1976–77 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team


The 1976–77 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the NCAA Division I men's basketball season. In his second and final year as head coach, Gene Bartow and the Bruins began the season ranked fourth in the AP Poll and won the Pac-8 regular season with an 11–3 record. The Bruins were swept by and also lost
Ranked second and 23–4 UCLA accepted a bid to the NCAA tournament; they defeated fourteenth-ranked Louisville in the first round in Pocatello, Idaho, and remained at second in the In the West Regional semifinals at Provo, Utah, the Bruins were upset by a point by unranked Failing to make the Final Four broke a record streak of these appearances going back to 1966.
Senior forward Marques Johnson was a consensus

Starting lineup

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style=|Regular Season
!colspan=12 style="background:#;"| NCAA Tournament
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