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The 1977 AIAW women's basketball tournament was held on March 23–26, 1977. The host site was the
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
in
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. Sixteen teams participated, and
Delta State University Delta State University (DSU) is a public university in Cleveland, Mississippi Cleveland is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 11,199 as of the 2020 United States Census. Cleveland has a large commercia ...
was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament for the third straight season. The 1976–1977 season also marked the release of the first
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for women's basketball. Delta State finished first in the final poll, which was released prior to the 1977 AIAW Tournament.


Tournament bracket


Main bracket


Consolation bracket


See also

* 1977 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship


References

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