1976 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

  • Augustana (IL) Vikings (2nd Final Four)
  • Plattsburgh State Cardinals (1st Final Four)
Winning coachBob Bessoir (Scranton)MOPJack Maher (Scranton)Attendance4,000 (Championship game)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«1975 1977»

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.

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

First round Regional Championship
      
Rhode Island College 87
UMass Boston 65
Rhode Island College 89
SE Massachusetts 87
SE Massachusetts 79
Suffolk 76 Regional Third-place
UMass Boston 108
Suffolk 101


First round Regional Championship
      
Plattsburgh State 68
RPI 65
Plattsburgh State 83
CCNY 81
CCNY 94
RIT 69 Regional Third-place
RPI 74
RIT 81

First round Regional Championship
      
Wittenberg 88
Oberlin 66
Wittenberg 61
Ashland 49
Ashland 75
Hiram 74 Regional Third-place
Oberlin 80
Hiram 77


First round Regional Championship
      
Miles 79
Sewanee 71
Miles 87
Transylvania 85
Transylvania 112
LeMoyne–Owen 92 Regional Third-place
Sewanee 86
LeMoyne–Owen 73

First round Regional Championship
      
Widener 65
Mansfield State 54
Scranton 70
Widener 65
Scranton 68
Grove City 45 Regional Third-place
Mansfield State 73
Grove City 59


First round Regional Championship
      
Shepherd 77
Glassboro State 62
Shepherd 79
Monmouth 71
Monmouth 97
Lynchburg 73 Regional Third-place
Glassboro State 82
Lynchburg 62

First round Regional Championship
      
Augustana (IL) 83
Cornell College 77
Augustana (IL) 79
Coe 70
Coe 70
Simpson 62 Regional Third-place
Cornell College 88
Simpson 96


National finals

National quarterfinals National semifinals National 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 National third-place game
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.