NCAA Men's D! Basketball 1976 Tournamnet

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NCAA Division I Basketball 1976 Championship Tournament

The 1976 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1976, and ended with the championship game on March 29 in Philadelphia. A total of 32 games were played, including a national third place game. Indiana, coached by Bob Knight, won the national title with an 86?68 victory in the final game over Michigan, coached by Johnny Orr. Kent Benson of Indiana was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

1976 - Final Four - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Semifinals			National Championship Game

0	Rutgers	70
0	Michigan	86
			0	Michigan	68
			0	Indiana	86
0	Rutgers	70
0	Michigan	86

East Regional - Providence, Rhode Island

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
DePaul	19-8	Independent	Meyer, Ray	At Large
Virginia	18-11	Atlantic Coast	Holland, Terry	Automatic
Virginia Military	20-9	Southern	Blair, Bill	Automatic
Tennessee	21-5	Southeastern	Mears, Ray	At Large
Rutgers	28-0	ECAC Metro	Young, Tom	Automatic
Princeton	22-4	Ivy League	Carril, Pete	Automatic
Connecticut	18-9	Yankee	Rowe, Dee	Automatic
Hofstra	18-11	East Coast	Gaeckler, Roger	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	DePaul	69
2	Virginia	60
				DePaul	66
				Virginia Military	71
3	Virginia Military	81
4	Tennessee	75

							Virginia Military	75
							Rutgers	91
1	Rutgers	54
2	Princeton	53
				Rutgers	93
				Connecticut	79
3	Connecticut	80
4	Hofstra	78

Mideast Regional - Dayton, Ohio

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
Alabama	22-4	Southeastern	Newton, C.M.	Automatic
North Carolina	25-3	Atlantic Coast	Smith, Dean	At Large
Indiana	27-0	Big Ten	Knight, Bob	Automatic
St. John's, New York	23-5	Independent	Carnesecca, Lou	At Large
Marquette	25-1	Independent	McGuire, Al	At Large
Western Kentucky	20-8	Ohio Valley	Richards, Jim	Automatic
Western Michigan	24-2	Mid American	Miller, Eldon	Automatic
Virginia Tech	21-6	Independent	DeVoe, Don	At Large

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Alabama	79
2	North Carolina	64
				Alabama	69
				Indiana	74
3	Indiana	90
4	St. John's, New York	70

							Indiana	65
							Marquette	56
1	Marquette	79
2	Western Kentucky	60
				Marquette	62
				Western Michigan	57
3	Western Michigan	77
4	Virginia Tech	67

Midwest Regional - Lawrence, Kansas

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
Michigan	21-6	Big Ten	Orr, Johnny	At Large
Wichita State	18-9	Missouri Valley	Miller, Harry	Automatic
Notre Dame	22-5	Independent	Phelps, Digger	At Large
Cincinnati	25-5	Metro	Catlett, Gale	Automatic
Missouri	24-4	Big Eight	Stewart, Norm	Automatic
Washington	23-4	Pacific Ten	Harshman, Marv	At Large
Texas Tech	24-5	Southwest	Myers, Gerald	Automatic
Syracuse	20-8	ECAC Upstate	Danforth, Roy	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Michigan	74
2	Wichita State	73
				Michigan	80
				Notre Dame	76
3	Notre Dame	79
4	Cincinnati	78

							Michigan	95
							Missouri	88
1	Missouri	69
2	Washington	67
				Missouri	86
				Texas Tech	75
3	Texas Tech	69
4	Syracuse	56

West Regional - Eugene, Oregon

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
Pepperdine	21-5	West Coast	Colson, Gary	Automatic
Memphis	21-8	Metro	Yates, Wayne	At Large
UCLA	24-3	Pacific Ten	Bartow, Gene	Automatic
San Diego State	16-12	Big West	Vezie, Tim	Automatic
Missouri	24-4	Big Eight	Stewart, Norm	Automatic
Boise State	18-10	Big Sky	Connor, Bus	Automatic
Arizona	22-8	Western Athletic	Snowden, Fred	Automatic
Georgetown	21-6	ECAC South	Thompson, John	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Pepperdine	87
2	Memphis	77
				Pepperdine	61
				UCLA	70
3	UCLA	74
4	San Diego State	64

							UCLA	82
							Arizona	66
1	Missouri	69
2	Boise State	78
				Boise State

3	Arizona	83
4	Georgetown	76