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)

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

Site: Rock Island, Illinois

	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

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

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