The 1976 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at
Kemper Arena
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in
Kansas City, Missouri. The 39th annual
NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This is the first tournament since
1969
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tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 6th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year
1937,
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Awards and honors
*Leading scorer:
*Leading rebounder:
*Player of the Year: est. 1994
1976 NAIA bracket
* * denotes double overtime.
Third-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.
See also
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1976 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
The 1976 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1976, and ended with the championship gam ...
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1976 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
The 1976 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1975–76 NCAA Div ...
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1976 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
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 durin ...
References
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NAIA Men's Basketball Championship
Tournament
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NAIA men's basketball tournament
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Sports
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NAIA men's basketball tournament
Naia or NAIA may refer to:
Sports
* National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
* NAIA Softball Championship
* NAIA Volleyball Championship
* NAIA World Series
* NAIA Wrestling Championship
* NAIA lacrosse
Other
* Naia (skeleton), a Pale ...
College basketball tournaments in Missouri
Basketball competitions in Kansas City, Missouri