1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1977 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 12, 1977, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 32 games were played.

Marquette, coached by Al McGuire, won the national title with a 67-59 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith. Butch Lee of Marquette was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. McGuire retired immediately after the game.

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

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	College Park, Maryland	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Raleigh, North Carolina
Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Bloomington, Indiana
Midwest	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma, Omaha, Nebraska
West	Provo, Utah	Pocatello, Idaho, Tucson, Arizona
Finals	Atlanta, Georgia

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Duquesne	John Cinicola	Round of 32	VMI	L 73-66
East	n/a	Hofstra	Roger Gaeckler	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 90-83
East	n/a	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	Elite Eight	North Carolina	L 79-72
East	n/a	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Runner Up	Marquette	L 67-59
East	n/a	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Sweet Sixteen	North Carolina	L 79-77
East	n/a	Princeton	Pete Carril	Round of 32	Kentucky	L 72-58
East	n/a	Purdue	Fred Schaus	Round of 32	North Carolina	L 69-66
East	n/a	VMI	Charlie Schmaus	Sweet Sixteen	Kentucky	L 93-78
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Central Michigan	Dick Parfitt	Round of 32	UNCC	L 91-86
Mideast	n/a	Charlotte	Lee Rose	Fourth Place	UNLV	L 106-94
Mideast	n/a	Detroit	Dick Vitale	Sweet Sixteen	Michigan	L 86-81
Mideast	n/a	Holy Cross	George Blaney	Round of 32	Michigan	L 92-81
Mideast	n/a	Michigan	Johnny Orr	Elite Eight	UNCC	L 75-68
Mideast	n/a	Middle Tennessee State	Jimmy Earle	Round of 32	Detroit	L 93-76
Mideast	n/a	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Sweet Sixteen	UNCC	L 81-59
Mideast	n/a	Tennessee	Ray Mears	Round of 32	Syracuse	L 93-88
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Arizona	Fred Snowden	Round of 32	Southern Illinois	L 81-77
Midwest	n/a	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton	Round of 32	Wake Forest	L 86-80
Midwest	n/a	Cincinnati	Gale Catlett	Round of 32	Marquette	L 66-51
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Jack Hartman	Sweet Sixteen	Marquette	L 67-66
Midwest	n/a	Marquette	Al McGuire	Champion	North Carolina	W 67-59
Midwest	n/a	Providence	Dave Gavitt	Round of 32	Kansas State	L 87-80
Midwest	n/a	Southern Illinois	Paul Lambert	Sweet Sixteen	Wake Forest	L 86-81
Midwest	n/a	Wake Forest	Carl Tacy	Elite Eight	Marquette	L 82-68
West
West	n/a	Idaho State	Jim Killingsworth	Elite Eight	UNLV	L 107-90
West	n/a	Long Beach State	Dwight Jones	Round of 32	Idaho State	L 83-72
West	n/a	Louisville	Denny Crum	Round of 32	UCLA	L 87-79
West	n/a	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	Third Place	UNCC	W 106-94
West	n/a	San Francisco	Bob Gaillard	Round of 32	UNLV	L 121-95
West	n/a	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Round of 32	Utah	L 72-68
West	n/a	UCLA	Gene Bartow	Sweet Sixteen	Idaho State	L 76-75
West	n/a	Utah	Jerry Pimm	Sweet Sixteen	UNLV	L 88-83

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		VMI	73
		Duquesne	66
							VMI	78
							Kentucky	93
		Kentucky	72
		Princeton	58
												Kentucky	72
												North Carolina	79
		Notre Dame	90
		Hofstra	83
							Notre Dame	77
							North Carolina	79
		North Carolina	69
		Purdue	66

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		UCLA	87
		Louisville	79
							UCLA	75
							Idaho State	76
		Idaho State	83
		Long Beach State	72
												Idaho State	90
												UNLV	107
		Utah	72
		St. John's	68
							Utah	83
							UNLV	88
		UNLV	121
		San Francisco	95

[edit] Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Michigan

92

Holy Cross

81

Michigan

86

Detroit

81

Detroit

93

Middle Tennessee St

76

Michigan

68

Charlotte

75

Charlotte

91

Central Michigan

86*

Charlotte

81

Syracuse

59

Syracuse

93

Tennessee

88*

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Marquette	66
		Cincinnati	51
							Marquette	67
							Kansas State	66
		Kansas State	87
		Providence	80
												Marquette	82
												Wake Forest	68
		Wake Forest	86
		Arkansas	80
							Wake Forest	86
							Southern Illinois	81
		Southern Illinois	81
		Arizona	77

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		North Carolina	84
		UNLV	83
							North Carolina	59
							Marquette	67
		Charlotte	49
		Marquette	51

[edit] External links

• 1977 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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