1978 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

American collegiate men's basketball tournament (1978) August 2023 March 2026 1978 III NCAA 70s logo.svg 125px 30 Rock Island, Illinois North Park Vikings 1st Widener Pride 1st Stony Brook Seawolves 1st Albion Britons 1st Mike Harper (North Park) 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.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 North Park defeated Widener, 69–57, in the championship game to win their first national title. Bracket Regionals 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place UMass Boston 93 Suffolk 90 Brandeis 79 Clark (MA) 77 UMass Boston 68 Brandeis 69 Suffolk 87 Clark (MA) 89 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Stony Brook 68 SUNY Potsdam 62 St. Lawrence 65 Manhattanville 62 Stony Brook 40 St. Lawrence 34 SUNY Potsdam 64 Manhattanville 60 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Widener 47 Upsala 39 Slippery Rock 70 Scranton 65 Widener 63* Slippery Rock 60 Upsala 77 Scranton 84 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Kean 84 Virginia Wesleyan 75 Washington and Lee 66 New Jersey City 65 Kean 80 Washington and Lee 64 Virginia Wesleyan 102 New Jersey City 105 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Albion 72 Otterbein 67 Bethany (WV) 70 Rose–Hulman 68 Albion 91 Bethany (WV) 74 Otterbein 99 Rose–Hulman 82 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place Wooster 84 DePauw 74 Knoxville 86 Transylvania 67 Wooster 76 Knoxville 84 DePauw 79 Transylvania 96 145 First round Regional Championship Regional Third-place North Park 78 Ripon 68 Minnesota–Morris 62 Central (IA) 59 North Park 65 Minnesota–Morris 62 Ripon 66 Central (IA) 81 155 Regional Championship Humboldt State 69 Ashland 68 National finals Site: Rock Island, Illinois National quarterfinals National semifinals National championship National third-place game 145 30 high no Brandeis 84 Stony Brook 98 Widener 55 Kean 49 Albion 78 Knoxville 77 North Park 79* Humboldt State 76 Stony Brook 38 Widener 48 Albion 69 North Park 75 Widener 57 North Park 69 Stony Brook 78 Albion 87 See also 1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1978 NCAA Division II basketball tournament 1978 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