1976 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

1976 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions Puget Sound (1st title)
Runner-Up Chattanooga (1st title game)
Semifinalists Eastern Illinois (1st Final Four)
Old Dominion (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach Don Zech (Puget Sound (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Curt Peterson Puget Sound
Attendance 70,149
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1975  1977»

The 1976 NCAA Division II Men's 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 1975-6 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Puget Sound and Puget Sound's Curt Peterson was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regional participants

School Outcome
Eastern Illinois Regional Champion
Evansville Runner-up
St. Joseph's (IN) Fourth Place
Wright State Third Place
School Outcome
Chattanooga Regional Champion
Florida Tech Fourth Place
Rollins Third Place
Valdosta State Runner-up
School Outcome
Cal Poly Pomona Third Place
Cal State Bakersfield Runner-up
Puget Sound Regional Champion
UC Davis Fourth Place
School Outcome
Baltimore Runner-up
James Madison Fourth Place
Morgan State Third Place
Old Dominion Regional Champion
School Outcome
Assumption Runner-up
Bentley Third Place
Bridgeport Regional Champion
Quinnipiac Fourth Place
School Outcome
Grambling State Runner-up
Lincoln (MO) Third Place
Missouri-Rolla Fourth Place
Nicholls State Regional Champion
School Outcome
Green Bay Runner-up
Minnesota State Third Place
Nebraska-Omaha Fourth Place
North Dakota Regional Champion
School Outcome
Buffalo State Third Place
Cheyney Regional Champion
Hartwick Fourth Place
Philadelphia U Runner-up

*denotes tie

Regionals

Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Evansville 85
Wright State 75
Evansville 73
Eastern Illinois 75
Eastern Illinois 65
St. Joseph's (IN) 56
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Bridgeport 93
Bentley 86
Bridgeport 86
Assumption 84
Assumption 64
Quinnipiac 60
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Valdosta State 95
Florida Tech 82
Valdosta State 66
Chattanooga 86
Chattanooga 86
Rollins 62
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Nicholls State 97
Lincoln (MO) 79
Nicholls State 90
Grambling 89
Grambling 67
Missouri-Rolla 61
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Puget Sound 80
Cal Poly Pomona 65
Puget Sound 75
Cal State Bakersfield 65
Cal State Bakersfield 87
UC Davis 65
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
North Dakota 86*
Nebraska-Omaha 74
North Dakota 65
Green Bay 61
Green Bay 72**
Minnesota State 67
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Baltimore 85
Morgan State 65
Baltimore 58
Old Dominion 73
Old Dominion 86
James Madison 77
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
      
Philadelphia U 89
Buffalo State 69
Philadelphia U 59
Cheyney 60
Cheyney 73*
Hartwick 72

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Eastern Illinois 81
Bridgeport 66
Eastern Illinois 84
Chattanooga 93
Chattanooga 107
Nicholls State 78
Chattanooga 74
Puget Sound 83
Puget Sound 80
North Dakota 77
Puget Sound 83
Old Dominion 78
Old Dominion 90
Cheyney 85

*denotes each overtime played

See also

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