1979 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament

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1979 NCAA Division III
Basketball Tournament
NCAA 70s logo.svg
Teams32
Finals siteRock Island, Illinois
ChampionsNorth Park (2nd title)
Runner-upSUNY Potsdam (1st title game)
Semifinalists
MOPMike Harper (North Park)
NCAA Division III Men's Tournaments
«1978 1980»

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[]

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[]

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