The 1975–76 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Coached by fourth year head coach Fred Snowden and led by junior center Bob Elliott, the Wildcats made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 25 seasons (and second appearance all-time), advancing to the Elite Eight. The Wildcats played their home games for the fourth season at the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona competing as members of the Western Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 1974–75 season 22-7 overall, 9-5 in WAC play to finish in 3rd place in the conference, a three-win improvement from the season before. While beginning the season ranked pre-season #15, the team finished the season unranked and failed to make a postseason appearance for the 24th consecutive season.
Roster
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Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA Tournament
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Rankings
Player statistics +Individual player statistics (final)ScoringTotal FGsFree-throwsReboundsPlayerGPPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotPF Bob Elliott3359518.022540655.4%14522564.4%34186 Al Fleming3352716.020735458.5%11315274.3%329108 Jim Rappis3238312.016535446.6%537174.6%6582 Herman Harris3334610.816235845.3%224252.4%12071 Gilbert Myles292739.410524243.4%638177.8%5973 Len Gordy332016.18018244.0%415969.5%15654 Phil Taylor311986.48715855.1%244158.5%16056 Gary Harrison23924.04010338.8%121963.2%2616 Jerome Gladney24542.3184639.1%183158.1%7225 Sylvester Maxey12110.93650.0%5683.3%111 Bob Aleksa1280.73650.0%2633.3%72 Larry Demic740.62728.6%00 -51Tim Marshall1040.421020.0%0100.0%45Tom Ehlmann231.500 -3475.0%01Brian Jung630.51250.0%1250.0%40Ron Fuller122.011100.0%00 -00Mitch Jones200.00300.0%00 -01Total 33 2704 81.9 1101 2238 49.2% 502 740 67.8% 1475 592 Legend GP Games played GS Games started Avg Average per game FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts FT Free-throws made FTAFree-Throw attempts PFPersonal fouls TO Turnovers Source
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