The 1976 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the second annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, held during March 1976.
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The tournament field included 28 teams, a decrease of two from 1975, and the national championship rounds were contested in Reading, Pennsylvania.[1]
Scranton defeated Wittenberg, 60–57 (in overtime), to win their first national championship.
Regionals
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| First round
| | | Regional Championship
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Plattsburgh State
| 68
| | | | | RPI
| 65
| | | | Plattsburgh State
| 83
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| | | | | CCNY
| 81
| | | CCNY
| 94
| | | | RIT
| 69
| | | Regional Third-place
| | | | | RPI
| 74
| | | | RIT
| 81
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National finals
| National quarterfinals
| | | National semifinals
| | | National championship
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| Rhode Island College
| 80
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| Plattsburgh State
| 91
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| | Plattsburgh State
| 58
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| | | Wittenberg
| 71
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| Wittenberg
| 101
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| Miles
| 75
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| | Wittenberg
| 57
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| | | Scranton
| 60*
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| Scranton
| 94
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| Shepherd
| 78
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| | Scranton
| 76
| | | National third-place game
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| | | Augustana (IL)
| 65
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| | | | Plattsburgh State
| 69
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| | | | Augustana (IL)
| 93
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