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1976–77 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

1976–77 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball

Big Ten Conference
12–15 (9–9 Big Ten)
Jud Heathcote (1st season)
Don Monson
Vernon Payne
Robert Chapman
Jenison Fieldhouse

The 1976–77 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by Jud Heathcote in his first year as head coach of the Spartans. MSU finished the season 10–17, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place.

Due to forfeits related to NCAA sanctions to Minnesota for improper selling of tickets, MSU's official record for the season is 12–15, 9–9.

The Spartans finished the 1975–76 season 14–13, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. The season marked the last season for Gus Ganakas as Spartan head coach.

1976–77 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
12	Terry Donnelly	G	FR	6–2	7.9	1.9
15	Ron Charles	F	FR	6–7	2.5	1.9
21	Donald Flowers	G	JR	6–1	0.0	0.0
22	Nate Phillips	G	JR	6–4	0.7	0.7
23	Kevin Vandenbussche	G	SR	6–4	0.4	0.8
24	Herbert Drayton	G	SR	6–4	0.3	0.3
25	Alfred Brown	F	SO	6–6	1.3	1.6
32	Greg Kelser	F	SO	6–5	21.7	10.8
33	Edgar Wilson	F	SR	6–5	9.2	4.7
34	Ricky Nash	F	JR	6–4	0.0	0.4
41	Dan Riewald	F	SR	6–5	0.2	0.7
42	Tanya Webb	C	SO	6–7	3.9	3.1
44	Robert Chapman	G	SR	6–2	5.9	3.1
45	James Coutre	C	JR	6–9	5.9	5.4
52	Les DeYoung	C	JR	6–9
	Mike Longaker	G	FR	6–1	0.2	0.0

Source

Datetime, TV	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Nov 29, 1976*	at Central Michigan	L 76–81	0–1	Rose Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
Dec 4, 1976*	Western Michigan	L 73–74	0–2	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 6, 1976*	No. 9 North Carolina	L 58–81	0–3	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 11, 1976*	Eastern Michigan	W 54–52 OT	1–3	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 15*	Detroit Mercy	L 94–99	1–4	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 18, 1976*	at Canisius	W 82–59	2–4	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY
Dec 18, 1976*	NC State	W 78–60	3–4	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1976*	vs. Holy Cross Gator Bowl Tournament semifinals	L 61–70	3–5	Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL
Dec 30, 1976*	vs. Jacksonville Gator Bowl Tournament third place game	L 63–65	3–6	Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL
Jan. 6, 1977	Wisconsin	W 84–61	4–6(1–0)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 8, 1977	Northwestern	L 68–70	4–7(1–1)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 15, 1977	No. 6 Michigan Rivalry	L 70–83	4–8(1–2)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 17, 1977	at Indiana	W 61–60	5–8(2–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Jan 20, 1977	Illinois	W 67–58	6–8(3–2)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 22, 1977	No. 19 Purdue	L 70–76	6–9(3–3)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Jan 24, 1977	at No. 11 Minnesota	L 70–75	6–10(3–4)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Jan 27, 1977	at Northwestern	L 58–66	6–11(3–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Jan 29, 1977	at Wisconsin	L 83–87	6–12(3–6)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
Feb 5, 1977	Indiana	L 79–81	6–13(3–7)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 7, 1977	at Iowa	L 79–87	6–14(3–8)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
Feb 12, 1977	at Ohio State	W 71–67	7–14(4–8)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
Feb 17, 1977	No. 12 Minnesota	L 77–99	7–15(4–9)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 19, 1977	Iowa	W 81–79	8–15(5–9)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Feb 26, 1977	at No. 3 Michigan Rivalry	L 65–69	8–16(5–10)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 28, 1977	Ohio State	W 80–79	9–16(6–10)	Jenison Field House East Lansing, MI
Mar 3, 1977	at Purdue	L 69–78	9–17(6–11)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Mar 5, 1977	at Illinois	W 62–61	10–17(7–11)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Source

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