1976 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1976 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Dates December 1976
Teams 8
Champions Stanford (1st title)
Runners-up UCLA (5th title game)
Third place UC Irvine
Fourth place UC Santa Barbara
Matches played 12
Goals scored 252 (21 per match)
Attendance 3,050 (254 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Dave Breen, Arizona (17)
Best player Chris Dorst, Stanford
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1977 →

The 1976 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the eighth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1976.[1]

Stanford defeated UCLA in the final, 13–12, to win their first national title.

The leading scorer for the tournament was Dave Breen from Arizona (17 goals). Chris Dorst, from Stanford, was named the Most Outstanding Player. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of seven players, was also named.

Qualification

Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.

Team Appearance Previous
Arizona 2nd 1975
Loyola–Chicago 2nd 1972
Pittsburgh 1st Never
Stanford 5th 1975
Texas A&M 1st Never
UC Irvine 8th 1975
UC Santa Barbara 6th 1974
UCLA 8th 1975

Bracket

  Fifth place Consolation semifinals First round Championship semifinals Championship
                                               
    Stanford 9  
    Arizona 8  
  Arizona 14       Stanford 7  
  Loyola–Chicago 6       UC Santa Barbara 6  
  UC Santa Barbara 13
    Loyola–Chicago 5  
  Arizona 12       Stanford 13
  Texas A&M 9       UCLA 12
    UCLA 18  
      Texas A&M 3  
Texas A&M 21       UCLA 14
  Seventh place     Pittsburgh 13       UC Irvine 9     Third place
  Loyola–Chicago 12   UC Irvine 18   UC Santa Barbara 7
  Pittsburgh 11     Pittsburgh 4     UC Irvine (2OT) 8

All-tournament team

  • Chris Dorst, Stanford (Most outstanding player)
  • Rob Arnold, Stanford
  • Rick Johannsen, Stanford
  • Drew McDonald, Stanford
  • Boyd Philpot, UC Irvine
  • John Stephens, UCLA
  • Joe Vargas, UCLA

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Water Polo Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
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