1978 NAIA Basketball Tournament

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1978 (1978) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams32
ChampionsGrand Canyon
(2 title, 2 title game,
2 Fab Four)
Runner-UpKearney State
(1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
SemifinalistsQuincy
East Texas State
Chuck Taylor MVP Tom Ritzdorf
(Kearney State)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Randy Cipriano
(Kearney State)
  1977 NAIA Division I
Men's Tournaments
1979  

The 1978 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, the United States. The 41st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. [1]

Contents

Awards and honors

1978 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Winston-Salem State (N.C.) 77
- Bethany Nazarene (Okla.) 61
1 Winston-Salem State64
16 Briar Cliff 63
- Maine Portland-Gorham 78
16 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 115
1 Winston-Salem State 76
TOP TIER
- Kearney State89
9 Wisconsin–Parkside 72*
- Dowling (N.Y.) 67
9 Kearney State84*
- Wisconsin–Parkside 80
- Kearney State (Neb.) 70
8 Mercyhurst (Pa.) 69
- Kearney State76
5 Quincy 74
5 Quincy (Ill.) 70
- Southern Tech (Ga.) 63
5 Quincy85
- Erskine 84*
- Erskine (S.C.) 74
12 Lake Superior State (Mich) 69
5 Quincy73
TOP TIER
13 Missouri Southern State 66
13 Missouri Southern State 78
- Mississippi Valley State 59
13 Missouri Southern State69
4 Ouachita Baptist 56
- Eastern Montana 67
4 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 76
- Kearney State 75
2 Grand Canyon79
3 Drury (Mo.) 90
- Midwestern State (Tex.) 70
3 Drury86
- St. John's 79
- St. John's (Minn.) 83
14 Central Washington 65
3 Drury 77
BOTTOM TIER
6 East Texas State79
11 Birmingham Southern (Ala.) 92
- LeMoyne-Owen (Tenn.) 77
11 Birmingham–Southern 72
6 East Texas State78
- Kansas Newman 65
6 East Texas State 81
6 East Texas State 69
2 Grand Canyon74
7 Fairmont State(W.Virginia) 55
- Westmont (CA) 65
- Westmont 91**
- Central State92
- Central State (Ohio) 76
10 Hampton Institute (Virginia) 64
- Central State 82^
BOTTOM TIER
2 Grand Canyon88
15 Hawaii–Hilo 76
- Franklin (Ind.) 74
15 Hawaii–Hilo 67
2 Grand Canyon83
- Cumberland (Ky.) 64
2 Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 70

3rd place game

The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

NAIA Third Place Game
   
5 Quincy87
6 East Texas State 73

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