1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

1977 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament

Teams	30
Finals site	, Rock Island, Illinois
Champions	Wittenberg Tigers (1st title)
Runner-up	Oneonta State Red Dragons (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Scranton Royals (2nd Final Four) Hamline Pipers (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Larry Hunter (Wittenberg)
MOP	Rick White (Wittenberg)
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.

Bracket

Regionals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Championship       Nebraska Wesleyan 84 Bishop (TX) 83

National finals

• Site: Rock Island, Illinois

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National 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			National third-place game
						Wittenberg		53*
	Rose–Hulman		57								Hamline		59
	Wittenberg		71								Scranton		60

See also

• 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
• 1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
• 1977 NAIA basketball tournament

References

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