1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 23, 1976–March 27, 1976 |
| Administrator | Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women |
| Host(s) | Ashland College |
| Venue(s) | Ashland, Ohio |
| Participants | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Berry (1st title) |
| Runner-up | West Georgia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
The 1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship was the second annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of women's collegiate basketball among its small college members in the United States.[1]
The tournament was held at Ashland College in Ashland, Ohio between March 23 and March 27, 1976.
Berry defeated West Georgia in the championship game, 68–62, capturing the Vikings' first AIAW small college national title.
Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament that additionally included a third-place final for the two teams that lost in the semi-final games.
Tournament bracket[edit]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | National championship | ||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SE Louisiana | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fort Lewis | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phillips (OK) | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Francis Marion | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand View | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Francis Marion | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phillips (OK) | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phillips (OK) | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Berry (GA) | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ashland | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biola | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ashland | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tarkio | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tarkio | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Montana | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ashland | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Berry (GA) | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Union (KY) | 107 | Third place final | |||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hill | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Union (KY) | 83 | Phillips (OK) | 107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Berry (GA) | 84 | Ashland | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Berry (GA) | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Williams | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 21, 2022.