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 during March 1976.

The tournament field included 28 teams, a decrease of two from 1975, and the national championship rounds were contested in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Scranton defeated Wittenberg, 60–57 (in overtime), to win their first national championship.

National finals

 * Site: Reading, Pennsylvania