1978 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament |
Teams | 30 |
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Finals site | Rock Island, Illinois |
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Champions | North Park Vikings (1st title) |
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Runner-up | Widener Pride (1st title game) |
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Semifinalists | |
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MOP | Mike Harper (North Park) |
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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[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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UMass Boston
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93
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Suffolk
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90
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UMass Boston
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68
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Brandeis
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69
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Brandeis
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79
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Clark (MA)
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77
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Regional Third-place
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Suffolk
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87
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Clark (MA)
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89
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Regional No. 2[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Stony Brook
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68
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SUNY Potsdam
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62
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Stony Brook
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40
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St. Lawrence
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34
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St. Lawrence
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65
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Manhattanville
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62
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Regional Third-place
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SUNY Potsdam
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64
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Manhattanville
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60
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Regional No. 3[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Widener
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47
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Upsala
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39
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Widener
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63*
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Slippery Rock
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60
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Slippery Rock
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70
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Scranton
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65
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Regional Third-place
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Upsala
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77
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Scranton
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84
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Regional No. 4[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Kean
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84
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Virginia Wesleyan
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75
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Kean
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80
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Washington and Lee
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64
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Washington and Lee
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66
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New Jersey City
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65
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Regional Third-place
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Virginia Wesleyan
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102
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New Jersey City
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105
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Regional No. 5[]
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First Round
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Regional Championship
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Albion
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72
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Otterbein
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67
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Albion
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91
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Bethany (WV)
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74
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Bethany (WV)
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70
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Rose–Hulman
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68
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Regional Third-place
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Otterbein
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99
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Rose–Hulman
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82
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Regional No. 6[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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Wooster
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84
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DePauw
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74
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Wooster
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76
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Knoxville
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84
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Knoxville
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86
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Transylvania
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67
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Regional Third-place
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DePauw
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79
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Transylvania
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96
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Regional No. 7[]
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First round
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Regional Championship
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North Park
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78
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Ripon
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68
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North Park
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65
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Minnesota–Morris
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62
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Minnesota–Morris
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62
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Central (IA)
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59
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Regional Third-place
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Ripon
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66
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Central (IA)
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81
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Regional No. 8[]
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Championship Rounds[]
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Championship
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| Brandeis
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| Stony Brook
| 98
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| Stony Brook
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| Widener
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| Widener
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| Kean
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| Widener
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| North Park
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| Albion
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| Knoxville
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| Albion
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| North Park
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| North Park
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| Stony Brook
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| Humboldt State
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| Albion
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