1977 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
1977 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament |
Teams |
32 |
Finals Site |
Springfield, Massachusetts |
Champions |
Chattanooga (1st title) |
Runner-Up |
Randolph-Macon (1st title game) |
Semifinalists |
North Alabama (1st Final Four) Sacred Heart (1st Final Four) |
Winning Coach |
Ron Schumate (Chattanooga (1st title)) |
Most Outstanding Player |
Wayne Golden Chattanooga |
Attendance |
70,776 |
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
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The 1977 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 1976-7 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.
Regional participants
*denotes tie
Regionals
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Baltimore
| 116
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| Virginia Union
| 96
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| | Baltimore
| 87
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| | Towson
| 92*
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| Towson
| 107
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| Winston-Salem
| 83
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- Third Place - Virginia Union 107, Winston-Salem 93
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Merrimack
| 107
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| Bridgeport
| 83
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| | Merrimack
| 104
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| | Sacred Heart
| 110
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| Sacred Heart
| 83
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| Assumption
| 78
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- Third Place - Assumption 86, Bridgeport 84
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| UCF
| 91
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| Armstrong Atlantic
| 81
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| | UCF
| 79
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| | Chattanooga
| 88
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| Chattanooga
| 92
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| Valdosta State
| 76
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- Third Place - Valdosta State 83, Armstrong Atlantic 73
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| North Dakota
| 71
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| Augustana (SD)
| 64
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| | North Dakota
| 45
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| | Green Bay
| 43
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| Green Bay
| 89
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| Nebraska-Omaha
| 63
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- Third Place - Nebraska-Omaha 93, Augustana 91
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Eastern Illinois
| 87
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| Bellarmine
| 72
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| | Eastern Illinois
| 66
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| | Randolph-Macon
| 69
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| Randolph-Macon
| 71*
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| Younstown State
| 69
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- Third Place - Younstown State 81, Bellarmine 79
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cheyney
| 62
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| Philadelphia U
| 58
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| | Cheyney
| 88
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| | Hartwick
| 61
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| Hartwick
| 68
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| Gannon
| 66
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- Third Place - Gannon 85, Philadelphia U 67
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Troy
| 81
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| Lincoln (MO)
| 65
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| | Troy
| 70
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| | North Alabama
| 77
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| North Alabama
| 105
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| Southern
| 88
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- Third Place - Lincoln 103, Southern 87
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cal Poly
| 73
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| Seattle Pacific
| 58
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| | Cal Poly
| 67
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| | Puget Sound
| 54
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| Puger Sound
| 85
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| Cal State East Bay
| 68
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- Third Place - Seattle Pacific 94, Cal State East Bay 74
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| Towson
| 82
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| Sacred Heart
| 85
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| | Sacred Heart
| 81
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| | Chattanooga
| 95
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| Chattanooga
| 76
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| North Dakota
| 52
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| | Chattanooga
| 71
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| | Randolph-Macon
| 62
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| Randolph-Macon
| 65
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| Cheyney
| 63
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| | Randolph-Macon
| 82
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| | North Alabama
| 67
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| North Alabama
| 67*
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| Cal Poly
| 64
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- Third Place - North Alabama 93, Sacred Heart 77
*denotes each overtime played
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