Park High School	Chicago, Illinois
G	21	Steve Lanter	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Fr	Mascoutah Community High School	Belleville, Illinois
G	23	Larry Lubin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	New Trier High School	Glencoe, Illinois
F	24	Tom Gerhardt	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	De La Salle High School	Chicago, Illinois
G	30	Rob Judson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Zion-Benton High School	Zion, Illinois
F	31	Neil Bresnahan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Fenwick High School	Oak Park, Illinois
F	32	Levi Cobb	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Morgan Park High School	Chicago, Illinois
G/F	34	Rick Leighty	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Lawrenceville High School	Lawrenceville, Illinois
F	40	Rich Adams	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Colerain High School	Cincinnati, Ohio
G/F	42	Tim Bushell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Lincoln Community High School	Lincoln, Illinois
G/F	44	Audie Matthews (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Bloom High School	Chicago Heights, Illinois
G	50	Jeff Carter	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	St. Ignatius High School	Chicago, Illinois
G	52	Matt Meyer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	Forman High School	Manito, Illinois

Head coach

Lou Henson (New Mexico State University) (2nd year)

Assistant coach(es)

Tony Yates (University of Cincinnati) (3rd year)
Les Wothke (Greenville University) (2nd year)
Bill Molinari (Illinois Wesleyan University) (1st year)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference regular season
11/26/1976* no, no	at St. Louis	W 68-65	1 - 0	Kiel Auditorium (9,148) St. Louis, MO
12/3/1976* no, no	at Missouri Show Me Classic	L 75-76	1 - 1	Hearnes Center (5,227) Columbia, MO
12/4/1976* no, no	St. Louis Show-Me Classic	W 54-46	2 - 1	Hearnes Center (5,227) Columbia, MO
12/8/1976* no, no	San Jose State	W 84-70	3 - 1	Assembly Hall (6,113) Champaign, IL
12/11/1976* no, no	Nebraska	W 67-63	4 - 1	Assembly Hall (7,055) Champaign, IL
12/13/1976* no, no	Cleveland State Illini Classic	W 72-70	5 - 1	Assembly Hall (5,389) Champaign, IL
12/17/1976* no, no	Cal Poly Illini Classic	W 67-65	6 - 1	Assembly Hall (5,489) Champaign, IL
12/18/1976* no, no	Arizona State	W 80-74	7 - 1	Assembly Hall (6,938) Champaign, IL
12/27/1976* no, no	Houston Rainbow Classic	L 66-69	7 - 2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (-) Honolulu, HI
12/29/1976* no, no	William & Mary Rainbow Classic	W 73-64	8 - 2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (-) Honolulu, HI
12/30/1976* no, no	St. John's Rainbow Classic	L 52-56	8 - 3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center (1,849) Honolulu, HI
1/1/1977* no, no	at Long Beach State	W 81-71	8 - 4	Gold Mine (4,030) Long Beach, CA
Big Ten regular season
1/6/1977 no, no	at Ohio State	W 89-72	9 - 4 (1 - 0)	St. John's Arena (6,907) Columbus, OH
1/8/1977 no, no	at Indiana Rivalry	L 60-80	9 - 5 (1 - 1)	Assembly Hall (16,497) Bloomington, IN
1/13/1977 no, no	No. 9 Minnesota	L 69-83	10 - 5 (2 - 1)	Assembly Hall (7,689) Champaign, IL
1/15/1977 no, no	Iowa Rivalry	L 81-84 ^ot	10 - 6 (2 - 2)	Assembly Hall (7,246) Champaign, IL
1/20/1977 no, no	at Michigan State	L 58-67	10 - 7 (2 - 3)	Jenison Fieldhouse (3,417) East Lansing, MI
1/22/1977 no, no	at No. 5 Michigan	L 61-66	10 - 8 (2 - 4)	Crisler Arena (13,609) Ann Arbor, MI
1/24/1977 no, no	Northwestern Rivalry	W 71-68	11 - 8 (3 - 4)	Assembly Hall (5,810) Champaign, IL
1/29/1977 no, no	at No. 18 Purdue	L 63-66	11 - 9 (3 - 5)	Mackey Arena (12,800) West Lafayette, IN
2/3/1977 no, no	Wisconsin	W 82-72	12 - 9 (4 - 5)	Assembly Hall (6,144) Champaign, IL

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