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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UCLA 11 3   .786 24 5   .828
Oregon 9 5   .643 19 10   .655
Washington State 8 6   .571 19 8   .704
Washington 8 6   .571 17 10   .630
Oregon State 8 6   .571 16 13   .552
California 7 7   .500 12 15   .444
Stanford 3 11   .214 11 16   .407
USC 2 12   .143 6 20   .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.