The 1976

Metro Conference men's basketball tournament The Metro Conference men's basketball tournament was the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Metro Conference. The tournament was held annually between 1976 and 1996, when the Metro Conference was absorbed into Conferen ...

was held March 4–6 at

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. This was the first edition of the tournament.

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defeated in the championship game, 103–95, to win their first Metro men's basketball tournament. The Bearcats, in turn, received a bid to the 1976 NCAA Tournament. They were joined by fellow Metro member, and tournament runner-up, Memphis State, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinal round. The other four teams entered into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

References

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