1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

American collegiate men's basketball tournament (1977) August 2023 March 2026 1977 III NCAA 70s logo.svg 125px 30 Rock Island, Illinois Wittenberg Tigers 1st Oneonta State Red Dragons 1st Scranton Royals 2nd Hamline Pipers 1st Larry Hunter (Wittenberg) Rick White (Wittenberg) The 1977 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, held during March 1977. The tournament field included 30 teams, an increase of two from 1976, and the national championship rounds were contested in Rock Island, Illinois.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 Wittenberg, runners up from 1976, defeated Oneonta State, 79–66, in the championship game to win their first national title. Bracket Regionals 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place UMass Boston 83 Suffolk 73 Brandeis 67 Worcester State 65 UMass Boston 95 Brandeis 69 Suffolk 81 Worcester State 79 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Oneonta State 71 Stony Brook 65 Albany (NY) 75 Ithaca 58 Oneonta State 47 Albany (NY) 46 Stony Brook 74 Ithaca 63 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Hamline 44 Beloit 42 Central (IA) 73 Augustana (IL) 69 Hamline 53 Central (IA) 50 Beloit 68 Augustana (IL) 78 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Methodist 85 Glassboro State 82 William Paterson 92 Washington and Lee 68 Methodist 60 William Paterson 62 Glassboro State 103 Washington and Lee 87 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Scranton 59 Widener 51 Albright 51 Franklin & Marshall 49 Scranton 75 Albright 60 Widener 71 Franklin & Marshall 89 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Rose–Hulman 85 Knoxville 75 Transylvania 85 Clark Atlanta 84 Rose–Hulman 91* Transylvania 85 Knoxville 73 Clark Atlanta 63 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Ashland 72 Muskingum 68 Wittenberg 82 Carnegie Mellon 68 Ashland 67 Wittenberg 69* Muskingum 74 Carnegie Mellon 71 155 Regional Championship Nebraska Wesleyan 84 Bishop (TX) 83 National finals Site: Rock Island, Illinois National quarterfinals National semifinals National championship National third-place game 145 30 high no Oneonta State 72 UMass Boston 61 Hamline 82 Nebraska Wesleyan 60 Scranton 78 William Paterson 69 Rose–Hulman 57 Wittenberg 71 Oneonta State 61 Hamline 56 Scranton 52 Wittenberg 53* Oneonta State 66 Wittenberg 79 Hamline 59 Scranton 60 See also 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament 1977 NAIA basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Ncaa Tournament NCAA Division III basketball tournament