1976 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament

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.

1976 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament

Teams	28
Finals site	Reading, Pennsylvania
Champions	Scranton Royals (1st title)
Runner-up	Wittenberg Tigers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Augustana (IL) Vikings (2nd Final Four) Plattsburgh State Cardinals (1st Final Four)
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments «1975 1977»

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.

Regional Rounds

Regional No. 1   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

Regional No. 2   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

Regional No. 3   First Round     Regional Championship                     Wittenberg 88     Oberlin 66           Wittenberg 61       Ashland 49   Ashland 75       Hiram 74   Regional Third-place   Oberlin 80   Hiram 77

Regional No. 4   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

Regional No. 5   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

Regional No. 6   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

Regional No. 7   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

Championship Rounds

• Site: Reading, Pennsylvania

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					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		Third-place
							Augustana (IL)	65
												Plattsburgh State	69
												Augustana (IL)	93

See also

• 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
• 1976 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.