1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1976 NCAA Men's 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, Pennsylvania. A total of 32 games were played.

Indiana, coached by Bob Knight, won the national title with a 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.

Notably, this was the first time that two teams from the same conference (the Big Ten) played in the title game. Also, this was the last men's Division I tournament to date to feature two unbeaten teams, as both Indiana and Rutgers entered the tournament unbeaten. Both advanced to the Final Four, with Indiana winning the title and Rutgers losing to Michigan in the semifinals and UCLA in the third-place game.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Midwest region 3.3 Mideast region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Greensboro, North Carolina	Charlotte, North Carolina, Providence, Rhode Island
Mideast	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Dayton, Ohio, Notre Dame, Indiana
Midwest	Louisville, Kentucky	Denton, Texas, Lawrence, Kansas
West	Los Angeles, California	Eugene, Oregon, Tempe, Arizona
Finals	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	UConn	Dee Rowe	Sweet Sixteen	Rutgers	L 93-79
East	n/a	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Sweet Sixteen	VMI	L 71-66
East	n/a	Hofstra	Roger Gaeckler	Round of 32	UConn	L 80-78
East	n/a	Princeton	Pete Carril	Round of 32	Rutgers	L 54-53
East	n/a	Rutgers	Tom Young	Fourth Place	UCLA	L 106-92
East	n/a	Tennessee	Ray Mears	Round of 32	VMI	L 81-75
East	n/a	Virginia	Terry Holland	Round of 32	DePaul	L 69-60
East	n/a	VMI	Bill Blair	Elite Eight	Rutgers	L 91-75
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Alabama	C. M. Newton	Sweet Sixteen	Indiana	L 74-69
Mideast	n/a	Indiana	Bob Knight	Champion	Michigan	W 86-68
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Elite Eight	Indiana	L 65-56
Mideast	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Round of 32	Alabama	L 79-64
Mideast	n/a	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Round of 32	Indiana	L 90-70
Mideast	n/a	Virginia Tech	Don DeVoe	Round of 32	Western Michigan	L 77-67
Mideast	n/a	Western Kentucky	Jim Richards	Round of 32	Marquette	L 79-60
Mideast	n/a	Western Michigan	Eldon Miller	Sweet Sixteen	Marquette	L 62-57
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Cincinnati	Gale Catlett	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 79-78
Midwest	n/a	Michigan	Johnny Orr	Runner Up	Indiana	L 86-68
Midwest	n/a	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Elite Eight	Michigan	L 95-88
Midwest	n/a	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Sweet Sixteen	Michigan	L 80-76
Midwest	n/a	Syracuse	Roy Danforth	Round of 32	Texas Tech	L 69-56
Midwest	n/a	Texas Tech	Gerald Myers	Sweet Sixteen	Missouri	L 86-75
Midwest	n/a	Washington	Marv Harshman	Round of 32	Missouri	L 69-67
Midwest	n/a	Wichita State	Harry Miller	Round of 32	Michigan	L 74-73
West
West	n/a	Arizona	Fred Snowden	Elite Eight	UCLA	L 82-66
West	n/a	Boise State	Bus Connor	Round of 32	UNLV	L 103-78
West	n/a	Georgetown	John Thompson	Round of 32	Arizona	L 83-76
West	n/a	Memphis State	Wayne Yates	Round of 32	Pepperdine	L 87-77
West	n/a	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	Sweet Sixteen	Arizona	L 114-109
West	n/a	Pepperdine	Gary Colson	Sweet Sixteen	UCLA	L 70-61
West	n/a	San Diego State	Tim Vezie	Round of 32	UCLA	L 74-64
West	n/a	UCLA	Gene Bartow	Third Place	Rutgers	W 106-92

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

DePaul

69

Virginia

60

DePaul

66*

VMI

71

VMI

81

Tennessee

75

VMI

75

Rutgers

91

Rutgers

54

Princeton

53

Rutgers

93

Connecticut

79

Connecticut

80

Hofstra

78*

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Michigan	74
		Wichita State	73
							Michigan	80
							Notre Dame	76
		Notre Dame	79
		Cincinnati	78
												Michigan	95
												Missouri	88
		Missouri	69
		Washington	67
							Missouri	86
							Texas Tech	75
		Texas Tech	69
		Syracuse	56

[edit] Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Alabama	79
		North Carolina	64
							Alabama	69
							Indiana	74
		Indiana	90
		St. John's	70
												Indiana	65
												Marquette	56
		Marquette	79
		Western Kentucky	60
							Marquette	62
							Western Michigan	57
		Western Michigan	77
		Virginia Tech	67*

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Pepperdine	87
		Memphis State	77
							Pepperdine	61
							UCLA	70
		UCLA	74
		San Diego State	64
												UCLA	82
												Arizona	66
		UNLV	103
		Boise State	78
							UNLV	109*
							Arizona	114
		Arizona	83
		Georgetown	76

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		Rutgers	70
		Michigan	86
							Michigan	68
							Indiana	86
		Indiana	65
		UCLA	51

[edit] External links

• 1976 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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