1976-77 Marquette Golden Eagles Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-7 Overall W-L adjusted to 26-6 (Independent)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Al McGuire

PS/G: 70.5 (188th of 249)

PA/G: 59.4 (2nd of 249)

SRS: 16.67 (6th of 244)

SOS: 6.51 (17th of 244)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Midwest First Round (66-51) versus Cincinnati
Won Midwest Regional Semifinal (67-66) versus Kansas State
Won Midwest Regional Final (82-68) versus Wake Forest
Won National Semifinal (51-49) versus Charlotte
Won National Final (67-59) versus North Carolina

NCAA Champion

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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
Marquette	2	2	2	2	6	12	12	11	8	9	6	9	9	18	19	16	7

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	Mon, Dec 6, 1976	REG		Western Michigan	MAC	-0.22	W	78	53		1	0	W 1	MECCA Arena
2	Wed, Dec 8, 1976	REG	@	Florida	SEC	11.79	W	64	61		2	0	W 2	Florida Gymnasium
3	Sat, Dec 11, 1976	REG		Penn State	ECBL	-3.70	W	79	49		3	0	W 3	MECCA Arena
4	Sat, Dec 18, 1976	REG		Louisville (17)	Metro	15.24	L	75	78		3	1	L 1	MECCA Arena
5	Tue, Dec 21, 1976	REG		Minnesota (20)	Big Ten	17.53	L	59	66		3	2	L 2	MECCA Arena
6	Mon, Dec 27, 1976	REG		Clemson (10)	ACC	19.00	W	67	49		4	2	W 1	MECCA Arena
7	Tue, Dec 28, 1976	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	2.17	W	64	57		5	2	W 2	MECCA Arena
8	Fri, Dec 31, 1976	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	-0.34	W	66	53		6	2	W 3	Welsh-Ryan Arena
9	Mon, Jan 3, 1977	REG		Georgia Tech	Metro	3.48	W	63	45		7	2	W 4	MECCA Arena
10	Sat, Jan 8, 1977	REG		South Carolina	Ind	4.18	W	65	54		8	2	W 5	MECCA Arena
11	Tue, Jan 11, 1977	REG	@	Air Force	Ind	-4.83	W	74	56		9	2	W 6	Clune Arena
12	Sun, Jan 16, 1977	REG		Notre Dame (19)	Ind	16.09	W	78	69		10	2	W 7	MECCA Arena
13	Tue, Jan 18, 1977	REG	@	Drake	MVC	1.75	W	62	60		11	2	W 8	Veterans Memorial Auditorium
14	Sat, Jan 22, 1977	REG		Xavier	Ind	-9.18	W	85	43		12	2	W 9	MECCA Arena
15	Sat, Jan 29, 1977	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	5.13	W	85	64		13	2	W 10	Alumni Hall
16	Sun, Feb 6, 1977	REG	@	Cincinnati (12)	Metro	11.41	L	62	63		13	3	L 1	Riverfront Coliseum
17	Wed, Feb 9, 1977	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	-1.95	W	81	71		14	3	W 1	MECCA Arena
18	Sat, Feb 12, 1977	REG		Manhattan	NJNY7	-0.33	W	86	60		15	3	W 2	MECCA Arena
19	Mon, Feb 14, 1977	REG		DePaul	Ind	5.13	L	72	77		15	4	L 1	MECCA Arena
20	Wed, Feb 16, 1977	REG		Detroit Mercy (15)	Ind	8.85	L	63	64		15	5	L 2	MECCA Arena
21	Sat, Feb 19, 1977	REG		Wichita State	MVC	3.17	L	64	75		15	6	L 3	MECCA Arena
22	Mon, Feb 21, 1977	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2.17	W	73	58		16	6	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
23	Sat, Feb 26, 1977	REG	@	Virginia Tech	Ind	6.90	W	75	70		17	6	W 2	Cassell Coliseum
24	Mon, Feb 28, 1977	REG	@	Tulane	Metro	-4.24	W	63	44		18	6	W 3	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
25	Sat, Mar 5, 1977	REG	@	Creighton	MVC	6.00	W	72	60		19	6	W 4	Omaha Civic Auditorium
26	Sun, Mar 6, 1977	REG	@	Michigan (3)	Big Ten	16.61	L	68	69		19	7	L 1	Crisler Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 12, 1977	NCAA	N	Cincinnati (11)	Metro	11.41	W	66	51		20	7	W 1	Omaha Civic Auditorium
28	Thu, Mar 17, 1977	NCAA	N	Kansas State (16)	Big 8	12.65	W	67	66		21	7	W 2	Cox Center
29	Sat, Mar 19, 1977	NCAA	N	Wake Forest (9)	ACC	13.09	W	82	68		22	7	W 3	Cox Center
30	Sat, Mar 26, 1977	NCAA	N	Charlotte (17)	Sun Belt	12.14	W	51	49		23	7	W 4	The Omni
31	Mon, Mar 28, 1977	NCAA	N	North Carolina (5)	ACC	20.78	W	67	59		24	7	W 5	The Omni