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1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

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1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record14–13 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
CaptainTerry Furlow
Home arenaJenison Fieldhouse
Seasons
1975–76 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Indiana 18 0   1.000 32 0   1.000
No. 9 Michigan 14 4   .778 25 7   .781
Purdue 11 7   .611 16 11   .593
Michigan State 10 8   .556 14 13   .519
Iowa 9 9   .500 19 10   .655
Minnesota 8 10   .444 16 10   .615
Illinois 7 11   .389 14 13   .519
Northwestern 7 11   .389 12 15   .444
Wisconsin 4 14   .222 10 16   .385
Ohio State 2 16   .111 6 20   .231
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by Gus Ganakas in his seventh and final year as head coach of the Spartans. MSU finished the season 14–13, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place.

Ganakas was fired as head coach after the season due, in part to the walk-out of black players in 1975 and as part of an athletic department purge.[1] Ganakas would continue as an assistant athletic director for MSU until 1998.[2]

Previous season

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The Spartans finished the 1974–75 season 17–9, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place.

Roster and statistics

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1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No Name Pos Year Height Pts Reb Ast
12 Milt Wiley G FR 5–11 1.6 0.3 1.0
15 Kevin Vandenbussche G JR 6–4 0.2 0.2 0.4
21 Paul Stoll G JR 6–2 0.0 0.0 0.0
22 Lovelle Rivers C SR 6–5 1.3 2.8 0.3
23 Benny White G SR 5–9 6.3 1.9 3.9
24 Cedric Milton C SR 6–9 6.5 5.3 0.8
25 Terry Furlow F SR 6–5 29.4 7.7 3.2
32 Greg Kelser F FR 6–6 11.7 9.5 1.2
33 Edgar Wilson F JR 6–5 7.7 5.4 1.6
34 Ricky Nash F SO 6–4 0.9 1.3 0.1
41 Dan Riewald F JR 6–5 1.5 1.2 0.3
42 Tanya Webb F FR 6–8 1.5 1.1 0.0
44 Robert Chapman G JR 6–2 14.6 3.5 2.0
45 David Jordan F SO 6–5
52 Patrick Holewinski C SR 6–10 0.6 0.0 0.3

Source[3][4]

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Dec 1, 1975*
Central Michigan W 69–61  1–0
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 6, 1975*
at Eastern Michigan L 79–85  1–1
Bowen Field House 
Ypsilanti, MI
Dec 8, 1975*
Canisius W 83–68  2–1
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Dec 13, 1975*
at Western Michigan L 68–78  2–2
University Arena 
Kalamazoo, MI
Dec 20, 1975*
at No. 9 NC State L 75–84  2–3
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
Dec 22, 1975*
at Detroit Mercy L 82–85  2–4
Calihan Hall 
Detroit, MI
Dec 29, 1975*
vs. Southern Miss
VCU Invitational semifinals
W 89–77  3–4
Franklin Street Gym 
Richmond, VA
Dec 30, 1975*
at VCU
VCU Invitational championship
L 75–80  3–5
Franklin Street Gym 
Richmond, VA
Big Ten regular season
Jan 3, 1976
at Wisconsin L 63–70  3–6
(0–1)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
Jan 5, 1976
Iowa W 105–88  4–6
(1–1)
Jennison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 8, 1976
at Northwestern L 89–105  4–7
(1–2)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
Jan 10, 1976
Ohio State W 92–82  5–7
(2–2)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 12, 1976
No. 1 Indiana L 57–69  5–8
(2–3)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Jan 17, 1976
at No. 16 Michigan
Rivalry
L 63–66  5–9
(2–4)
Crisler Arena 
Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 24, 1976
at Illinois W 74–63  6–9
(3–4)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, IL
Jan 24, 1976
at Purdue W 66–65  7–9
(4–4)
Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
Jan 31, 1976
Minnesota W 75–63  8–9
(5–4)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 2, 1976
Northwestern W 91–71  9–9
(6–4)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 7, 1976
at Ohio State W 83–82  10–9
(7–4)
St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
Feb 9, 1976
at No. 1 Indiana L 70–85  10–10
(7–5)
Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
Feb 14, 1976
No. 16 Michigan
Rivalry
L 64–81  10–11
(7–6)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, Mi
Feb 21, 1976
Illinois W 69–59  11–11
(8–6)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 23, 1976
Purdue W 89–76  12–11
(9–6)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
Feb 28, 1976
at Minnesota L 61–71  12–12
(9–7)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
Mar 1, 1976
at Iowa W 93–88  13–12
(10–7)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, IA
Mar 6, 1976
Wisconsin L 82–86  13–13
(10–8)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Source[5][4]

Awards and honors

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  • Terry Furlow – All-Big Ten First Team
  • Terry Furlow – Big Ten Scoring Champion (31.0 ppg in-conference)

References

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  1. ^ "Former Michigan State basketball coach Jud Heathcote dies at age 90". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Michigan State Radio | Spartan Sports Network | Big Ten Radio". www.spartansportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "1975–76 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "16-17 Michigan State Spartans" (PDF). Michigan State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "1975-76 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".