1976 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament

1976 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament
Teams 28
Finals site Reading, PA
Champions Scranton (1st title)
Runner-up Wittenberg (1st title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«1975 1977»

The 1976 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the second annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, held during March 1976.

The tournament field included 28 teams, a decrease of two from 1975, and the national championship rounds were contested in Reading, Pennsylvania.[1]

Scranton defeated Wittenberg, 60–57 (in overtime), to win their first national championship.

Regional Rounds

Regional No. 1

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Rhode Island College 87  
  UMass Boston 65    
      Rhode Island College 89
      SE Massachusetts 87
  SE Massachusetts 79    
  Suffolk 76   Regional Third-place
 
UMass Boston 108
  Suffolk 101

Regional No. 2

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Plattsburgh State 68  
  RPI 65    
      Plattsburgh State 83
      CCNY 81
  CCNY 94    
  RIT 69   Regional Third-place
 
RPI 74
  RIT 81

Regional No. 3

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Wittenberg 88  
  Oberlin 66    
      Wittenberg 61
      Ashland 49
  Ashland 75    
  Hiram 74   Regional Third-place
 
Oberlin 80
  Hiram 77

Regional No. 4

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Miles 79  
  Sewanee 71    
      Miles 87
      Transylvania 85
  Transylvania 112    
  LeMoyne–Owen 92   Regional Third-place
 
Sewanee 86
  LeMoyne–Owen 73

Regional No. 5

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Widener 65  
  Mansfield State 54    
      Scranton 70
      Widener 65
  Scranton 68    
  Grove City 45   Regional Third-place
 
Mansfield State 73
  Grove City 59

Regional No. 6

  First round     Regional Championship
                 
  Shepherd 77  
  Glassboro State 62    
      Shepherd 79
      Monmouth 71
  Monmouth 97    
  Lynchburg 73   Regional Third-place
 
Glassboro State 82
  Lynchburg 62

Regional No. 7

  First round     Regional Championship
                 
  Augustana (IL) 83  
  Cornell College 77    
      Augustana (IL) 79
      Coe 70
  Coe 70    
  Simpson 62   Regional Third-place
 
Cornell College 88
  Simpson 96

Championship Rounds

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Rhode Island College 80
Plattsburgh State 91
Plattsburgh State 58
Wittenberg 71
Wittenberg 101
Miles 75
Wittenberg 57
Scranton 60*
Scranton 94
Shepherd 78
Scranton 76 Third-place
Augustana (IL) 65
  Plattsburgh State 69
  Augustana (IL) 93

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division III Men’s Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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