1976 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

1976 NAIA men's basketball tournamentSeason| 1975-76

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Teams| 32
Finals site| Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions| Coppin State (1 title, 1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Runner-up| Henderson State (1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Semifinalists|

* Marymount (KS) (1 Final Four)
* Lincoln Memorial (1 Final Four)

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

| Enos Mitchell (Henderson State)
MVP| Joe Pace (Coppin State)
| NAIA men's basketball tournament

«1975 | 1977»

The 1976 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 39th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This was the first tournament since 1969 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA semifinals. (It was the 6th time since 1937 this happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, 1947, 1965, 1969).

## Awards and honors

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* Leading scorer:
* Leading rebounder:
* Player of the Year: est. 1994[2]

## 1976 NAIA bracket

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| First round | | | Second round | | | Elite Eight | | | NAIA national semifinals | | | NAIA national championship |

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| 1 | Fairmont State (W.Va.) | 58 | | | | |
| \- | Howard Payne (Tex.) | 52 |
| | 1 | Fairmont State | 75 |
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| | | 16 | Texas Southern | 82 |
| \- | West Florida | 59 |

| 16 | Texas Southern | 81 |
| | 16 | Texas Southern | 77 |
| TOP TIER  |
| | | 9 | Coppin State | 88 |
| 9 | Coppin State (Md.) | 78 | |

| \- | Dowling (N.Y.) | 55 |
| | 9 | Coppin State | 68 |
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| | | 8 | Wisconsin-Parkside | 67 |
| \- | Franklin (Ind.) | 61 |

| 8 | Wisconsin-Parkside | 74 |
| | 9 | Coppin State | 82 |
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| | | 4 | Marymount | 81 |
| 5 | Pikeville (Ky.) | 84 | | |

| \- | Alabama-Huntsville | 94 |
| | \- | Alabama-Huntsville | 70 |
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| | | \- | Doane | 59 |
| \- | Doane (Neb.) | 80 |

| 12 | Norfolk State (Va.) | 79 |
| | \- | Alabama-Huntsville | 76 |
| TOP TIER  |
| | | 4 | Marymount | 78 |
| 13 | Central Washington State | 75 | |

| \- | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 72 |
| | 4 | Marymount | 83 |
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| | | 13 | Central Washington State | 72 |
| \- | Eastern Montana | 76 |

| 4 | Marymount (Kan.) | 93 |
| | 9 | Coppin State | 96 |
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| | | 6 | Henderson State | 91 |
| 3 | Alcorn State (Miss.) | 79 | | | |

| \- | Lake Superior State (Mich.) | 88' |
| | 14 | Edinboro State | 73 |
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| | | \- | Lake Superior State | 76 |
| \- | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 73 |

| 14 | Edinboro State (Pa.) | 88 |
| | \- | Lake Superior State | 61 |
| BOTTOM TIER  |
| | | 6 | Henderson State | 78 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 100 | |

| \- | Southwest Baptist (Mo.) | 84 |
| | 6 | Henderson State | 68 |
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| | | 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 66 |
| \- | Bethany Nazarene (Okla.) | 67 |

| 6 | Henderson State (Ark.) | 80 |
| | 6 | Henderson State | 80 |
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| | | \- | Lincoln Memorial | 79** |
| 7 | Guilford (N.C.) | 95 | | |

| \- | Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) | 101 |
| | \- | Lincoln Memorial | 107 |
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| | | 10 | California Baptist | 78 |
| \- | Husson (Maine) | 81 |

| 10 | California Baptist | 95 |
| | \- | Lincoln Memorial | 75 |
| BOTTOM TIER  |
| | | 15 | Newberry | 64 |
| 15 | Newberry (S.C.) | 89 | |

| \- | Linfield (Ore.) | 86 |
| | 15 | Newberry | 65 |
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| | | 2 | Grand Canyon | 58 |
| \- | Central State (Ohio) | 52 |

| 2 | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | 57 |

* * denotes double overtime.

### Third-place game

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The third-place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

| NAIA third-place game |

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| 4 | Marymount | 78 |
| \- | Lincoln Memorial | 75 |

## See also

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* 1976 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
* 1976 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
* 1976 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

## References

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1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
2. ^ NAIA. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2009.

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