1978 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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1978 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
NCAA 70s logo.svg
Teams30
Finals site Rock Island, Illinois
Champions North Park Vikings (1st title)
Runner-up Widener Pride (1st title game)
Semifinalists
MOP Mike Harper (North Park)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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The 1978 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the fourth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, held during March 1978.

Contents

The tournament field included 30 teams and the national championship rounds were contested in Rock Island, Illinois. [1]

North Park defeated Widener, 69–57, in the championship game to win their first national title.

Bracket

Regionals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
Brandeis 84
Stony Brook98
Stony Brook 38
Widener48
Widener55
Kean 49
Widener 57
North Park69
Albion78
Knoxville 77
Albion 69 National third-place game
North Park75
North Park79*Stony Brook 78
Humboldt State 76 Albion87

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References

  1. "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 13, 2017.