1978 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
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.
Teams | 30 | ||||
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Finals site | Rock Island, Illinois | ||||
Champions | North Park Vikings (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Widener Pride (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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MOP | Mike Harper (North Park) | ||||
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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
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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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