The 1976 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 1975–76 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Puget Sound and Puget Sound's Curt Peterson was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regional participants SchoolOutcomeEastern IllinoisRegional ChampionEvansvilleRunner-upSt. Joseph's (IN)Fourth PlaceWright StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeChattanoogaRegional ChampionFTUFourth PlaceRollinsThird PlaceValdosta StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeCal Poly PomonaThird PlaceCal State BakersfieldRunner-upPuget SoundRegional ChampionUC DavisFourth Place SchoolOutcomeBaltimoreRunner-upMadisonFourth PlaceMorgan StateThird PlaceOld DominionRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeAssumptionRunner-upBentleyThird PlaceBridgeportRegional ChampionQuinnipiacFourth Place SchoolOutcomeGrambling StateRunner-upLincoln (MO)Third PlaceMissouri–RollaFourth PlaceNicholls StateRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeGreen BayRunner-upMinnesota StateThird PlaceNebraska–OmahaFourth PlaceNorth DakotaRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeBuffalo StateThird PlaceCheyneyRegional ChampionHartwickFourth PlacePhiladelphia URunner-up

*denotes tie

Regionals

Great Lakes - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville

Third Place - Wright State 72, St. Joseph's 68

New England - Fairfield, Connecticut Location: Alumni Hall Host: University of Bridgeport

Third Place - Bentley 83, Quinnipiac 77

South - Chattanooga, Tennessee Location: Maclellan Gymnasium Host: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Third Place - Rollins 101, Florida Tech 91

South Central - Thibodeaux, Louisiana Location: Stopher Gym Host: Nicholls State University

Third Place - Lincoln 86, Missouri-Rolla 84*

West - Tacoma, Washington Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound

Third Place - Cal Poly Pomona 84, UC Davis 82*

North Central - Grand Forks, North Dakota Location: Hyslop Sports Center Host: University of North Dakota

Third Place - Minnesota State 95, Nebraska-Omaha 73

South Atlantic - Norfolk, Virginia Location: Norfolk Scope Host: Old Dominion University

Third Place - Morgan State 86, Madison 81

East - Villanova, Pennsylvania Location: Villanova Field House Host: Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science

Third Place - Buffalo State 69, Hartwick 67

*denotes each overtime played

National Quarterfinals

National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville

Third Place - Eastern Illinois 78, Old Dominion 74

*denotes each overtime played

All-tournament team Jeff Fuhrmann (Old Dominion) Jeff Furry (Eastern Illinois) Brant Gibler (Puget Sound) Wayne Golden (Tennessee-Chattanooga) Curt Peterson (Puget Sound)

See also 1976 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1976 NCAA Division III basketball tournament 1976 NAIA Basketball Tournament

References

Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1976 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com