1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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1977 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
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Teams30
Finals site Rock Island, Illinois
Champions Wittenberg Tigers (1st title)
Runner-up Oneonta State Red Dragons (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Larry Hunter (Wittenberg)
MOPRick White (Wittenberg)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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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.

Contents

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.

Bracket

Regionals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
Oneonta State72
UMass Boston 61
Oneonta State61
Hamline 56
Hamline82
Nebraska Wesleyan 60
Oneonta State 66
Wittenberg79
Scranton78
William Paterson 69
Scranton 52 National third-place game
Wittenberg53*
Rose–Hulman 57 Hamline 59
Wittenberg71Scranton60

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References

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