1976 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1976 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Puget Sound (1st title)
Runner-Up	Chattanooga (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Eastern Illinois (1st Final Four) Old Dominion (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach	Don Zech (Puget Sound (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player	Curt Peterson Puget Sound
Attendance	70,149
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments «1975  1977»

The 1976 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1975-6 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Puget Sound and Puget Sound's Curt Peterson was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Regional participants 2 Regionals 3 National Finals 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources

Regional participants

School Outcome Eastern Illinois Regional Champion Evansville Runner-up St. Joseph's (IN) Fourth Place Wright State Third Place

School Outcome Chattanooga Regional Champion Florida Tech Fourth Place Rollins Third Place Valdosta State Runner-up

School Outcome Cal Poly Pomona Third Place Cal State Bakersfield Runner-up Puget Sound Regional Champion UC Davis Fourth Place

School Outcome Baltimore Runner-up James Madison Fourth Place Morgan State Third Place Old Dominion Regional Champion

School Outcome Assumption Runner-up Bentley Third Place Bridgeport Regional Champion Quinnipiac Fourth Place

School Outcome Grambling State Runner-up Lincoln (MO) Third Place Missouri-Rolla Fourth Place Nicholls State Regional Champion

School Outcome Green Bay Runner-up Minnesota State Third Place Nebraska-Omaha Fourth Place North Dakota Regional Champion

School Outcome Buffalo State Third Place Cheyney Regional Champion Hartwick Fourth Place Philadelphia U Runner-up

*denotes tie

Regionals

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Evansville		85
	Wright State		75
						Evansville		73
						Eastern Illinois		75
	Eastern Illinois		65
	St. Joseph's (IN)		56

• Third Place - Wright State 72, St. Joseph's 68

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Bridgeport		93
	Bentley		86
						Bridgeport		86
						Assumption		84
	Assumption		64
	Quinnipiac		60

• Third Place - Bentley 83, Quinnipiac 77

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Vadosta State		95
	Florida Tech		82
						Valdosta State		66
						Chattanooga		86
	Chattanooga		86
	Rollins		62

• Third Place - Rollins 101, Florida Tech 91

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Nicholls State		97
	Lincoln (MO)		79
						Nicholls State		90
						Grambling		89
	Grambling		67
	Missouri-Rolla		61

• Third Place - Lincoln 86, Missouri-Rolla 84*

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Puget Sound		80
	Cal Poly Pomona		65
						Puget Sound		75
						Cal State Bakersfield		65
	Cal State Bakersfield		87
	UC Davis		65

• Third Place - Cal Poly Pomona 84, UC Davis 82*

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	North Dakota		86*
	Nebraska-Omaha		74
						North Dakota		65
						Green Bay		61
	Green Bay		72**
	Minnesota State		67

• Third Place - Minnesota State 95, Nebraska-Omaha 73

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Baltimore		85
	Morgan State		65
						Baltimore		58
						Old Dominion		73
	Old Dominion		86
	James Madison		77

• Third Place - Morgan State 86, James Madison 81

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Philaelphia U		89
	Buffalo State		69
						Philadelphia U		59
						Cheyney		60
	Cheyney		73*
	Hartwick		72

• Third Place - Buffalo State 69, Hartwick 67

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		Eastern Illinois	81
		Bridgeport	66
							Eastern Illinois	84
							Chattanooga	93
		Chattanooga	107
		Nicholls State	78
												Chattanooga	74
												Puget Sound	83
		Puget Sound	80
		North Dakota	77
							Puget Sound	83
							Old Dominion	78
		Old Dominion	90
		Cheyney	85

• Third Place - Eastern Illinois 78, Old Dominion 74

*denotes each overtime played

See also

• 1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1976 National Invitation Tournament
• 1976 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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