The 1977 AIAW women's basketball tournament was held on March 23–26, 1977. The host site was the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sixteen teams participated, and Delta State University was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament for the third straight season. This was the last year that the women's basketball tournament was held as a sixteen-team single-site event held in one week.Douchant, Mike. Tourney Time. United States: Masters Press, 1993.
The 1976–1977 season also marked the release of the first AP Poll for women's basketball. Delta State finished first in the final poll, which was released prior to the 1977 AIAW Tournament.
Tournament bracket
Main bracket
*Losers in the first round and quarterfinals continued in the consolation bracket (below)
Consolation bracket
See also 1977 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship
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