1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

Scranton Royals (2nd Final Four)
Hamline Pipers (1st Final Four)

Winning coachLarry Hunter (Wittenberg)MOPRick White (Wittenberg)

NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«1976	1978»

The 1977 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, held during March 1977.

The tournament field included 30 teams, an increase of two from 1976, and the national championship rounds were contested in Rock Island, Illinois.^[1]

Wittenberg, runners up from 1976, defeated Oneonta State, 79–66, in the championship game to win their first national title.

Bracket

Regionals

First round		Regional Championship

UMass Boston	83

Suffolk	73
		UMass Boston	95

		Brandeis	69
Brandeis	67

Worcester State	65	Regional Third-place


		Suffolk	81

		Worcester State	79

First round		Regional Championship

Oneonta State	71

Stony Brook	65
		Oneonta State	47

		Albany (NY)	46
Albany (NY)	75

Ithaca	58	Regional Third-place


		Stony Brook	74

		Ithaca	63

First round		Regional Championship

Hamline	44

Beloit	42
		Hamline	53

		Central (IA)	50
Central (IA)	73

Augustana (IL)	69	Regional Third-place


		Beloit	68

		Augustana (IL)	78

First round		Regional Championship

Methodist	85

Glassboro State	82
		Methodist	60

		William Paterson	62
William Paterson	92

Washington and Lee	68	Regional Third-place


		Glassboro State	103

		Washington and Lee	87

First round		Regional Championship

Scranton	59

Widener	51
		Scranton	75

		Albright	60
Albright	51

Franklin & Marshall	49	Regional Third-place


		Widener	71

		Franklin & Marshall	89

First round		Regional Championship

Rose–Hulman	85

Knoxville	75
		Rose–Hulman	91*

		Transylvania	85
Transylvania	85

Clark Atlanta	84	Regional Third-place


		Knoxville	73

		Clark Atlanta	63

First round		Regional Championship

Ashland	72

Muskingum	68
		Ashland	67

		Wittenberg	69*
Wittenberg	82

Carnegie Mellon	68	Regional Third-place


		Muskingum	74

		Carnegie Mellon	71

	Regional Championship

	Nebraska Wesleyan		84

	Bishop (TX)		83

National finals

Site: Rock Island, Illinois

National quarterfinals		National semifinals		National championship

Oneonta State	72

UMass Boston	61
		Oneonta State	61

		Hamline	56
Hamline	82

Nebraska Wesleyan	60
				Oneonta State	66

				Wittenberg	79
Scranton	78

William Paterson	69
		Scranton	52	National third-place game

		Wittenberg	53*
Rose–Hulman	57			Hamline	59

Wittenberg	71			Scranton	60