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.

1978 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament
Teams30
Finals siteRock Island, Illinois
ChampionsNorth Park Vikings (1st title)
Runner-upWidener Pride (1st title game)
Semifinalists
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«1977 1979»

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

Championship Rounds

  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

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