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.[1]
Scranton defeated Wittenberg, 60–57 (in overtime), to win their first national championship.
Bracket[edit]
Regionals[edit]
| | First round | | | Regional Championship | | | | | | | | | | | | | Plattsburgh State | 68 | | | | | RPI | 65 | | | | Plattsburgh State | 83 | | | | | | | | CCNY | 81 | | | CCNY | 94 | | | | RIT | 69 | | | Regional Third-place | | | | | RPI | 74 | | | | RIT | 81 | |
National finals[edit]
| National quarterfinals | | | National semifinals | | | National championship | |
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| Rhode Island College | 80 | | | |
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| Plattsburgh State | 91 | |
| | Plattsburgh State | 58 | |
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| | | Wittenberg | 71 | |
| Wittenberg | 101 | |
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| Miles | 75 | |
| | Wittenberg | 57 | |
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| | | Scranton | 60* | |
| Scranton | 94 | | |
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| Shepherd | 78 | |
| | Scranton | 76 | | | National third-place game |
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| | | Augustana (IL) | 65 | |
| | | | Plattsburgh State | 69 |
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| | | | Augustana (IL) | 93 |
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