1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

none August 2023 1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship AIAW logo.jpg March 23, 1976 March 27, 1976 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Ashland College Ashland, Ohio 16 Berry (1st title) West Georgia 16 1975 1977 The 1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship was the second annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of women's collegiate basketball among its small college members in the United States.PRE-NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECORDS http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2020/AIAW.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 21 January 2022 The tournament was held at Ashland College in Ashland, Ohio between March 23 and March 27, 1976. Berry defeated West Georgia in the championship game, 68–62, capturing the Vikings' first AIAW small college national title. Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament that additionally included a third-place final for the two teams that lost in the semi-final games. Tournament bracket First round Quarterfinals Semi-finals National championship Third place final West Georgia 58 SE Louisiana 55 Princeton 72 Fort Lewis 47 Francis Marion 69 Grand View 68 Phillips (OK) 67 Cal Poly Pomona 63 Ashland 62 Biola 57 Tarkio 81 Eastern Montana 56 Union (KY) 107 Seton Hill 84 Berry (GA) 88 George Williams 54 West Georgia 59 Princeton 58 Francis Marion 64 Phillips (OK) 71 Ashland 67 Tarkio 63 Union (KY) 83 Berry (GA) 84 West Georgia 77 Phillips (OK) 73 Ashland 83 Berry (GA) 84 West Georgia 62 Berry (GA) 68 Phillips (OK) 107 Ashland 68 See also 1976 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship References Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament AIAW Small College AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship Category:1976 in sports in Ohio Category:Women's sports in Ohio