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1976 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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1976 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
Teams28
Finals siteReading, PA
ChampionsScranton (1st title)
Runner-upWittenberg (1st title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«1975 1977»

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.

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

Championship Rounds

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See also

References

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