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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