1976 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament

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.

1976 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament
Teams28
Finals siteReading, Pennsylvania
ChampionsScranton Royals (1st title)
Runner-upWittenberg Tigers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBob Bessoir (Scranton)
MOPJack Maher (Scranton)
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«1975 1977»

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

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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