1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1977


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=32
FinalFourArena=The Omni
FinalFourCity=Atlanta, Georgia
Champions=Marquette
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=North Carolina
GameCount=4th
Semifinal1=Charlotte
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=UNLV
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=Al McGuire
CoachCount=3rd
MOP=Butch Lee
MOPTeam=Marquette
Attendance=241,610
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Cedric Maxwell
TopScorerTeam=Charlotte
Points=123

The 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 American schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the National Champion of Men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1977, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 32 games were played, including a national third place game.

Marquette, coached by Al McGuire, won the national title with a 67-59 victory in the final game over North Carolina, coached by Dean Smith. Butch Lee of Marquette was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Publicly announcing his retirement during the middle of the season, McGuire retired as head coach immediately after the game. UNLV and Charlotte (at that time known by a longer abbreviation of its full name, UNC-Charlotte) were third and fourth place, respectively.

Bracket

East region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=VMI
RD1-score1=73
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Duquesne
RD1-score2=66
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Kentucky
RD1-score3=72
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Princeton
RD1-score4=58
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Notre Dame
RD1-score5=90
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Hofstra
RD1-score6=83
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=North Carolina
RD1-score7=69
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Purdue
RD1-score8=66
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=VMI
RD2-score1=78
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Kentucky
RD2-score2=93
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Notre Dame
RD2-score3=77
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=North Carolina
RD2-score4=79
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Kentucky
RD3-score1=72
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=North Carolina
RD3-score2=79

West region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=UCLA
RD1-score1=87
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Louisville
RD1-score2=79
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Idaho State
RD1-score3=83
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Long Beach State
RD1-score4=72
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Utah
RD1-score5=72
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=St. John's
RD1-score6=68
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=UNLV
RD1-score7=121
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=San Francisco
RD1-score8=95
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=UCLA
RD2-score1=75
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Idaho State
RD2-score2=76
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Utah
RD2-score3=83
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=UNLV
RD2-score4=88
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Idaho State
RD3-score1=90
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=UNLV
RD3-score2=107

Mideast region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Michigan
RD1-score1=92
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Holy Cross
RD1-score2=81
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Detroit
RD1-score3=93
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Middle Tennessee St.
RD1-score4=76
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Charlotte
RD1-score5=91
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Central Michigan
RD1-score6=86*
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Syracuse
RD1-score7=93
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Tennessee
RD1-score8=88*
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Michigan
RD2-score1=86
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Detroit
RD2-score2=81
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Charlotte
RD2-score3=81
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Syracuse
RD2-score4=59
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Michigan
RD3-score1=68
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Charlotte
RD3-score2=75

Midwest region

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Marquette
RD1-score1=66
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Cincinnati
RD1-score2=51
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Kansas State
RD1-score3=87
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Providence
RD1-score4=80
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Wake Forest
RD1-score5=86
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Arkansas
RD1-score6=80
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Southern Illinois
RD1-score7=81
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Arizona
RD1-score8=77
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Marquette
RD2-score1=67
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Kansas State
RD2-score2=66
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Wake Forest
RD2-score3=86
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Southern Illinois
RD2-score4=81
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Marquette
RD3-score1=82
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Wake Forest
RD3-score2=68

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals | RD2=National Finals | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=North Carolina
RD1-score1=84
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=UNLV
RD1-score2=83
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Charlotte
RD1-score3=49
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Marquette
RD1-score4=51
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=North Carolina
RD2-score1=59
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Marquette
RD2-score2=67

2TeamBracket | RD1=National Third Place | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=UNLV
RD1-score1=106
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Charlotte
RD1-score2=94
RD1-seed3=

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1977.htm 1977 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.