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.

1977 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament
Teams30
Finals site Rock Island, Illinois
ChampionsWittenberg Tigers (1st title)
Runner-upOneonta State Red Dragons (1st title game)
Semifinalists
  • Scranton Royals (2nd Final Four)
  • Hamline Pipers (1st Final Four)
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«1976 1978»

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.

Regional Rounds

Championship Rounds

  Quarterfinals Semifinals 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 Third-place
Wittenberg 53*
Rose–Hulman 57 Hamline 59
Wittenberg 71 Scranton 60

See also

  • 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  • 1977 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

References

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