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.
Teams | 28 | ||||
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Finals site | Reading, Pennsylvania | ||||
Champions | Scranton Royals (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Wittenberg Tigers (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Bob Bessoir (Scranton) | ||||
MOP | Jack Maher (Scranton) | ||||
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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
Regional No. 1
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Regional No. 2
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Regional No. 3
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Regional No. 4
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Regional No. 5
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Regional No. 6
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Midwest - Rock Island, Illinois
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Championship Rounds
- Site: Reading, Pennsylvania
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
- "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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