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The 1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University Bloomington and were the winners of the NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, the school's third national championship. The Hoosiers included three All-Americans and were led by head coach Bob Knight , in his fifth year, to an undefeated 32–0 record.
The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Coming off an undefeated season (32–0), the Hoosiers faced a disappointing season by completing the regular season with an overall record of 16–11 and a conference record of 11–7, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference.
William Quinn Buckner (born August 20, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiate basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers, and won a national championship in 1976. He was a captain of both the last undefeated NCAA Division I basketball champion and the 1976 Olympics gold medal team.
Johnny Orr, who was in his eighth season with the team, was Michigan's head coach in 1975–76. The Wolverines reached the 1975 NCAA Tournament, but were eliminated in their first game. [10] Michigan had three future NBA players on its roster. Guard Rickey Green was the team's leading scorer with an average of 19.9 points per game. [11]
After taking the job at Indiana, his teams won three NCAA championships, one National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship, and 11 Big Ten Conference championships. [3] His 1975–76 team won the 1976 NCAA tournament, and is the last men's team in Division I college basketball to go undefeated during an entire season (32–0). They remain ...
It proved the jumping-off point for the 1975-76 team that went 32-0, the last college basketball team to finish undefeated. Bob Knight's legacy is complex: But he made Hoosiers proud, and they ...
Coach Years Win–loss Win % Conference Titles NCAA Tourn. Appearances NCAA Titles James H. Horne: 1901: 1–4.200: 0 – – Phelps Darby: 1902: 4–4.500: 0 – – Willis Coval
Indiana's success helped the team move up two spots in this week's USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll to No. 16. The Hoosiers had the same ranking in this week's AP Poll .