1979 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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1979 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
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Teams32
Finals site Rock Island, Illinois
Champions North Park Vikings (2nd title)
Runner-up Potsdam Bears (1st title game)
Semifinalists
MOP Mike Harper (North Park)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
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The 1979 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the fifth annual single-elimination tournament, held during March 1979, to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.

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The tournament field included 32 teams, an increase of two from 1978, with the national championship rounds being contested in Rock Island, Illinois. [1]

Defending champions North Park defeated Potsdam, 66–62, in the championship game to repeat as national champions and claim their second overall title.

Bracket

Regionals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
Clark (MA) 72
Potsdam89
Potsdam67
Centre (KY) 63
Centre (KY)68***
Baldwin Wallace 65
Potsdam 62
North Park66
Franklin & Marshall83
Jersey City State 72
Franklin & Marshall 73 National third-place game
North Park83
North Park95Centre (KY) 65
Chaminade 74 Franklin & Marshall66

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References

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