NCAA Men's D! Basketball 1977 Tournamnet

NCAA Division I Basketball 1977 Championship Tournament

The 1977 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 American schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the National Champion of Men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on Saturday, March 12, 1977, and ended with the championship game on Monday, March 28 in Atlanta. A total of 32 games were played, including a national third place game. This was the final tournament in which teams were not seeded. Marquette, coached by Al McGuire, won the national title with a 67?59 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith. Butch Lee of Marquette was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player

1977 - Final Four - Atlanta, Georgia

Semifinals			National Championship Game

0	Charlotte	49
0	Marquette	51
			0	Marquette	67
			0	North Carolina	59
0	Charlotte	49
0	Marquette	51

East Regional - Raleigh, North Carolina

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
Virginia Military	25-3	Southern	Schmaus, Charlie	Automatic
Duquesne	15-14	Atlantic Ten	Cinicola, John	Automatic
Kentucky	24-3	Southeastern	Hall, Joe	At Large
Princeton	21-4	Ivy League	Carril, Pete	Automatic
Notre Dame	21-6	Independent	Phelps, Digger	At Large
Hofstra	23-6	East Coast	Gaeckler, Roger	Automatic
North Carolina	24-4	Atlantic Coast	Smith, Dean	Automatic
Purdue	20-7	Big Ten	Schaus, Fred	At Large

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Virginia Military	73
2	Duquesne	66
				Virginia Military	78
				Kentucky	93
3	Kentucky	72
4	Princeton	58

							Kentucky	72
							North Carolina	79
1	Notre Dame	90
2	Hofstra	83
				Notre Dame	77
				North Carolina	79
3	North Carolina	69
4	Purdue	66

Mideast Regional - Bloomington, Indiana

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
Michigan	24-3	Big Ten	Orr, Johnny	Automatic
Holy Cross	23-5	ECAC New England	Blaney, George	Automatic
Detroit	25-2	Independent	Vitale, Dick	At Large
Middle Tennessee State	20-8	Ohio Valley	Earle, Jimmy	Automatic
Charlotte	25-3	Sun Belt	Rose, Lee	At Large
Central Michigan	18-9	Mid American	Parfitt, Dick	Automatic
Syracuse	25-3	ECAC Upstate	Boeheim, Jim	Automatic
Tennessee	22-5	Southeastern	Mears, Ray	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Michigan	92
2	Holy Cross	81
				Michigan	86
				Detroit	81
3	Detroit	93
4	Middle Tennessee State	76

							Michigan	68
							Charlotte	75
1	Charlotte	91
2	Central Michigan	86
				Charlotte	81
				Syracuse	59
3	Syracuse	93
4	Tennessee	88

Midwest Regional - Omaha, Nebraska

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
Marquette	20-7	Independent	McGuire, Al	At Large
Cincinnati	25-4	Metro	Catlett, Gale	Automatic
Kansas State	23-6	Big Eight	Hartman, Jack	Automatic
Providence	24-4	Independent	Gavitt, Dave	At Large
Wake Forest	20-7	Atlantic Coast	Tacy, Carl	At Large
Arkansas	26-1	Southwest	Sutton, Eddie	Automatic
Southern Illinois	21-6	Missouri Valley	Lambert, Paul	Automatic
Arizona	21-5	Western Athletic	Snowden, Fred	At Large

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Marquette	66
2	Cincinnati	51
				Marquette	67
				Kansas State	66
3	Kansas State	87
4	Providence	80

							Marquette	82
							Wake Forest	68
1	Wake Forest	86
2	Arkansas	80
				Wake Forest	86
				Southern Illinois	81
3	Southern Illinois	81
4	Arizona	77

West Regional - Pocatello, Idaho

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
UCLA	23-4	Pacific Ten	Bartow, Gene	Automatic
Louisville	21-6	Metro	Crum, Denny	At Large
Idaho State	23-4	Big Sky	Killingsworth, Jim	Automatic
Long Beach State	21-7	Big West	Jones, Dwight	Automatic
Utah	21-6	Western Athletic	Pimm, Jerry	Automatic
St. John's, New York	22-8	ECAC Metro	Carnesecca, Lou	Automatic
Nevada-Las Vegas	25-2	Independent	Tarkanian, Jerry	At Large
San Francisco	29-1	West Coast	Gaillard, Bob	Automatic

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	UCLA	87
2	Louisville	79
				UCLA	75
				Idaho State	76
3	Idaho State	83
4	Long Beach State	72

							Idaho State	90
							Nevada-Las Vegas	107
1	Utah	72
2	St. John's, New York	68
				Utah	83
				Nevada-Las Vegas	88
3	Nevada-Las Vegas	121
4	San Francisco	95