1978 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament

1978 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament
Teams 30
Finals site Illinois Rock Island, Illinois
Champions North Park (1st title)
Runner-up Widener (1st title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«1977 1979»

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.

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.

Regional Rounds

Regional No. 1

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  UMass Boston 93  
  Suffolk 90    
      UMass Boston 68
      Brandeis 69
  Brandeis 79    
  Clark (MA) 77   Regional Third-place
 
Suffolk 87
  Clark (MA) 89

Regional No. 2

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Stony Brook 68  
  SUNY Potsdam 62    
      Stony Brook 40
      St. Lawrence 34
  St. Lawrence 65    
  Manhattanville 62   Regional Third-place
 
SUNY Potsdam 64
  Manhattanville 60

Regional No. 3

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Widener 47  
  Upsala 39    
      Widener 63*
      Slippery Rock 60
  Slippery Rock 70    
  Scranton 65   Regional Third-place
 
Upsala 77
  Scranton 84

Regional No. 4

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Kean 84  
  Virginia Wesleyan 75    
      Kean 80
      Washington and Lee 64
  Washington and Lee 66    
  New Jersey City 65   Regional Third-place
 
Virginia Wesleyan 102
  New Jersey City 105

Regional No. 5

  First Round     Regional Championship
                 
  Albion 72  
  Otterbein 67    
      Albion 91
      Bethany (WV) 74
  Bethany (WV) 70    
  Rose–Hulman 68   Regional Third-place
 
Otterbein 99
  Rose–Hulman 82

Regional No. 6

  First round     Regional Championship
                 
  Wooster 84  
  DePauw 74    
      Wooster 76
      Knoxville 84
  Knoxville 86    
  Transylvania 67   Regional Third-place
 
DePauw 79
  Transylvania 96

Regional No. 7

  First round     Regional Championship
                 
  North Park 78  
  Ripon 68    
      North Park 65
      Minnesota–Morris 62
  Minnesota–Morris 62    
  Central (IA) 59   Regional Third-place
 
Ripon 66
  Central (IA) 81

Regional No. 8

Regional Championship
   
Humboldt State 69
Ashland 68

Championship Rounds

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Brandeis 84
Stony Brook 98
Stony Brook 38
Widener 48
Widener 55
Kean 49
Widener 57
North Park 69
Albion 78
Knoxville 77
Albion 69 Third-place
North Park 75
North Park 79* Stony Brook 78
Humboldt State 76 Albion 87

See also

References

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