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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.
Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 6th year. 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 ...
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]
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.
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
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 ...
Two teams from the same conference played in the NCAA championship game for the first time, when Big Ten Conference members Indiana and Michigan met on March 29, 1976. [ 3 ] Bob Knight of Indiana became the first head coach to win the NCAA championship after playing for an NCAA championship team.
Bender has the distinction of being the only individual to play on two teams in two NCAA Championship games. He was a freshman on Bob Knight's undefeated 1976 Indiana team and played point guard at Duke from 1977 to 1980, including an appearance in the title game against Kentucky .