1978 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

1978 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament

Teams

30

Finals site

Rock Island, Illinois

Champions

North Park Vikings (1st title)

Runner-up

Widener Pride (1st title game)

Semifinalists

Stony Brook Seawolves (1st Final Four)
Albion Britons (1st Final Four)

MOP

Mike Harper (North Park)

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.

Bracket

Regionals

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	First round					Regional Championship

	Wooster		84

	DePauw		74
						Wooster		76

						Knoxville		84
	Knoxville		86

	Transylvania		67			Regional Third-place


						DePauw		79

						Transylvania		96

	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 Championship

	Humboldt State		69

	Ashland		68

National finals

Site: Rock Island, Illinois

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National 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			National third-place game

						North Park		75
	North Park		79*								Stony Brook		78

	Humboldt State		76								Albion		87

See also

References

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

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