1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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.

1977 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament

Teams	30
Finals site	Rock Island, Illinois
Champions	Wittenberg Tigers (1st title)
Runner-up	Oneonta State Red Dragons (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Scranton Royals (2nd Final Four) Hamline Pipers (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Larry Hunter (Wittenberg)
MOP	Rick White (Wittenberg)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1976 1978»

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

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

See also

• 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
• 1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
• 1977 NAIA basketball tournament