1976 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament |
| Teams | 28 |
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| Finals site | Reading, Pennsylvania |
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| Champions | Scranton Royals (1st title) |
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| Runner-up | Wittenberg Tigers (1st title game) |
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| Semifinalists | - Augustana (IL) Vikings (2nd Final Four)
- Plattsburgh State Cardinals (1st Final Four)
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| Winning coach | Bob Bessoir (Scranton) |
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| MOP | Jack Maher (Scranton) |
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| Attendance | 4,000 (Championship game) |
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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[]
Regional No. 1[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Rhode Island College
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87
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UMass Boston
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65
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Rhode Island College
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89
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SE Massachusetts
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87
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SE Massachusetts
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79
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Suffolk
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76
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Regional Third-place
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UMass Boston
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108
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Suffolk
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101
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Regional No. 2[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Plattsburgh State
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68
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RPI
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65
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Plattsburgh State
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83
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CCNY
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81
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CCNY
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94
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RIT
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69
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Regional Third-place
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RPI
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74
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RIT
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81
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Regional No. 3[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Wittenberg
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88
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Oberlin
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66
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Wittenberg
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61
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Ashland
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49
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Ashland
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75
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Hiram
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74
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Regional Third-place
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Oberlin
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80
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Hiram
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77
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Regional No. 4[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Miles
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79
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Sewanee
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71
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Miles
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87
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Transylvania
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85
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Transylvania
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112
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LeMoyne–Owen
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92
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Regional Third-place
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Sewanee
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86
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LeMoyne–Owen
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73
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Regional No. 5[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Widener
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65
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Mansfield State
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54
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Scranton
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70
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Widener
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65
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Scranton
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68
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Grove City
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45
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Regional Third-place
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Mansfield State
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73
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Grove City
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59
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Regional No. 6[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Shepherd
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77
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Glassboro State
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62
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Shepherd
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79
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Monmouth
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71
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Monmouth
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97
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Lynchburg
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73
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Regional Third-place
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Glassboro State
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82
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Lynchburg
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62
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Regional Midwest - Rock Island, Illinois[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Augustana (IL)
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83
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Cornell College
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77
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Augustana (IL)
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79
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Coe
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70
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Coe
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70
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Simpson
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62
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Regional Third-place
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Cornell College
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88
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Simpson
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96
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Championship Rounds[]
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
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| Rhode Island College
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| Plattsburgh State
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| Plattsburgh State
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| Wittenberg
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| Wittenberg
| 101
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| Miles
| 75
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| Wittenberg
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| Scranton
| 60*
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| Scranton
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| Shepherd
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| Scranton
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| Augustana (IL)
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| Plattsburgh State
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| Augustana (IL)
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See also[]
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