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.

Regional participants SchoolOutcomeBaltimoreRunner-upTowsonRegional ChampionVirginia UnionThird PlaceWinston-SalemFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAssumptionThird PlaceBridgeportFourth PlaceMerrimackRunner-upSacred HeartRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeArmstrong AtlanticFourth PlaceChattanoogaRegional ChampionUCFRunner-upValdosta StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeAugustana (SD)Fourth PlaceGreen BayRunner-upNebraska–OmahaThird PlaceNorth DakotaRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeBellarmineFourth PlaceEastern IllinoisRunner-upRandolph-MaconRegional ChampionYoungstown StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeCheyneyRegional ChampionGannonThird PlaceHartwickRunner-upPhiladelphia TextileFourth Place SchoolOutcomeLincoln (MO)Third PlaceNorth AlabamaRegional ChampionSouthernFourth PlaceTroy StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeCal PolyRegional ChampionCal State HaywardFourth PlacePuget SoundRunner-upSeattle PacificThird Place

*denotes tie

Regionals

South Atlantic - Towson, Maryland Location: Towson Center Host: Towson State University

Third Place - Virginia Union 107, Winston-Salem 93

New England - Fairfield, Connecticut Location: SHU Gymnasium Host: Sacred Heart University

Third Place - Assumption 86, Bridgeport 84

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

Third Place - Valdosta State 83, Armstrong Atlantic 73

North Central - Green Bay, Wisconsin Location: Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena Host: University of Wisconsin at Green Bay

Third Place - Nebraska–Omaha 93, Augustana 91

Great Lakes - Youngstown, Ohio Location: Beeghly Center Host: Youngstown State University

Third Place - Youngstown State 81, Bellarmine 79

East - Erie, Pennsylvania Location: Hammermill Center Host: Gannon University

Third Place - Gannon 85, Philadelphia Textile 67

South Central - Florence, Alabama Location: Flowers Hall Host: University of North Alabama

Third Place - Lincoln 103, Southern 87

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

Third Place - Seattle Pacific 94, Cal State Hayward 74

*denotes each overtime played

National Quarterfinals

National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts Location: Springfield Civic Center Hosts: American International College and Springfield College

Third Place - North Alabama 93, Sacred Heart 77

*denotes each overtime played

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

See also 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament 1977 NAIA Basketball Tournament

References

Sources 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