1979 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament
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Teams | 32 | ||||
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Champions | North Park (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | SUNY Potsdam (1st title game) | ||||
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The 1979 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the fifth annual single-elimination tournament, held during March 1979, to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.
The tournament field included 32 teams, an increase of two from 1978, with the national championship rounds being contested in Rock Island, Illinois.[1]
Defending champions North Park defeated SUNY Potsdam, 66–62, in the championship game to repeat as national champions and claim their second overall title.
Regional Rounds
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Regional No. 2
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Regional No. 7
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Championship Rounds
- Site: Rock Island, Illinois
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||
Clark (MA) | 72 | ||||||||||||
SUNY Potsdam | 89 | ||||||||||||
SUNY Potsdam | 67 | ||||||||||||
Centre (KY) | 63 | ||||||||||||
Centre (KY) | 68*** | ||||||||||||
Baldwin Wallace | 65 | ||||||||||||
SUNY Potsdam | 62 | ||||||||||||
North Park | 66 | ||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 83 | ||||||||||||
Jersey City State | 72 | ||||||||||||
Franklin & Marshall | 73 | Third-place | |||||||||||
North Park | 83 | ||||||||||||
North Park | 95 | Centre (KY) | 65 | ||||||||||
Chaminade | 74 | Franklin & Marshall | 66 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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