1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament

The 1977 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1976–77 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Chattanooga's Wayne Golden was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regional participants

School Outcome Baltimore Runner-up Towson Regional Champion Virginia Union Third Place Winston-Salem Fourth Place

School Outcome Assumption Third Place Bridgeport Fourth Place Merrimack Runner-up Sacred Heart Regional Champion

School Outcome Armstrong Atlantic Fourth Place Chattanooga Regional Champion UCF Runner-up Valdosta State Third Place

School Outcome Augustana (SD) Fourth Place Green Bay Runner-up Nebraska–Omaha Third Place North Dakota Regional Champion

School Outcome Bellarmine Fourth Place Eastern Illinois Runner-up Randolph-Macon Regional Champion Youngstown State Third Place

School Outcome Cheyney Regional Champion Gannon Third Place Hartwick Runner-up Philadelphia Textile Fourth Place

School Outcome Lincoln (MO) Third Place North Alabama Regional Champion Southern Fourth Place Troy State Runner-up

School Outcome Cal Poly Regional Champion Cal State Hayward Fourth Place Puget Sound Runner-up Seattle Pacific Third Place

*denotes tie

Regionals

South Atlantic - Towson, Maryland

Location: Towson Center

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Baltimore		116
	Virginia Union		96
						Baltimore		87
						Towson		92*
	Towson		107
	Winston-Salem		83

• Third Place - Virginia Union 107, Winston-Salem 93

New England - Fairfield, Connecticut

Location: SHU Gymnasium

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Merrimack		107
	Bridgeport		83
						Merrimack		104
						Sacred Heart		110
	Sacred Heart		83
	Assumption		78

• Third Place - Assumption 86, Bridgeport 84

South - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Location: Maclellan Gymnasium

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	UCF		91
	Armstrong Atlantic		81
						UCF		79
						Chattanooga		88
	Chattanooga		92
	Valdosta State		76

• Third Place - Valdosta State 83, Armstrong Atlantic 73

North Central - Green Bay, Wisconsin

Location: Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	North Dakota		71
	Augustana (SD)		64
						North Dakota		45
						Green Bay		43
	Green Bay		89
	Nebraska–Omaha		63

• Third Place - Nebraska–Omaha 93, Augustana 91

Great Lakes - Youngstown, Ohio

Location: Beeghly Center

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Eastern Illinois		87
	Bellarmine		72
						Eastern Illinois		66
						Randolph–Macon		69
	Randolph–Macon		71*
	Youngstown State		69

• Third Place - Youngstown State 81, Bellarmine 79

East - Erie, Pennsylvania

Location: Hammermill Center

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Cheyney		62
	Philadelphia Textile		58
						Cheyney		88
						Hartwick		61
	Hartwick		68
	Gannon		66

• Third Place - Gannon 85, Philadelphia Textile 67

South Central - Florence, Alabama

Location: Flowers Hall

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Troy State		81
	Lincoln (MO)		65
						Troy State		70
						North Alabama		77
	North Alabama		105
	Southern		88

• Third Place - Lincoln 103, Southern 87

West - Tacoma, Washington

Location: Memorial Fieldhouse

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
	Cal Poly		73
	Seattle Pacific		58
						Cal Poly		67
						Puget Sound		54
	Puget Sound		85
	Cal State Hayward		68

• Third Place - Seattle Pacific 94, Cal State Hayward 74

*denotes each overtime played

National Quarterfinals

	Quarterfinal - New Haven, CT
	Towson		82
	Sacred Heart		85

	Quarterfinal - Grand Forks, ND
	Chattanooga		76
	North Dakota		52

	Quarterfinal - Richmond, VA
	Randolph-Macon		65
	Cheyney		63

	Quarterfinal - Florence, AL
	North Alabama		67*
	Cal Poly		64

National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts

Location: Springfield Civic Center

	Semifinals					Final
	Sacred Heart		81
	Chattanooga		95
						Chattanooga		71
						Randolph-Macon		62
	Randolph-Macon		82
	North Alabama		67

• Third Place - North Alabama 93, Sacred Heart 77

*denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team

• Joe Allen (Randolph-Macon)
• Otis Boddie (North Alabama)
• Wayne Golden (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
• William Gordon (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
• Hector Olivencia (Sacred Heart)

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship
• 1977 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com