Scranton needed overtime to beat Wittenberg and win the 1976 NCAA Division III men's basketball national championship. The game was tied 51-51 at the end of regulation before tournament Most Outstanding Player Jack Maher scored five unanswered points in the first two minutes of overtime to put Wittenberg away.

Championship
Scranton 60, Wittenberg 57 (OT)
at Reading, Pa. (Att. 4,000)

All-Tournament Team
Jack Maher, Scranton (Most Outstanding Player)
Tom Dunn, Wittenberg
Bob Huebner, Wittenberg
Ronnie Wright, Plattsburgh State
Terry Lawrence, Augustana 

Third Place
Augustana (Ill.) 93, Plattsburgh State 69

National Semifinals
Wittenberg 71, Plattsburgh State 58
Scranton 76, Augustana (Ill.) 65

Quarterfinals
Plattsburgh State 91, at Rhode Island College 80
at Wittenberg 101, Miles 75
at Scranton 94, Shepherd 78
(Augustana received a bye directly to the Final Four)

Regional Championships
at Rhode Island College 89, Southeast Massachusetts 87
Plattsburgh State 83, CCNY 81 at RPI
Wittenberg 61, at Ashland 49
Miles 87, at Transylvania 85
at Scranton 70, Widener 65
Shepherd 79, at Monmouth (N.J.) 71
at Augustana (Ill.) 79, Coe 70

Regional Third Place
Boston State 108, Suffolk 101; Rochester Tech 81, RPI 74; Oberlin 80, Hiram 77; LeMoyne-Owen 87, Sewanee 86; Mansfield 73, Grove City 59; Glassboro State 82, Lynchburg 62; Simpson 96, Cornell (Iowa) 88

First Round
Southeast Massachusetts 79, Suffolk 76
Rhode Island College 87, Boston State 65
CCNY 94, Rochester Tech 69
Plattsburgh State 68, RPI 65
Wittenberg 88, Oberlin 66
Ashland 75, Hiram 74
Miles 79, Sewanee 71
Transylvania 112, LeMoyne-Owen 92
Widener 65, Mansfield 54
Scranton 68, Grove City 45
Shepherd 77, Glassboro State 62
Monmouth (N.J.) 97, Lynchburg 73
Coe 70, Simpson 62
Augustana (Ill.) 83, Cornell (Iowa) 77

Glassboro State is now known as Rowan. Southeast Massachusetts is now known as Mass-Dartmouth.