1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–15 (7–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tex Winter (3rd season)
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan Arena

1975–76 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Indiana	18	–	0		1.000			32	–	0		1.000
No. 9 Michigan	14	–	4		.778			25	–	7		.781
Purdue	11	–	7		.611			16	–	11		.593
Michigan State	10	–	8		.556			14	–	13		.519
Iowa	9	–	9		.500			19	–	10		.655
Minnesota	8	–	10		.444			16	–	10		.615
Illinois	7	–	11		.389			14	–	13		.519
Northwestern	7	–	11		.389			12	–	15		.444
Wisconsin	4	–	14		.222			10	–	16		.385
Ohio State	2	–	16		.111			6	–	20		.231
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1975–76 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 15 Tony Allen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Chicago, Illinois F 45 Pete Boesen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Park Ridge, Illinois F 24 Randy Carroll 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Atlanta, Georgia F 31 Brad Cartwright 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Morton Grove, Illinois G 30 Jim Endsley 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin G 22 Bill Fenlon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Atlanta, Georgia F 54 Dave Fields 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Wyandotte, Michigan F 10 Hilton Hale 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Columbus, Ohio G 25 Bob Hildebrand 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Glen Ellyn, Illinois F 20 David Hiser 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Bloomington, Illinois C 53 Bob Klaas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Palos Heights, Illinois G 14 Jerry Marifke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Milwaukee, Wisconsin G 30 Billy McKinney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Zion, Illinois G 42 Dick Milam 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Lebanon, Indiana F 44 Bob Svete 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So North Chicago, Illinois G 43 Tim Teasley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Detroit, Michigan F 40 Dennis Trompeter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Peru, Illinois C 52 Chris Wall 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Wilmette, Illinois C 55 Jim Wallace 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Detroit, Michigan F 34 Chris Winter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Evanston, Illinois	Head coach Tex Winter Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*		at Nebraska	L 68–79	0–1	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, Nebraska
December 1*		No. 7 Kentucky	W 89–77	1–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
December 6*		Ohio	W 88–62	2–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
December 9*		at Valparaiso	W 98–77	3–1	Hilltop Gym  Valparaiso, Indiana
December 18*		DePaul	L 57–65	3–2	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
December 20*		at No. 3 Marquette	L 53–75	3–3	MECCA Arena  Milwaukee, WI
December 26*		vs. Oregon State	W 72–67	4–3
December 29*		vs. No. 13 Washington	L 57–70	4–4
December 30*		vs. Duquesne	W 78–71	5–4
January 3		No. 17 Michigan	L 72–82	5–5 (0–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
January 5		at No. 1 Indiana	L 61–78	5–6 (0–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
January 8		Michigan State	W 105–89	6–6 (1–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
January 10		at Illinois	L 55–61	6–7 (1–3)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
January 12		at Purdue	L 81–91	6–8 (1–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
January 17		Minnesota	W 85–77	7–8 (2–4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
January 19		Iowa	W 99–92	8–8 (3–4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
January 24		Wisconsin	W 62–60	9–8 (4–4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
January 31		at Ohio State	L 69–83	9–9 (4–5)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
February 2		at Michigan State	L 71–91	9–10 (4–6)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, Michigan
February 7		Illinois	L 55–61	9–11 (4–7)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
February 9		Purdue	L 58–86	9–12 (4–8)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
February 14		at Minnesota	W 75–69	10–12 (5–8)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 16		at Iowa	L 68–81	10–13 (5–9)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, Iowa
February 21		at Wisconsin	W 90–77	11–13 (6–9)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
February 28		Ohio State	W 88–78	12–13 (7–9)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
March 1		No. 1 Indiana	L 63–76	12–14 (7–10)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
March 6		No. 11 Michigan	L 77–80	12–15 (7–11)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.