1976 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship

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{{Infobox tournament

| name = 1976 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship

| image = AIAW logo.jpg

| caption =

| location =

| start_date = March 25, 1976

| end_date = March 28, 1976

| administrator = Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women

| host = Pennsylvania State University

| venues = State College, Pennsylvania

| participants = 16

| champions = Delta State (2nd title)

| runners-up1 = Immaculata

| matches = 27

| previous = 1975

| next = 1977

}}

The 1976 AIAW women's basketball tournament was held March 25–28, 1976. The host site was Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. Sixteen teams participated, and Delta State University was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament, for the second straight season.{{cite web|title=Women's College Basketball Championship History Page |url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/ |access-date=2009-06-03 |author=Gregory Cooper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026191906/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/ |archive-date=2009-10-26 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | title =Tennessee Tech Media Guide | url =http://www.ttusports.com/images/stories/mediaguides/2009/2008-09WBBFINAL.pdf | access-date =2009-06-04}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}{{cite web | title =Southern Conn. St. Media Guide | url =http://www.southernctowls.com/documents/2008/11/19/0809whoopguide.pdf | access-date =2009-07-10}}{{cite news | url=http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_COLLEGIAN&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=DCG/1976/03/29&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar00700&PageLabel=7 | title=AIAW Cage Champion Crowned. Macs Falter, Delta State No. 1 | date=March 29, 1976 | page=7 | access-date=2010-10-05 | first=Tom | last=McNichol | work=The Daily Collegian | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403235505/http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_COLLEGIAN&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=DCG%2F1976%2F03%2F29&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar00700&PageLabel=7 | archive-date=April 3, 2012 | url-status=dead }}

Tournament bracket

=Main bracket=

{{Round16

||Delta State|88|Penn State|46

||S. Connecticut St.|72|Baylor|76

||Wayland Baptist|85|Utah|46

||Mississippi College|91|Queens College|80

||William Penn|78|Tennessee Tech|70

||Cal State Fullerton|103|Wisconsin–La Crosse|85

||Immaculata|84|Long Beach State|65

||Montclair State|86|Portland State|49

||Delta State|97|Baylor|57

||Wayland Baptist|75|Mississippi College|59

||William Penn|64|Cal State Fullerton|61

||Immaculata|103|Montclair State|82

||Delta State|61|Wayland Baptist|60

||William Penn|52|Immaculata|74

||Delta State|69|Immaculata|64

||Wayland Baptist|74|William Penn|54

|RD1=First round*
March 25, 1976| RD2=Quarterfinals*
March 26, 1976| RD3=Semifinals
March 27, 1976| RD4=Final
March 28, 1976}}

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| style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | *Losers in the first round and quarterfinals continued in the consolation bracket (below)

=Consolation bracket=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

| RD1= First round

| RD2= Second round

| RD3= Third Round

| RD4= Fifth-place game

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03= Penn State

| RD1-score03= 51

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04= S. Connecticut St.

| RD1-score04= 63

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07= Utah

| RD1-score07= 57

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08= Queens College

| RD1-score08= 77

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11= Tennessee Tech

| RD1-score11= 116

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12= Wisconsin–La Crosse

| RD1-score12= 78

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15= Long Beach State

| RD1-score15= 74

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16= Portland State

| RD1-score16= 54

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team01= Cal State Fullerton

| RD2-score01= 51

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02= S. Connecticut St.

| RD2-score02= 61

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03= Montclair State

| RD2-score03= 98

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-team04= Queens College

| RD2-score04= 93

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05= Baylor

| RD2-score05= 78

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06= Tennessee Tech

| RD2-score06= 89

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07= Mississippi College

| RD2-score07= 95

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-team08= Long Beach State

| RD2-score08= 81

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01= S. Connecticut St.

| RD3-score01= 56

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-team02= Montclair State

| RD3-score02= 65

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03= Tennessee Tech

| RD3-score03= 111

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04= Mississippi College

| RD3-score04= 93

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01= Montclair State

| RD4-score01= 88

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02= Tennessee Tech

| RD4-score02= 94

}}

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‡ Double-overtime

See also

References