1976–77 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1976–77 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
SEC Co-Champions
NCAA Tournament, Regional Final
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 3
Record	26–4 (16–2 SEC)
Head coach	Joe B. Hall (5th season)
Captain	Merion Haskins Larry Johnson
Home arena	Rupp Arena

1976–77 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Kentucky	16	–	2		.889			26	–	4		.867
No. 15 Tennessee	16	–	2		.889			22	–	6		.786
No. 11 Alabama	14	–	4		.778			25	–	6		.806
Florida	10	–	8		.556			17	–	9		.654
LSU	8	–	10		.444			15	–	12		.556
Mississippi State	6	–	12		.333			14	–	13		.519
Auburn	6	–	12		.333			13	–	13		.500
Vanderbilt	6	–	12		.333			10	–	16		.385
Ole Miss	5	–	13		.278			11	–	16		.407
Georgia	3	–	15		.167			9	–	18		.333
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976–77 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky in the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the first season Kentucky played in Rupp Arena.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
November 27, 1976*	No. 6	Wisconsin	W 72–64		–	–	–
December 2, 1976*	No. 5	TCU	W 103–53		–	–	–
December 6, 1976*	No. 5	at No. 4 Indiana Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 66–51		–	–	–	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
December 11, 1976*	No. 4	Kansas	W 90–63		–	–	–	Rupp Arena  Lexington, KY
December 13, 1976*	No. 4	at South Carolina	W 98–67		–	–	–
December 17, 1976*	No. 3	Bowling Green UK Invitation Tournament	W 77–59		–	–	–
December 18, 1976*	No. 3	Utah UK Invitation Tournament	L 68–70		–	–	–
December 30, 1976*	No. 6	vs. No. 2 Notre Dame	W 102–78		–	–	–	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
January 3, 1977	No. 6	Georgia	W 64–59 OT		–	–	–
January 8, 1977	No. 3	at Vanderbilt	W 64–62		–	–	–
January 12, 1977	No. 2	Tennessee	L 67–71 OT		–	–	–
January 15, 1977	No. 2	at Auburn	W 75–68		–	–	–
January 17, 1977	No. 2	at Florida	W 73–71		–	–	–
January 22, 1977	No. 6	LSU	W 87–72		–	–	–
January 24, 1977	No. 6	Ole Miss	W 100–73		–	–	–
January 29, 1977	No. 6	at No. 3 Alabama	W 87–85		–	–	–
January 31, 1977	No. 6	at Mississippi St	W 92–85		–	–	–
February 5, 1977	No. 3	Vanderbilt	W 113–73		–	–	–
February 7, 1977*	No. 3	vs. Florida St	W 97–57		–	–	–	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
February 12, 1977	No. 3	Auburn	W 89–82		–	–	–
February 14, 1977	No. 3	Florida	W 104–78		–	–	–
February 19, 1977	No. 2	at LSU	W 90–76		–	–	–
February 21, 1977	No. 2	at Ole Miss	W 81–69		–	–	–
February 26, 1977	No. 2	No. 8 Alabama	W 85–70		–	–	–
February 28, 1977	No. 2	Mississippi St	W 77–64		–	–	–
March 5, 1977	No. 2	at No. 11 Tennessee	L 79–81		–	–	–
March 7, 1977	No. 2	Georgia	W 72–54		–	–	–
March 12, 1977*	No. 3	vs. Princeton NCAA Tournament • First round	W 72–58		–	–	–	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
March 17, 1977*	No. 3	vs. No. 20 VMI NCAA Tournament • East Regional semifinal	W 93–78		–	–	–	Cole Field House  College Park, MD
March 19, 1977*	No. 3	vs. No. 5 North Carolina NCAA Tournament • East Regional Final	L 72–79		–	–	–	Cole Field House  College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.