1979 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

American collegiate men's basketball tournament (1979) August 2023 March 2026 1979 III NCAA 70s logo.svg 125px 32 Rock Island, Illinois North Park Vikings 2nd Potsdam Bears 1st Franklin & Marshall Diplomats 1st Centre Colonels 1st 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.Division III Men's Basketball Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2013/d3/champs.pdf NCAA NCAA.org March 13, 2017 17 Defending champions North Park defeated Potsdam, 66–62, in the championship game to repeat as national champions and claim their second overall title. Bracket Regionals 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Framingham State 89 Rhode Island College 80 Clark (MA) 68** Coast Guard 59 Framingham State 73 Clark (MA) 85 Rhode Island College 71 Coast Guard 76 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place St. Lawrence 64 Manhattanville 59 Potsdam 70 Stony Brook 65 St. Lawrence 61 Potsdam 70 Manhattanville 61 Stony Brook 66 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Baldwin Wallace 70 Albion 66 Wittenberg 69 Allegheny 68 Baldwin Wallace 68 Wittenberg 66 Albion 91 Allegheny 78 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Savannah State 82* Albany (NY) 81 Centre (KY) 79 Lane 68 Savannah State 54 Centre (KY) 82 Albany (NY) 85* Lane 83 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Elizabethtown 58 Grove City 53 Franklin & Marshall 74* Albright 63 Elizabethtown 59 Franklin & Marshall 60 Grove City 79 Albright 73 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Jersey City State 85 Virginia Wesleyan 64 Upsala 115 Lynchburg 85 Jersey City State 91 Upsala 81 Virginia Wesleyan 108 Lynchburg 84 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Central (IA) 85 Minnesota–Morris 57 North Park 63 Beloit 62 Central (IA) 66 North Park 81 Minnesota–Morris 64 Beloit 72 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Chaminade 78 William Penn 69 Whittier 74** Humboldt State 73 Chaminade 78 Whittier 77 William Penn 91 Humboldt State 95 National finals Site: Rock Island, Illinois National quarterfinals National semifinals National championship National third-place game 145 30 high no Clark (MA) 72 Potsdam 89 Centre (KY) 68*** Baldwin Wallace 65 Franklin & Marshall 83 Jersey City State 72 North Park 95 Chaminade 74 Potsdam 67 Centre (KY) 63 Franklin & Marshall 73 North Park 83 Potsdam 62 North Park 66 Centre (KY) 65 Franklin & Marshall 66 See also 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1979 NCAA Division II basketball tournament 1979 NAIA basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Ncaa Tournament NCAA Division III basketball tournament