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1976 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri

Champions
  
Coppin State (1 title, 1 title game, 1 Final Four)

Runner-Up
  
Henderson State (1 title game, 1 Final Four)

Semifinalists
  
Marymount (KS) (1 Final Four) Lincoln Memorial (1 Final Four)

Chuck Taylor MVP
  
Joe Pace (Coppin State)

The 1976 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 39th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

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Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • 1976 NAIA bracket

  •  * denotes double overtime.
  • 3rd place game

    The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

    References

    1976 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia