1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1975–75 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.

1975–76 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1975–76 record14–13 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
CaptainTerry Furlow
Home arenaJenison Fieldhouse
1975–76 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 Indiana180 1.000  320  1.000
No. 9 Michigan144 .778  257  .781
Purdue117 .611  1611  .593
Michigan State108 .556  1413  .519
Iowa99 .500  1910  .655
Minnesota810 .444  1610  .615
Illinois711 .389  1413  .519
Northwestern711 .389  1215  .444
Wisconsin414 .222  1016  .385
Ohio State216 .111  620  .231
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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

Roster and statistics

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

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
Illniois 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][6]

Awards and honors

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

References

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