1976–77 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

1976–77 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Pac-8 champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePacific-8
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 2
Record24–5 (11–3, 1st Pac-8)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPauley Pavilion
1976–77 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 UCLA113 .786245  .828
Oregon95 .6431910  .655
Washington State86 .571198  .704
Washington86 .5711710  .630
Oregon State86 .5711613  .552
California77 .5001215  .444
Stanford311 .2141116  .407
USC212 .143620  .231
As of April 15, 1977
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976–77 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1976–77 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 Oregon, and also lost at Washington.

Ranked second and 23–4 overall, 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 final poll. In the West Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen) at Provo, Utah, the Bruins were upset by a point by unranked Idaho State. Failing to make the Final Four broke a record streak of these appearances going back to 1966.

Senior forward Marques Johnson was a consensus All-American.