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 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.

Schedule
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!colspan=12 style="background:#;"| NCAA Tournament

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