1977 Eastern 8 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1976–77
Teams8
SiteThe Spectrum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ChampionsDuquesne (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Cinicola (1st title)
MVPNorm Nixon (Duquesne)
Eastern 8 men's basketball tournaments

The 1977 Eastern 8 men's basketball tournament was the first edition of the men's basketball postseason competition now known as the Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament. It was organized by the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League, popularly known as the "Eastern 8", an NCAA Division I basketball-only conference that was formally founded in 1975 and began competition in the 1976–77 season. The conference added sports other than basketball starting with the 1977–78 school year, changing its name to the Eastern Athletic Association, and adopted its current name of Atlantic 10 Conference in 1982.

The inaugural tournament winner was the Duquesne team.

Bracket

First round
March 2, 1977
Philadelphia 		Semi-finals
March 4, 1977
Philadelphia 		Finals
March 5, 1977
Philadelphia
         
1 Rutgers 74
8 UMass 78
8 UMass 65
4 Duquesne 82
4 Duquesne 65
5 Penn State 55
4 Duquesne 57
2 Villanova 54
2 Villanova 80
7 George Washington 72
2 Villanova 83
3 West Virginia 75
3 West Virginia 66
6 Pittsburgh 54


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