1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
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.
Teams | 30 | ||||
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Finals site | Rock Island, Illinois | ||||
Champions | Wittenberg Tigers (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Oneonta State Red Dragons (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Larry Hunter (Wittenberg) | ||||
MOP | Rick White (Wittenberg) | ||||
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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
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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
References
- "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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