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
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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
*denotes tie
Regionals
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Evansville
| 85
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| Wright State
| 75
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| | Evansville
| 73
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| | Eastern Illinois
| 75
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| Eastern Illinois
| 65
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| St. Joseph's (IN)
| 56
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- Third Place - Wright State 72, St. Joseph's 68
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Bridgeport
| 93
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| Bentley
| 86
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| | Bridgeport
| 86
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| | Assumption
| 84
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| Assumption
| 64
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| Quinnipiac
| 60
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- Third Place - Bentley 83, Quinnipiac 77
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Valdosta State
| 95
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| Florida Tech
| 82
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| | Valdosta State
| 66
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| | Chattanooga
| 86
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| Chattanooga
| 86
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| Rollins
| 62
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- Third Place - Rollins 101, Florida Tech 91
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Nicholls State
| 97
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| Lincoln (MO)
| 79
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| | Nicholls State
| 90
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| | Grambling
| 89
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| Grambling
| 67
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| Missouri-Rolla
| 61
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- Third Place - Lincoln 86, Missouri-Rolla 84*
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Puget Sound
| 80
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| Cal Poly Pomona
| 65
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| | Puget Sound
| 75
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| | Cal State Bakersfield
| 65
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| Cal State Bakersfield
| 87
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| UC Davis
| 65
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- Third Place - Cal Poly Pomona 84, UC Davis 82*
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| North Dakota
| 86*
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| Nebraska-Omaha
| 74
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| | North Dakota
| 65
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| | Green Bay
| 61
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| Green Bay
| 72**
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| Minnesota State
| 67
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- Third Place - Minnesota State 95, Nebraska-Omaha 73
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Baltimore
| 85
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| Morgan State
| 65
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| | Baltimore
| 58
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| | Old Dominion
| 73
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| Old Dominion
| 86
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| James Madison
| 77
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- Third Place - Morgan State 86, James Madison 81
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Philadelphia U
| 89
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| Buffalo State
| 69
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| | Philadelphia U
| 59
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| | Cheyney
| 60
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| Cheyney
| 73*
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| Hartwick
| 72
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- Third Place - Buffalo State 69, Hartwick 67
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| Eastern Illinois
| 81
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| Bridgeport
| 66
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| | Eastern Illinois
| 84
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| | Chattanooga
| 93
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| Chattanooga
| 107
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| Nicholls State
| 78
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| | Chattanooga
| 74
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| | Puget Sound
| 83
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| Puget Sound
| 80
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| North Dakota
| 77
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| | Puget Sound
| 83
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| | Old Dominion
| 78
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| Old Dominion
| 90
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| Cheyney
| 85
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- Third Place - Eastern Illinois 78, Old Dominion 74
*denotes each overtime played
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