1977 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament

1977 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament
Teams 30
Finals site Illinois Rock Island, Illinois
Champions Wittenberg (1st title)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«1976 1978»

The 1977 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, held during March 1977.

The tournament field included 30 teams, an increase of two from 1976, and the national championship rounds were contested in Rock Island, Illinois.[1]

Wittenberg, runners up from 1976, defeated Oneonta State, 79–66, in the championship game to win their first national title.

Regional Rounds

Regional No. 1

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  UMass Boston 83  
  Suffolk 73    
      UMass Boston 95
      Brandeis 69
  Brandeis 67    
  Worcester State 65   Regional Third-place
 
Suffolk 81
  Worcester State 79

Regional No. 2

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Oneonta State 71  
  Stony Brook 65    
      Oneonta State 47
      Albany (NY) 46
  Albany (NY) 75    
  Ithaca 58   Regional Third-place
 
Stony Brook 74
  Ithaca 63

Regional No. 3

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Hamline 44  
  Beloit 42    
      Hamline 53
      Central (IA) 50
  Central (IA) 73    
  Augustana (IL) 69   Regional Third-place
 
Beloit 68
  Augustana (IL) 78

Regional No. 4

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Methodist 85  
  Glassboro State 82    
      Methodist 60
      William Paterson 62
  William Paterson 92    
  Washington and Lee 68   Regional Third-place
 
Glassboro State 103
  Washington and Lee 87

Regional No. 5

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Scranton 59  
  Widener 51    
      Scranton 75
      Albright 60
  Albright 51    
  Franklin & Marshall 49   Regional Third-place
 
Widener 71
  Franklin & Marshall 89

Regional No. 6

  First round     Regional Championship
                 
  Rose–Hulman 85  
  Knoxville 75    
      Rose–Hulman 91*
      Transylvania 85
  Transylvania 85    
  Clark Atlanta 84   Regional Third-place
 
Knoxville 73
  Clark Atlanta 63

Regional No. 7

  First round     Regional Championship
                 
  Ashland 72  
  Muskingum 68    
      Ashland 67
      Wittenberg 69*
  Wittenberg 82    
  Carnegie Mellon 68   Regional Third-place
 
Muskingum 74
  Carnegie Mellon 71

Regional No. 8

Regional Championship
   
Nebraska Wesleyan 84
Bishop (TX) 83

Championship Rounds

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Oneonta State 72
UMass Boston 61
Oneonta State 61
Hamline 56
Hamline 82
Nebraska Wesleyan 60
Oneonta State 66
Wittenberg 79
Scranton 78
William Paterson 69
Scranton 52 Third-place
Wittenberg 53*
Rose–Hulman 57 Hamline 59
Wittenberg 71 Scranton 60

See also

References

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