1970 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
The 1970 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1969-70 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (then-known colloquially as "Philadelphia Textile", later known as Philadelphia University, and now as Thomas Jefferson University) and Tennessee State's Ted McClain was the Most Outstanding Player.
Teams | 32 | ||||
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
Champions | Philadelphia Rams (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Tennessee State Tigers (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Herb Magee (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Ted McClain (Tennessee State) | ||||
Attendance | 16,075 | ||||
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American International College's tournament appearance was later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants
School | Outcome | |
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Ashland | Runner-up | |
Cheyney | Third Place | |
Philadelphia Textile | Regional Champion | |
Youngstown State | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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American International* | Regional Champion | |
Assumption | Runner-up | |
Springfield | Third Place | |
Saint Anselm | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Boise State | Third Place | |
Puget Sound | Runner-up | |
Sacramento State | Fourth Place | |
UC Riverside | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Capital | Third Place | |
Central Michigan | Runner-up | |
St. Joseph's (IN) | Regional Champion | |
Wayne State (MI) | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Buffalo State | Regional Champion | |
Hartwick | Third Place | |
Montclair State | Runner-up | |
Stony Brook | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Georgia Southern | Runner-up | |
Mount St. Mary's | Fourth Place | |
Old Dominion | Third Place | |
Stetson | Regional Champion |
School | Outcome | |
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Bellarmine | Third Place | |
Kentucky Wesleyan | Runner-up | |
Tennessee State | Regional Champion | |
Transylvania | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Central Missouri State | Runner-up | |
Cornell (IA) | Fourth Place | |
South Dakota State | Regional Champion | |
SW Missouri State | Third Place |
*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals
Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania
Location: Bollman Center Host: Cheyney State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 79 | ||||||||
Youngstown State | 52 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 45 | ||||||||
Ashland | 28 | ||||||||
Ashland | 50 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 43 |
- Third Place - Cheyney 94, Youngstown State 91
New England - Worcester, Massachusetts
Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
89 | |||||||||
St. Anselm | 74 | ||||||||
83 | |||||||||
Assumption | 82 | ||||||||
Assumption | 106 | ||||||||
Springfield | 84 |
- Third Place - Springfield 109, St. Anselm 103
Far West - Tacoma, Washington
Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 5 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 6 | ||||||||
UC Riverside | 83 | ||||||||
Boise State | 81 | ||||||||
UC Riverside | 83 | ||||||||
Puget Sound | 72 | ||||||||
Puget Sound | 67 | ||||||||
Sacramento State | 62 |
- Third Place -Boise State 63, Sacramento State 61
Great Lakes - Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Location: CMU Fieldhouse Host: Central Michigan University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
St. Joseph's (IN) | 75 | ||||||||
Capital | 72 | ||||||||
St. Joseph's | 87 | ||||||||
Central Michigan | 68 | ||||||||
Central Michigan | 73 | ||||||||
Wayne State (MI) | 61 |
- Third Place - Capital 83, Wayne State (MI) 80
East - Buffalo, New York
Location: unknown Host: Buffalo State College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Montclair State | 63 | ||||||||
Hartwick | 54 | ||||||||
Montclair State | 72 | ||||||||
Buffalo State | 81 | ||||||||
Buffalo State | 93 | ||||||||
Stony Brook | 69 |
- Third Place - Hartwick 78, Stony Brook 70
South Atlantic - Statesboro, Georgia
Location: Hanner Fieldhouse Host: Georgia Southern College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Stetson | 78 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 77 | ||||||||
Stetson | 93 | ||||||||
Georgia Southern | 86 | ||||||||
Georgia Southern | 86 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 79 |
- Third Place - Old Dominion 93, Mount St. Mary's 90
South - Owensboro, Kentucky
Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | 82 | ||||||||
Bellarmine | 77 | ||||||||
Tennessee State | 75 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 73 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 74 | ||||||||
Transylvania | 67 |
- Third Place - Bellarmine 114, Transylvania 72
Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota
Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
Central Missouri State | 77 | ||||||||
Cornell (IA) | 65 | ||||||||
Central Missouri State | 73 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 92 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 82 | ||||||||
SW Missouri State | 71 |
- Third Place - SW Missouri State 76, Cornell 65
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 11 | National semifinals Final Four March 12 | National Championship March 13 | ||||||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 101 | |||||||||||||
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Philadelphia Textile | 79 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 63 | |||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 82 | |||||||||||||
St. Joseph's (IN) | 77 | |||||||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 76 | |||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 65 | |||||||||||||
Buffalo State | 75 | |||||||||||||
Stetson | 74 | |||||||||||||
Buffalo State | 80 | |||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 101 | |||||||||||||
Tennessee State | 92 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 89 |
- Third Place - UC Riverside 94, Buffalo State 83
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
- Howard Lee (UC Riverside)
- Ted McClain (Tennessee State)
- John Pierantozzi (Philadelphia Textile)
- Carl Poole (Philadelphia Textile)
- Randy Smith (Buffalo State)