#1976 michigan basketball roster free

That season, Hubbard set the current school single-season total rebound record of 389, surpassing M. The team was led by Consensus second team All-Americans Ricky Green and Phil Hubbard. Assistants: Jim Boyce, Dan Fife, Bill Frieder.In the game against the Detroit Titans on March 17, Hubbard totaled 26 rebounds, which is an NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament single-game record (since 1973). The team then fell to the Charlotte 49ers 75–68. In the 32-team 1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Michigan reached the elite eight in the Mideast region by defeating the Holy Cross Crusaders 92–81 and the Detroit Titans 86–81. Green had 7 steals on November 27, 1976, against Western Kentucky, which remains unsurpassed in school history. The team totaled 17 steals on February 26, 1977, as both Rickey Green and Hubbard had 6 against Michigan State, which lasted as a school record until December 3, 1994.

#1976 michigan basketball roster free

The team's 21 for 22 performance on February 17 against Indiana was the school free throw percentage record until February 21, 1987. In 1980, Mike McGee would play 54 minutes in a game. On December 29, 1976, Hubbard became the first Wolverine to play 50 minutes in a game against Providence. The team also ended the season ranked atop the final UPI Coaches' Poll. The team began and ended the season ranked number one in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll and was ranked all seventeen weeks, including eight at number one. As a team, they led the conference in scoring offense with an 83.2 average in conference games as well as scoring margin with a 9.4 average. Steve Grote and John Robinson served as team captains, while Phil Hubbard earned team MVP.

The team earned the last of four consecutive NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament invitations. Under the direction of head coach Johnny Orr, the team won the Big Ten Conference Championship. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. The 1976–77 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1976–77 season. *Minnesota forfeited all games due to NCAA sanctions.