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1978 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
Teams30
Finals siteRock Island, Illinois
ChampionsNorth Park Vikings (1st title)
Runner-upWidener Pride (1st title game)
Semifinalists
MOPMike Harper (North Park)
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.

North Park defeated Widener, 69–57, in the championship game to win their first national title.

Bracket

Regionals

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


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

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


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

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


First round Regional Championship
      
Wooster 84
DePauw 74
Wooster 76
Knoxville 84
Knoxville 86
Transylvania 67 Regional Third-place
DePauw 79
Transylvania 96

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 Championship
   
Humboldt State 69
Ashland 68

National finals

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

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