| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Puget Sound Loggers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Chattanooga Mocs (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Don Zech (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Curt Peterson (Puget Sound) | ||||
| Attendance | 70,149 | ||||
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The 1976 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1975–76 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Puget Sound and Puget Sound's Curt Peterson was the Most Outstanding Player.
Villanova
Thibodeaux
Fairfield
Grand Forks
Norfolk
Chattanooga
Tacoma
Evansville
1976 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Quarterfinals (orange) Final Four (red)