The 1976 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in

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. The 39th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This was the first tournament since 1969 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA semifinals. (It was the 6th time since 1937 this happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945,

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, 1969).

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.

References

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Awards and honors

1976 NAIA bracket

Third-place game

See also

References