1979 NCAA Division III Teams 32 Finals site Rock Island, Illinois Champions North Park (2nd title)Runner-up SUNY Potsdam (1st title game)Semifinalists MOP Mike Harper (North Park)
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 [ ]
Regional No. 1 [ ]
First Round
Regional Championship
Framingham State 89
Rhode Island College
80
Framingham State
73
Clark (MA)
85
Clark (MA) 68**
Coast Guard
59
Regional Third-place
Rhode Island College
71
Coast Guard
76
Regional No. 2 [ ]
First Round
Regional Championship
St. Lawrence 64
Manhattanville
59
St. Lawrence
61
SUNY Potsdam
70
SUNY Potsdam 70
Stony Brook
65
Regional Third-place
Manhattanville
61
Stony Brook
66
Regional No. 3 [ ]
First Round
Regional Championship
Baldwin Wallace 70
Albion
66
Baldwin Wallace
68
Wittenberg
66
Wittenberg 69
Allegheny
68
Regional Third-place
Albion
91
Allegheny
78
Regional No. 4 [ ]
First Round
Regional Championship
Savannah State 82*
Albany (NY)
81
Savannah State
54
Centre (KY)
82
Centre (KY) 79
Lane
68
Regional Third-place
Albany (NY)
85*
Lane
83
Regional No. 5 [ ]
First Round
Regional Championship
Elizabethtown 58
Grove City
53
Elizabethtown
59
Franklin & Marshall
60
Franklin & Marshall 74*
Albright
63
Regional Third-place
Grove City
79
Albright
73
Regional No. 6 [ ]
First round
Regional Championship
Jersey City State 85
Virginia Wesleyan
64
Jersey City State
91
Upsala
81
Upsala 115
Lynchburg
85
Regional Third-place
Virginia Wesleyan
108
Lynchburg
84
Regional No. 7 [ ]
First round
Regional Championship
Central (IA) 85
Minnesota–Morris
57
Central (IA)
66
North Park
81
North Park 63
Beloit
62
Regional Third-place
Minnesota–Morris
64
Beloit
72
Regional No. 8 [ ]
First round
Regional Championship
Chaminade 78
William Penn
69
Chaminade
78
Whittier
77
Whittier 74**
Humboldt State
73
Regional Third-place
William Penn
91
Humboldt State
95
Championship Rounds [ ] 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 [ ]
