| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1975-76 |
| Prev Year: | 1974-75 |
| Next Year: | 1976-77 |
| Team: | Arizona Wildcats |
| Conference: | Western Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | WAC |
| Coachrank: | 12 |
| Aprank: | 15 |
| Record: | 22–9 |
| Conf Record: | 11–3 |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Ken Maxey |
| Asst Coach2: | Dave Toney |
| Asst Coach3: | Steve Kanner |
| Ac1 Year: | 3rd |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Champion: | WAC Champions |
| Bowl Result: | Elite Eight |
The 1975–76 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 1975-76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Coached by fourth year head coach Fred Snowden and led by junior center Bob Elliott, the Wildcats made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 25 seasons (and second appearance all-time), advancing to the Elite Eight. The Wildcats played their home games for the fourth season at the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona competing as members of the Western Athletic Conference.
The Wildcats finished the 1974-75 season 22-7 overall, 9-5 in WAC play to finish in a 3rd place in the conference, a three win improvement from the season before. While beginning the season ranked pre-season #15, the team finished the season unranked and failed to make a postseason appearance for the 24th consecutive season.[1]
|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| NCAA Tournament|-|-Source[4]
See also: 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.
| Scoring | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | GP | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | PF | |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Bob Elliott | 33 | 595 | 18.0 | 225 | 406 | 55.4% | 145 | 225 | 64.4% | 341 | 86 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Al Fleming | 33 | 527 | 16.0 | 207 | 354 | 58.5% | 113 | 152 | 74.3% | 329 | 108 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Jim Rappis | 32 | 383 | 12.0 | 165 | 354 | 46.6% | 53 | 71 | 74.6% | 65 | 82 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Herman Harris | 33 | 346 | 10.8 | 162 | 358 | 45.3% | 22 | 42 | 52.4% | 120 | 71 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Gilbert Myles | 29 | 273 | 9.4 | 105 | 242 | 43.4% | 63 | 81 | 77.8% | 59 | 73 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Len Gordy | 33 | 201 | 6.1 | 80 | 182 | 44.0% | 41 | 59 | 69.5% | 156 | 54 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Phil Taylor | 31 | 198 | 6.4 | 87 | 158 | 55.1% | 24 | 41 | 58.5% | 160 | 56 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Gary Harrison | 23 | 92 | 4.0 | 40 | 103 | 38.8% | 12 | 19 | 63.2% | 26 | 16 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Jerome Gladney | 24 | 54 | 2.3 | 18 | 46 | 39.1% | 18 | 31 | 58.1% | 72 | 25 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Sylvester Maxey | 12 | 11 | 0.9 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | 5 | 6 | 83.3% | 1 | 11 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Bob Aleksa | 12 | 8 | 0.7 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | 2 | 6 | 33.3% | 7 | 2 |
| style=white-space:nowrap | Larry Demic | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 7 | 28.6% | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 1 |
| Tim Marshall | 10 | 4 | 0.4 | 2 | 10 | 20.0% | 0 | 1 | 00.0% | 4 | 5 | |
| Tom Ehlmann | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 4 | 75.0% | 0 | 1 | |
| Brian Jung | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 4 | 0 | |
| Ron Fuller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Jones | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 00.0% | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 33 | 2704 | 81.9 | 1101 | 2238 | 49.2% | 502 | 740 | 67.8% | 1475 | 592 | |
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | Avg | Average per game |
| FG | Field-goals made | FGA | Field-goal attempts | FT | Free-Throws made |
| FTA | Free-Throw attempts | PF | Personal fouls | TO | Turnovers |