1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
- North Alabama Lions (1st Final Four)
- Sacred Heart Pioneers (1st Final Four)
NCAA Division II men's tournaments | |
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«1976 | 1978» |
The 1977 NCAA Division II 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 1976–77 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.
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Regional participants
School | Outcome | |
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Baltimore | Runner-up | |
Towson | Regional Champion | |
Virginia Union | Third Place | |
Winston-Salem | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Assumption | Third Place | |
Bridgeport | Fourth Place | |
Merrimack | Runner-up | |
Sacred Heart | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Armstrong Atlantic | Fourth Place | |
Chattanooga | Regional Champion | |
UCF | Runner-up | |
Valdosta State | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Augustana (SD) | Fourth Place | |
Green Bay | Runner-up | |
Nebraska–Omaha | Third Place | |
North Dakota | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Bellarmine | Fourth Place | |
Eastern Illinois | Runner-up | |
Randolph-Macon | Regional Champion | |
Youngstown State | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Cheyney | Regional Champion | |
Gannon | Third Place | |
Hartwick | Runner-up | |
Philadelphia Textile | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Lincoln (MO) | Third Place | |
North Alabama | Regional Champion | |
Southern | Fourth Place | |
Troy State | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Cal Poly | Regional Champion | |
Cal State Hayward | Fourth Place | |
Puget Sound | Runner-up | |
Seattle Pacific | Third Place |
*denotes tie
Regionals
South Atlantic - Towson, Maryland
Location: Towson Center Host: Towson State University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Baltimore | 116 | ||||||||
Virginia Union | 96 | ||||||||
Baltimore | 87 | ||||||||
Towson | 92* | ||||||||
Towson | 107 | ||||||||
Winston-Salem | 83 |
- Third Place - Virginia Union 107, Winston-Salem 93
New England - Fairfield, Connecticut
Location: SHU Gymnasium Host: Sacred Heart University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4 | ||||||||
Merrimack | 107 | ||||||||
Bridgeport | 83 | ||||||||
Merrimack | 104 | ||||||||
Sacred Heart | 110 | ||||||||
Sacred Heart | 83 | ||||||||
Assumption | 78 |
- Third Place - Assumption 86, Bridgeport 84
South - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Location: Maclellan Gymnasium Host: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
UCF | 91 | ||||||||
Armstrong Atlantic | 81 | ||||||||
UCF | 79 | ||||||||
Chattanooga | 88 | ||||||||
Chattanooga | 92 | ||||||||
Valdosta State | 76 |
- Third Place - Valdosta State 83, Armstrong Atlantic 73
North Central - Green Bay, Wisconsin
Location: Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena Host: University of Wisconsin at Green Bay
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4 | ||||||||
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
Great Lakes - Youngstown, Ohio
Location: Beeghly Center Host: Youngstown State University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 87 | ||||||||
Bellarmine | 72 | ||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 66 | ||||||||
Randolph–Macon | 69 | ||||||||
Randolph–Macon | 71* | ||||||||
Youngstown State | 69 |
- Third Place - Youngstown State 81, Bellarmine 79
East - Erie, Pennsylvania
Location: Hammermill Center Host: Gannon University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 62 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 58 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 88 | ||||||||
Hartwick | 61 | ||||||||
Hartwick | 68 | ||||||||
Gannon | 66 |
- Third Place - Gannon 85, Philadelphia Textile 67
South Central - Florence, Alabama
Location: Flowers Hall Host: University of North Alabama
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 4 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 5 | ||||||||
Troy State | 81 | ||||||||
Lincoln (MO) | 65 | ||||||||
Troy State | 70 | ||||||||
North Alabama | 77 | ||||||||
North Alabama | 105 | ||||||||
Southern | 88 |
- Third Place - Lincoln 103, Southern 87
West - Tacoma, Washington
Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 3 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 4 | ||||||||
Cal Poly | 73 | ||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 58 | ||||||||
Cal Poly | 67 | ||||||||
Puget Sound | 54 | ||||||||
Puget Sound | 85 | ||||||||
Cal State Hayward | 68 |
- Third Place - Seattle Pacific 94, Cal State Hayward 74
*denotes each overtime played
National Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal - New Haven, CT Elite Eight March 12 | ||||
Towson | 82 | |||
Sacred Heart | 85 |
Quarterfinal - Grand Forks, ND Elite Eight March 11 | ||||
Chattanooga | 76 | |||
North Dakota | 52 |
Quarterfinal - Richmond, VA Elite Eight March 13 | ||||
Randolph-Macon | 65 | |||
Cheyney | 63 |
Quarterfinal - Florence, AL Elite Eight March 11 | ||||
North Alabama | 67* | |||
Cal Poly | 64 |
National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts
Location: Springfield Civic Center Hosts: American International College and Springfield College
National semifinals Final Four March 16 | National Championship March 17 | ||||||||
Sacred Heart | 81 | ||||||||
Chattanooga | 95 | ||||||||
Chattanooga | 71 | ||||||||
Randolph-Macon | 62 | ||||||||
Randolph-Macon | 82 | ||||||||
North Alabama | 67 |
- Third Place - North Alabama 93, Sacred Heart 77
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Joe Allen (Randolph-Macon)
- Otis Boddie (North Alabama)
- Wayne Golden (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
- William Gordon (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
- Hector Olivencia (Sacred Heart)
See also
- 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
- 1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
- 1977 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
Sources
- 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship
- 1977 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com
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