1976 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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1976 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
NCAA 70s logo.svg
Teams28
Finals site Reading, Pennsylvania
Champions Scranton Royals (1st title)
Runner-up Wittenberg Tigers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Bob Bessoir (Scranton)
MOPJack Maher (Scranton)
Attendance4,000 (Championship game)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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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.

Contents

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.

Bracket

Regionals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
Rhode Island College 80
Plattsburgh State91
Plattsburgh State 58
Wittenberg71
Wittenberg101
Miles 75
Wittenberg 57
Scranton60*
Scranton94
Shepherd 78
Scranton76National third-place game
Augustana (IL) 65
Plattsburgh State 69
Augustana (IL)93

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References

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