1975–76 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 1975–76 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1975-76 college basketball season.

1975–76 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten
Record	16–11 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Schaus (4th season)
Captains	Mike Steele Gerald Thomas
Home arena	Mackey 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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 19*		Athletes in Action Exhibition	W 99–80		Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
November 29*		Xavier	W 81–64	1-0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 4*		Rutgers	L 73–81	1-1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 6*		West Virginia	W 90–79	2-1	WVU Coliseum  Morgantown, WV
December 10*		San Diego State	L 79–81	2-2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 13*		vs. Providence	L 59–66	2-3	Indianapolis, IN
December 22*		California	W 97–79	3-3	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
December 29*		vs. Saint Louis Bruin Classic	W 80–77	4-3	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
December 30*		at No. 4 UCLA Bruin Classic	L 86–99	4-4	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, CA
January 3		at No. 16 Minnesota	W 111–110 2OT	5-4 (1-0)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
January 5*		at Butler	W 81–57	6-4	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
January 10		Wisconsin	W 87–72	7-4 (2-0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 12		Northwestern	W 91–81	8-4 (3-0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 17		at Ohio State	W 84–80	9-4 (4-0)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
January 19		No. 1 Indiana Indiana–Purdue rivalry	L 67–71	9-5 (4-1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
January 24		No. 17 Michigan	L 80–84	9-6 (4-2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 26		Michigan State	L 65–66	9-7 (4-3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
January 31		at Illinois	L 63–71	9-8 (4-4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
February 2		Iowa	W 91–76	10-8 (5-4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 7		at Wisconsin	W 85–74	11-8 (6-4)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
February 9		at Northwestern	W 86–58	12-8 (7-4)	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
February 14		Ohio State	W 98–73	13-8 (8-4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 16		No. 1 Indiana Indiana-Purdue rivalry	L 71–74	13-9 (8-5)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
February 21		at No. 15 Michigan	L 81–92	13-10 (8-6)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
February 23		at Michigan State	L 76–89	13-11 (8-7)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
February 28		Illinois	W 81–62	14-11 (9-7)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
March 3		at Iowa	W 94–78	15-11 (10-7)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
March 6		Minnesota	W 94–87 OT	16-11 (11-7)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Personnel

• Starting Lineup: F Jordan, F Walls, C Scheffler, G Parker, G Macy