1977 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

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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
«1976  1978»

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

School Outcome
Baltimore Runner-up
Towson Regional Champion
Virginia Union Third Place
Winston-Salem Fourth Place
School Outcome
Assumption Third Place
Bridgeport Fourth Place
Merrimack Runner-up
Sacred Heart Regional Champion
School Outcome
Armstrong Atlantic Fourth Place
Chattanooga Regional Champion
UCF Runner-up
Valdosta State Third Place
School Outcome
Augustana (SD) Fourth Place
Green Bay Runner-up
Nebraska-Omaha Third Place
North Dakota Regional Champion
School Outcome
Bellarmine Fourth Place
Eastern Illinois Runner-up
Randolph-Macon Regional Champion
Youngstown State Third Place
School Outcome
Cheyney Regional Champion
Gannon Third Place
Hartwick Runner-up
Philadelphia U Fourth Place
School Outcome
Lincoln (MO) Third Place
North Alabama Regional Champion
Southern Fourth Place
Troy Runner-up
School Outcome
Cal Poly Regional Champion
Cal State East Bay Fourth Place
Puget Sound Runner-up
Seattle Pacific Third Place

*denotes tie

Regionals

Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Baltimore 116
Virginia Union 96
Baltimore 87
Towson 92*
Towson 107
Winston-Salem 83
  • Third Place - Virginia Union 107, Winston-Salem 93
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Merrimack 107
Bridgeport 83
Merrimack 104
Sacred Heart 110
Sacred Heart 83
Assumption 78
  • Third Place - Assumption 86, Bridgeport 84
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
UCF 91
Armstrong Atlantic 81
UCF 79
Chattanooga 88
Chattanooga 92
Valdosta State 76
  • Third Place - Valdosta State 83, Armstrong Atlantic 73
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
North Dakota 71
Augustana (SD) 64
North Dakota 45
Green Bay 43
Green Bay 89
Nebraska-Omaha 63
  • Third Place - Nebraska-Omaha 93, Augustana 91
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Eastern Illinois 87
Bellarmine 72
Eastern Illinois 66
Randolph-Macon 69
Randolph-Macon 71*
Younstown State 69
  • Third Place - Younstown State 81, Bellarmine 79
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Cheyney 62
Philadelphia U 58
Cheyney 88
Hartwick 61
Hartwick 68
Gannon 66
  • Third Place - Gannon 85, Philadelphia U 67
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Troy 81
Lincoln (MO) 65
Troy 70
North Alabama 77
North Alabama 105
Southern 88
  • Third Place - Lincoln 103, Southern 87
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Cal Poly 73
Seattle Pacific 58
Cal Poly 67
Puget Sound 54
Puger Sound 85
Cal State East Bay 68
  • Third Place - Seattle Pacific 94, Cal State East Bay 74

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                 
Towson 82
Sacred Heart 85
Sacred Heart 81
Chattanooga 95
Chattanooga 76
North Dakota 52
Chattanooga 71
Randolph-Macon 62
Randolph-Macon 65
Cheyney 63
Randolph-Macon 82
North Alabama 67
North Alabama 67*
Cal Poly 64
  • Third Place - North Alabama 93, Sacred Heart 77

*denotes each overtime played

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