1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
Teams | 32 |
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Finals site | Springfield, Massachusetts |
Champions | Chattanooga Mocs (1st title) |
Runner-up | Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets (1st title game) |
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Winning coach | Ron Schumate (1st title) |
MOP | Wayne Golden ((Chattanooga)) |
Attendance | 70,776 |
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.
Regional participants
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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