1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 II 1977 100px 32 Springfield, Massachusetts Chattanooga Mocs 1st Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets 1st North Alabama Lions 1st Sacred Heart Pioneers 1st Ron Shumate 1st Wayne Golden Chattanooga 70,776 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. USA 450 right 1977 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Quarterfinals (orange) Final Four (red) USA cyan pog.svg 39.26 -76.42 left Towson Towson State University USA cyan pog.svg 34.55 -87.43 left Florence University of North Alabama USA cyan pog.svg 41.15 -73.2 left Fairfield University of Bridgeport USA cyan pog.svg 44.37 -88.04 top Green Bay University of Wisconsin at Green Bay USA orange pog.svg 47.75 -97.1 left Grand Forks University of North Dakota USA cyan pog.svg 42.08 -80.3 top Erie Gannon University USA orange pog.svg 37.36 -77.31 left Richmond Randolph–Macon College USA cyan pog.svg 35.16 -85.33 right Chattanooga University of Tennessee at Chattanooga USA orange pog.svg 34.55 -86.73 left University of North Alabama USA cyan pog.svg 47.2 -122.43 bottom Tacoma University of Puget Sound USA orange pog.svg 41.23 -72.64 bottom New Haven Sacred Heart University USA cyan pog.svg 41.08 -80.73 left Youngstown Youngstown State University USA red pog.svg 42.15 -72.4 top Springfield Springfield Civic Center Regional participants SchoolOutcomeBaltimoreRunner-upTowsonRegional ChampionVirginia UnionThird PlaceWinston-SalemFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAssumptionThird PlaceBridgeportFourth PlaceMerrimackRunner-upSacred HeartRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeArmstrong AtlanticFourth PlaceChattanoogaRegional ChampionUCFRunner-upValdosta StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeAugustana (SD)Fourth PlaceGreen BayRunner-upNebraska–OmahaThird PlaceNorth DakotaRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeBellarmineFourth PlaceEastern IllinoisRunner-upRandolph-MaconRegional ChampionYoungstown StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeCheyneyRegional ChampionGannonThird PlaceHartwickRunner-upPhiladelphia TextileFourth Place SchoolOutcomeLincoln (MO)Third PlaceNorth AlabamaRegional ChampionSouthernFourth PlaceTroy StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeCal PolyRegional ChampionCal State HaywardFourth PlacePuget SoundRunner-upSeattle PacificThird Place *denotes tie Regionals South Atlantic - Towson, Maryland Location: Towson Center Host: Towson State University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 4 Regional FinalSweet 16March 5 Baltimore 116 Virginia Union 96 Towson 107 Winston-Salem 83 Baltimore 87 Towson 92* Third Place - Virginia Union 107, Winston-Salem 93 New England - Fairfield, Connecticut Location: SHU Gymnasium Host: Sacred Heart University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 3 Regional FinalSweet 16March 4 Merrimack 107 Bridgeport 83 Sacred Heart 83 Assumption 78 Merrimack 104 Sacred Heart 110 Third Place - Assumption 86, Bridgeport 84 South - Chattanooga, Tennessee Location: Maclellan Gymnasium Host: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 4 Regional FinalSweet 16March 5 UCF 91 Armstrong Atlantic 81 Chattanooga 92 Valdosta State 76 UCF 79 Chattanooga 88 Third Place - Valdosta State 83, Armstrong Atlantic 73 North Central - Green Bay, Wisconsin Location: Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena Host: University of Wisconsin at Green Bay Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 3 Regional FinalSweet 16March 4 North Dakota 71 Augustana (SD) 64 Green Bay 89 Nebraska–Omaha 63 North Dakota 45 Green Bay 43 Third Place - Nebraska–Omaha 93, Augustana 91 Great Lakes - Youngstown, Ohio Location: Beeghly Center Host: Youngstown State University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 4 Regional FinalSweet 16March 5 Eastern Illinois 87 Bellarmine 72 Randolph–Macon 71* Youngstown State 69 Eastern Illinois 66 Randolph–Macon 69 Third Place - Youngstown State 81, Bellarmine 79 East - Erie, Pennsylvania Location: Hammermill Center Host: Gannon University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 4 Regional FinalSweet 16March 5 Cheyney 62 Philadelphia Textile 58 Hartwick 68 Gannon 66 Cheyney 88 Hartwick 61 Third Place - Gannon 85, Philadelphia Textile 67 South Central - Florence, Alabama Location: Flowers Hall Host: University of North Alabama Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 4 Regional FinalSweet 16March 5 Troy State 81 Lincoln (MO) 65 North Alabama 105 Southern 88 Troy State 70 North Alabama 77 Third Place - Lincoln 103, Southern 87 West - Tacoma, Washington Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 3 Regional FinalSweet 16March 4 Cal Poly 73 Seattle Pacific 58 Puget Sound 85 Cal State Hayward 68 Cal Poly 67 Puget Sound 54 Third Place - Seattle Pacific 94, Cal State Hayward 74 *denotes each overtime played National Quarterfinals left Quarterfinal - New Haven, CTElite EightMarch 12 Towson 82 Sacred Heart 85 left Quarterfinal - Grand Forks, NDElite EightMarch 11 Chattanooga 76 North Dakota 52 left Quarterfinal - Richmond, VAElite EightMarch 13 Randolph-Macon 65 Cheyney 63 left Quarterfinal - Florence, ALElite EightMarch 11 North Alabama 67* Cal Poly 64 National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts Location: Springfield Civic Center Hosts: American International College and Springfield College National semifinalsFinal FourMarch 16 National ChampionshipMarch 17 Sacred Heart 81 Chattanooga 95 Randolph-Macon 82 North Alabama 67 Chattanooga 71 Randolph-Macon 62 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) See also 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament 1977 NAIA Basketball Tournament References 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 Category:NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament Tournament NCAA Division II basketball tournament NCAA Division II basketball tournament