1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament

1977 NCAA Division II
basketball tournamentTeams| 32

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Finals site| Springfield, Massachusetts
Champions| Chattanooga Mocs (1st title)
Runner-up| Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets (1st title game)
Semifinalists|

* North Alabama Lions (1st Final Four)
* Sacred Heart Pioneers (1st Final Four)

Winning coach| Ron Schumate (1st title)
MOP| Wayne Golden (Chattanooga)
Attendance| 70,776
| NCAA Division II men's tournaments

«1976 | 1978»

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.

Towson

Florence

Fairfield

Green Bay

Grand Forks

Erie

Richmond

Chattanooga

Tacoma

New Haven

Youngstown

Springfield

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1977 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Quarterfinals (orange) Final Four (red)

## Regional participants

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School  | Outcome
Baltimore | Runner-up
Towson | Regional Champion
Virginia Union | Third Place
Winston-Salem | Fourth Place

School  | Outcome
Assumption | Third Place
Bridgeport | Fourth Place
Merrimack | Runner-up
Sacred Heart | Regional Champion

School  | Outcome
Armstrong Atlantic | Fourth Place
Chattanooga | Regional Champion
UCF | Runner-up
Valdosta State | Third Place

School  | Outcome
Augustana (SD) | Fourth Place
Green Bay | Runner-up
Nebraska–Omaha | Third Place
North Dakota | Regional Champion

School  | Outcome
Bellarmine | Fourth Place
Eastern Illinois | Runner-up
Randolph-Macon | Regional Champion
Youngstown State | Third Place

School  | Outcome
Cheyney | Regional Champion
Gannon | Third Place
Hartwick | Runner-up
Philadelphia Textile | Fourth Place

School  | Outcome
Lincoln (MO) | Third Place
North Alabama | Regional Champion
Southern | Fourth Place
Troy State | Runner-up

School  | Outcome
Cal Poly | Regional Champion
Cal State Hayward | Fourth Place
Puget Sound | Runner-up
Seattle Pacific | Third Place

*denotes tie

## Regionals

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### South Atlantic - Towson, Maryland

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Location: Towson Center Host: Towson State University

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 4 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 5 |

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| Baltimore | 116 | |
| Virginia Union | 96 |
| | Baltimore | 87 |
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| | | Towson | 92* |
| Towson | 107 |

| Winston-Salem | 83 |

* Third Place - Virginia Union 107, Winston-Salem 93

### New England - Fairfield, Connecticut

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Location: SHU Gymnasium Host: Sacred Heart University

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 3 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 4 |

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| Merrimack | 107 | |
| Bridgeport | 83 |
| | Merrimack | 104 |
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| | | Sacred Heart | 110 |
| Sacred Heart | 83 |

| Assumption | 78 |

* Third Place - Assumption 86, Bridgeport 84

### South - Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Location: Maclellan Gymnasium Host: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 4 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 5 |

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| UCF | 91 | |
| Armstrong Atlantic | 81 |
| | UCF | 79 |
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| | | Chattanooga | 88 |
| Chattanooga | 92 |

| Valdosta State | 76 |

* Third Place - Valdosta State 83, Armstrong Atlantic 73

### North Central - Green Bay, Wisconsin

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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 |

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| North Dakota | 71 | |
| Augustana (SD) | 64 |
| | North Dakota | 45 |
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| | | Green Bay | 43 |
| Green Bay | 89 |

| Nebraska–Omaha | 63 |

* Third Place - Nebraska–Omaha 93, Augustana 91

### Great Lakes - Youngstown, Ohio

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Location: Beeghly Center Host: Youngstown State University

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 4 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 5 |

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| Eastern Illinois | 87 | |
| Bellarmine | 72 |
| | Eastern Illinois | 66 |
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| | | Randolph–Macon | 69 |
| Randolph–Macon | 71* |

| Youngstown State | 69 |

* Third Place - Youngstown State 81, Bellarmine 79

### East - Erie, Pennsylvania

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Location: Hammermill Center Host: Gannon University

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 4 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 5 |

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| Cheyney | 62 | |
| Philadelphia Textile | 58 |
| | Cheyney | 88 |
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| | | Hartwick | 61 |
| Hartwick | 68 |

| Gannon | 66 |

* Third Place - Gannon 85, Philadelphia Textile 67

### South Central - Florence, Alabama

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Location: Flowers Hall Host: University of North Alabama

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 4 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 5 |

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| Troy State | 81 | |
| Lincoln (MO) | 65 |
| | Troy State | 70 |
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| | | North Alabama | 77 |
| North Alabama | 105 |

| Southern | 88 |

* Third Place - Lincoln 103, Southern 87

### West - Tacoma, Washington

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Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound

| Regional semifinals
Round of 32
March 3 | | | Regional Final
Sweet 16
March 4 |

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| Cal Poly | 73 | |
| Seattle Pacific | 58 |
| | Cal Poly | 67 |
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| | | 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

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| Quarterfinal - New Haven, CT
Elite Eight
March 12 |

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| Towson | 82 |
| Sacred Heart | 85 |

| Quarterfinal - Grand Forks, ND
Elite Eight
March 11 |

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| Chattanooga | 76 |
| North Dakota | 52 |

| Quarterfinal - Richmond, VA
Elite Eight
March 13 |

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| Randolph-Macon | 65 |
| Cheyney | 63 |

| Quarterfinal - Florence, AL
Elite Eight
March 11 |

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| North Alabama | 67* |
| Cal Poly | 64 |

## National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts

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Location: Springfield Civic Center Hosts: American International College and Springfield College

| National semifinals
Final Four
March 16 | | | National Championship
March 17 |

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| Sacred Heart | 81 | |
| Chattanooga | 95 |
| | Chattanooga | 71 |
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| | | Randolph-Macon | 62 |
| Randolph-Macon | 82 |

| North Alabama | 67 |

* Third Place - North Alabama 93, Sacred Heart 77

*denotes each overtime played

## All-tournament team

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* Joe Allen (Randolph-Macon)
* Otis Boddie (North Alabama)
* Wayne Golden (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
* William Gordon (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
* Hector Olivencia (Sacred Heart)

## See also

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* 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
* 1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
* 1977 NAIA Basketball Tournament

## References

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## Sources

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* 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship
* 1977 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com

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