| 1976 NCAA Tournament |
| Memphis State received their first NCAA bid after the 1976 season and traveled to the West Regional in Tempe, AZ. After an opening game win over Minnesota, the Tigers lost back-to-back games against Arizona State and a rematch with Minnesota. |
| Season Record: 32-11 Head Coach: Bobby Kilpatrick |
| Date | Opponent | Location | W/L | Score |
| 05/28/76 | Minnesota | Tempe, AZ | W | 6-0 |
| 05/29/76 | @ Arizona State | Tempe, AZ | L | 4-11 |
| 05/30/76 | Minnesota | Tempe, AZ | L | 4-17 |
| Box Score Memphis State 6, Minnesota 0 May 28, 1976 - Tempe, AZ West Region |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Memphis State | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | x | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| MSU: Parks and Brantley. Minn: Comer, Forsythe (6) and Dierberaer. WP: Parks. LP: Comer. HR – MSU: Merritt, Reed. 3B – MSU: McNeeley. 2B – MSU: White. SB – MSU: McNeeley. SF – MSU: Frix. |
| Box Score Memphis State 4, Arizona State 11 May 29, 1976 - Tempe, AZ West Region |
| Memphis State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | x | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| MSU: Lee, Roberson (7), Leonard (8) and Mitchell. LP: Lee. HR – ASU: Phears (2). 3B – ASU: Carbern. 2B – ASU: Carbern, Peters. SB – ASU: Lanx (3), Carbern, Peters. SH – ASU: Phears, Henderson. MSU: McNeeley. SF – ASU: Peters. HBP – ASU: Lanx. |
| Box Score Memphis State 4, Minnesota 17 May 30, 1976 - Tempe, AZ West Region |
| Memphis State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |
| Minnesota | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | x | 17 | 25 | 2 |
| MSU: Farmer, Thornburg (3), Heuberger (3), Leonard (7), Graves (8) and Brantley. Minn: Forsythe and Dierberaer. WP: Forsythe. LP: Farmer. HR – Minn: Mee (2), Bole. 3B – Minn: Schultz, Molitor. 2B – MSU: Reed, Brantley. Minn: Mee. SB – MSU: White. Minn: Molitor. RI – MSU: Reed. SH – Minn: Dierberaer (2), Bruss. SF – Minn: Bole. |
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