- Scranton Royals (2nd Final Four)
- Hamline Pipers (1st Final Four)
Winning coach | Larry Hunter (Wittenberg) |
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MOP | Rick White (Wittenberg) |
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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.
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
| First round | | | Regional Championship | | | | | | | | | | | | | UMass Boston | 83 | | | | | Suffolk | 73 | | | | UMass Boston | 95 | | | | | | | | Brandeis | 69 | | | Brandeis | 67 | | | | Worcester State | 65 | | | Regional Third-place | | | | | Suffolk | 81 | | | | Worcester State | 79 | | | First round | | | Regional Championship | | | | | | | | | | | | | Oneonta State | 71 | | | | | Stony Brook | 65 | | | | Oneonta State | 47 | | | | | | | | Albany (NY) | 46 | | | Albany (NY) | 75 | | | | Ithaca | 58 | | | Regional Third-place | | | | | Stony Brook | 74 | | | | Ithaca | 63 | |
| First round | | | Regional Championship | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hamline | 44 | | | | | Beloit | 42 | | | | Hamline | 53 | | | | | | | | Central (IA) | 50 | | | Central (IA) | 73 | | | | Augustana (IL) | 69 | | | Regional Third-place | | | | | Beloit | 68 | | | | Augustana (IL) | 78 | | |
National finals
| National quarterfinals | | | National semifinals | | | National championship | |
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| Oneonta State | 72 | | | |
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| UMass Boston | 61 | |
| | Oneonta State | 61 | |
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| | | Hamline | 56 | |
| Hamline | 82 | |
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| Nebraska Wesleyan | 60 | |
| | Oneonta State | 66 | |
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| | | Wittenberg | 79 | |
| Scranton | 78 | | |
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| William Paterson | 69 | |
| | Scranton | 52 | | | National third-place game |
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| | | Wittenberg | 53* | |
| Rose–Hulman | 57 | | | Hamline | 59 |
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| Wittenberg | 71 | | | Scranton | 60 |
See also
References
- ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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