====== 1975-76 Season ======
The 1975-76 UMass [[names#athletic_mascot_name_history|Minutemen]] basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts.  The Head Coach was [[leaman_jack|Jack Leaman]].  The team played its home games primarily in the [[Curry Hicks Cage]] in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was a member of the [[Yankee Conference]].  This was UM's final season in the Yankee.

The season represented the 67th season of basketball in the school's history.

  * **Final Record:** 21-6
  * **Conference Record:** 11-1 (First place)
  * **Postseason:** 0-2 in ECAC Tournament

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|  [[season_1974-75|1974-75]]  |  [[season_1976-77|1976-77]]  |

===== Scoreboard =====
Available on our older page: https://umasshoops.com/games/1970s.htm#5-6%20Scoreboard

===== Statistics =====
Select stats per UMass media guide.
^Leader^PPG^RPG^APG^FG%^FT%^
|Mike Pyatt|15.6|6.4|1.4|.500|.671|
|Mark Donoghue|15.5|8.5|1.0|.515|.651|
|Jim Town|14.9|12.4|1.7|.522|.698|
|Derick Claiborne|11.0|2.3|3.0|.512|.781|
|Alex Eldridge|10.5|2.4|4.0|.543|.651|

From Sports-Reference: [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/massachusetts/men/1976.html|UMass]], [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/yankee/men/1976.html|Yankee Conference]]

===== Roster =====
<!-- Source https://umassathletics.com/sports/2016/7/1/sports-m-baskbl-archive-011010abs-html which have been known to have occasional errors. -->
<sortable>
^No.^Name^Yr.^Pos.^Ht.^Wt.^Hometown / High School / Last School^
|22|Joe Artime|Sr.|G|6-2|189|Bronx, N.Y. / All Hallows|
|20|Derick Claiborne|So.|G|6-2|165|New York, N.Y. / Taft|
|50|Mark Donoghue|Jr.|C|6-8|212|Greenfield, Mass. / Greenfield|
|24|Alex Eldridge|So.|G|6-2|190|New York, N.Y. / Taft|
|54|Arnold Johnson|Sr.|C|6-6|200|Boston, Mass. / English|
|12|Brad Johnson|Fr.|F|6-4|180|New York, N.Y. / Newark Academy|
|52|Len Kohlhaas|Fr.|C|6-9|225|Walpole, N.H. / Fall Mountain Reg.|
|40|James Maguire|Fr.|F|6-4|190|Bennington, Vt. / Mt. Anthony|
|42|Steve Mayfield|Jr.|F|6-7|210|Delmar, N.Y./ Bethlehem Cent.|
|30|Mike Pyatt|So.|F|6-5|186|New York, N.Y. / Bishop Dubois|
|14|Chuck Stevesky|So.|G|6-4|175|Auburn, N.Y. / Auburn|
|10|Mike Stokes|Sr.|G|5-9|155|Philadelphia, Pa. / West Philadelphia|
|44|Jim Town|Jr.|F|6-7|215|Glens Falls, N.Y. / Glens Falls|
|33|Eric Williams|Fr.|F|6-5|185|South Orange, N.J. / Newark Academy|
</sortable>

{{tag>"1975-76 season" "Work in Progress"}}