1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship explained

1976 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship
Start Date:March 23, 1976
End Date:March 27, 1976
Administrator:Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host:Ashland College
Venues:Ashland, Ohio
Participants:16
Champions:Berry (1st title)
Runners-Up1:West Georgia
Matches:16
Previous:1975
Next:1977

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: PRE-NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECORDS. NCAA. NCAA.org. 21 January 2022.