1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 23, 1976–March 27, 1976
Administrator	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host(s)	Ashland College
Venue(s)	Ashland, Ohio
Participants	16
Final positions
Champions	Berry (1st title)
Runner-up	West Georgia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16

The 1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship was the second annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of women's collegiate basketball among its small college members in the United States.[1]

The tournament was held at Ashland College in Ashland, Ohio between March 23 and March 27, 1976.

Berry defeated West Georgia in the championship game, 68–62, capturing the Vikings' first AIAW small college national title.

Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament that additionally included a third-place final for the two teams that lost in the semi-final games.

Tournament bracket

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semi-finals					National championship
		West Georgia	58
		SE Louisiana	55
							West Georgia	59
							Princeton	58
		Princeton	72
		Fort Lewis	47
												West Georgia	77
												Phillips (OK)	73
		Francis Marion	69
		Grand View	68
							Francis Marion	64
							Phillips (OK)	71
		Phillips (OK)	67
		Cal Poly Pomona	63
																	West Georgia	62
																	Berry (GA)	68
		Ashland	62
		Biola	57
							Ashland	67
							Tarkio	63
		Tarkio	81
		Eastern Montana	56
												Ashland	83
												Berry (GA)	84
		Union (KY)	107													Third place final
		Seton Hill	84
							Union (KY)	83									Phillips (OK)	107
							Berry (GA)	84									Ashland	68
		Berry (GA)	88
		George Williams	54

See also

• 1976 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship

References

1. "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 21, 2022.