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1976-77 Detroit Mercy Titans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-4 Overall W-L adjusted to 26-3 (Independent)

Rank: 12th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dick Vitale

PS/G: 90.7 (6th of 249)

PA/G: 73.9 (116th of 249)

SRS: 8.85 (36th of 244)

SOS: -1.91 (155th of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (93-76) versus Middle Tennessee
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (86-81) versus Michigan

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AP Poll Summary

1976-77 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/29	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/7	Final
Detroit Mercy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	15	16	15	17	12

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 27, 1976	REG		Eastern Michigan	MAC	-7.29	W	80	62		1	0	W 1	Calihan Hall
2	Sat, Dec 4, 1976	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	17.53	L	80	104		1	1	L 1	Calihan Hall
3	Thu, Dec 9, 1976	REG	@	Cleveland State	Ind	-9.15	W	78	66		2	1	W 1	Woodling Gym
4	Wed, Dec 15, 1976	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	4.83	W	99	94		3	1	W 2	Jenison Field House
5	Sat, Dec 18, 1976	REG		Arizona (8)	WAC	12.56	W	70	68		4	1	W 3	Calihan Hall
6	Mon, Dec 27, 1976	REG		Centenary (LA)	Ind	-6.22	W	79	74		5	1	W 4	Calihan Hall
7	Tue, Dec 28, 1976	REG		Kent State	MAC	-6.01	W	81	79		6	1	W 5	Calihan Hall
8	Mon, Jan 3, 1977	REG	@	Buffalo	Ind	-18.72	W	103	74		7	1	W 6	Erie Community College Gym
9	Sat, Jan 8, 1977	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-9.48	W	115	77		8	1	W 7	Calihan Hall
10	Wed, Jan 12, 1977	REG		Iona	Ind	-3.93	W	92	67		9	1	W 8	Calihan Hall
11	Sat, Jan 15, 1977	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	5.41	W	65	63		10	1	W 9	University of Dayton Arena
12	Tue, Jan 18, 1977	REG	@	Saint Peter's	Ind	-1.16	W	70	68		11	1	W 10	Yanitelli Center
13	Wed, Jan 19, 1977	REG	@	St. Francis (NY)	Ind	-10.74	W	85	81		12	1	W 11	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex
14	Sat, Jan 22, 1977	REG		Canisius	Ind	-19.34	W	110	72		13	1	W 12	Calihan Hall
15	Wed, Feb 2, 1977	REG	@	Eastern Michigan	MAC	-7.29	W	87	82		14	1	W 13	Bowen Field House
16	Sat, Feb 5, 1977	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	-9.18	W	85	76		15	1	W 14	Schmidt Fieldhouse
17	Wed, Feb 9, 1977	REG		St. Bonaventure	Ind	7.25	W	78	62		16	1	W 15	Calihan Hall
18	Mon, Feb 14, 1977	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-0.22	W	86	64		17	1	W 16	Calihan Hall
19	Wed, Feb 16, 1977	REG	@	Marquette (9)	Ind	16.67	W	64	63		18	1	W 17	MECCA Arena
20	Sat, Feb 19, 1977	REG	@	Duquesne	ECBL	-1.71	L	88	95		18	2	L 1	Civic Arena
21	Thu, Feb 24, 1977	REG		Marshall	Southern	-6.13	W	122	86		19	2	W 1	Calihan Hall
22	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	REG		Xavier	Ind	-9.18	W	91	66		20	2	W 2	Calihan Hall
23	Tue, Mar 1, 1977	REG	@	Loyola (IL)	Ind	-1.95	L	71	79		20	3	L 1	Alumni Gym
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
24	Sun, Mar 13, 1977	NCAA	N	Middle Tennessee	OVC	-0.81	W	93	76		21	3	W 1	Maravich Assembly Center
25	Thu, Mar 17, 1977	NCAA	N	Michigan (1)	Big Ten	16.61	L	81	86		21	4	L 1	Rupp Arena