1976 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

American collegiate men's basketball tournament (1976) August 2023 March 2026 1976 III NCAA 70s logo.svg 125px 28 Reading, Pennsylvania 4,000 (Championship game) Scranton Royals 1st Wittenberg Tigers 1st Augustana (IL) Vikings 2nd Plattsburgh State Cardinals 1st Bob Bessoir (Scranton) Jack Maher (Scranton) 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.Division III Men's Basketball Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2013/d3/champs.pdf NCAA NCAA.org March 13, 2017 17 Scranton defeated Wittenberg, 60–57 (in overtime), to win their first national championship. Bracket Regionals 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Rhode Island College 87 UMass Boston 65 SE Massachusetts 79 Suffolk 76 Rhode Island College 89 SE Massachusetts 87 UMass Boston 108 Suffolk 101 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Plattsburgh State 68 RPI 65 CCNY 94 RIT 69 Plattsburgh State 83 CCNY 81 RPI 74 RIT 81 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Wittenberg 88 Oberlin 66 Ashland 75 Hiram 74 Wittenberg 61 Ashland 49 Oberlin 80 Hiram 77 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Miles 79 Sewanee 71 Transylvania 112 LeMoyne–Owen 92 Miles 87 Transylvania 85 Sewanee 86 LeMoyne–Owen 73 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Widener 65 Mansfield State 54 Scranton 68 Grove City 45 Scranton 70 Widener 65 Mansfield State 73 Grove City 59 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Shepherd 77 Glassboro State 62 Monmouth 97 Lynchburg 73 Shepherd 79 Monmouth 71 Glassboro State 82 Lynchburg 62 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Augustana (IL) 83 Cornell College 77 Coe 70 Simpson 62 Augustana (IL) 79 Coe 70 Cornell College 88 Simpson 96 National finals Site: Reading, Pennsylvania National quarterfinals National semifinals National championship National third-place game 145 30 high no 1 Rhode Island College 80 Plattsburgh State 91 Wittenberg 101 Miles 75 Scranton 94 Shepherd 78 Plattsburgh State 58 Wittenberg 71 Scranton 76 Augustana (IL) 65 Wittenberg 57 Scranton 60* Plattsburgh State 69 Augustana (IL) 93 See also 1976 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1976 NCAA Division II basketball tournament 1976 NAIA basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament Ncaa Tournament NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament NCAA Division III basketball tournament