The 1975–76 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the

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for the

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. Led by fifth-year head coach

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, the Huskies were members of the

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and played their home games on campus at

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. The Huskies were overall in the regular season and in conference play, fourth in the standings. In their final three games, all on the road, the eighth-ranked Huskies defeated #17 but then lost at

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and

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. Washington made the 32-team NCAA Tournament as an at-large team, their first appearance in 23 years. The NCAA announced the selections prior to the end of the regular two days before the Huskies' loss to the rival Cougars in Pullman. Oregon was seeded into the quarterfinals of the twelve-team NIT, while OSU and WSU stayed home. The eleventh-ranked Huskies met #10

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in the first round in

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, and lost by two points. Despite this close loss, the final AP poll dropped them out of the top twenty; they ended at , but on a three-game losing streak. (Missouri also fell in that poll, four slots to fourteenth.) The next NCAA tournament appearance for Washington was eight years away.

Postseason result

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References

External links

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