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

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 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

• 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1978 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

References

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