1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	The Omni Atlanta, Georgia
Champions	Marquette (1st title)
Runner-Up	North Carolina (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Charlotte (1st Final Four) UNLV (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach	Al McGuire (3rd title)
MOP	Butch Lee Marquette
Attendance	241,610
Top scorer	Cedric Maxwell Charlotte (123 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «1976  1978»

The 1977 NCAA Men's 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 March 12, 1977, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 32 games were played, including a national third place game.

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. Publicly announcing his retirement during the middle of the season, McGuire retired as head coach immediately after the game. UNLV and Charlotte (at that time known by a longer abbreviation of its full name, UNC-Charlotte) were third and fourth place, respectively.

Contents 1 Bracket 1.1 East region 1.2 West region 1.3 Mideast region 1.4 Midwest region 1.5 Final Four 2 External links

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		VMI	73
		Duquesne	66
							VMI	78
							Kentucky	93
		Kentucky	72
		Princeton	58
												Kentucky	72
												North Carolina	79
		Notre Dame	90
		Hofstra	83
							Notre Dame	77
							North Carolina	79
		North Carolina	69
		Purdue	66

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		UCLA	87
		Louisville	79
							UCLA	75
							Idaho State	76
		Idaho State	83
		Long Beach State	72
												Idaho State	90
												UNLV	107
		Utah	72
		St. John's	68
							Utah	83
							UNLV	88
		UNLV	121
		San Francisco	95

[edit] Mideast region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Michigan

92

Holy Cross

81

Michigan

86

Detroit

81

Detroit

93

Middle Tennessee St.

76

Michigan

68

Charlotte

75

Charlotte

91

Central Michigan

86*

Charlotte

81

Syracuse

59

Syracuse

93

Tennessee

88*

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Marquette	66
		Cincinnati	51
							Marquette	67
							Kansas State	66
		Kansas State	87
		Providence	80
												Marquette	82
												Wake Forest	68
		Wake Forest	86
		Arkansas	80
							Wake Forest	86
							Southern Illinois	81
		Southern Illinois	81
		Arizona	77

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		North Carolina	84
		UNLV	83
							North Carolina	59
							Marquette	67
		Charlotte	400001
		Marquette	51

	National Third Place
		UNLV	106
		Charlotte	94

[edit] External links

• 1977 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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