1979 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

American collegiate men's basketball tournament (1979)

1979 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament

Teams| 32
Finals site| ,
Rock Island, Illinois
Champions| North Park Vikings (2nd title)
Runner-up| Potsdam Bears (1st title game)
Semifinalists|

* Franklin & Marshall Diplomats (1st Final Four)
* Centre Colonels (1st Final Four)

MOP| Mike 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 Potsdam, 66–62, in the championship game to repeat as national champions and claim their second overall title.

## Bracket

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### Regionals

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| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Framingham State | 89 | |
| Rhode Island College | 80 |
| | Framingham State | 73 |
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| | | Clark (MA) | 85 |
| Clark (MA) | 68** |
| Coast Guard | 59 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Rhode Island College | 71
| | Coast Guard | 76

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| St. Lawrence | 64 | |
| Manhattanville | 59 |
| | St. Lawrence | 61 |
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| | | Potsdam | 70 |
| Potsdam | 70 |
| Stony Brook | 65 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Manhattanville | 61
| | Stony Brook | 66

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Baldwin Wallace | 70 | |
| Albion | 66 |
| | Baldwin Wallace | 68 |
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| | | Wittenberg | 66 |
| Wittenberg | 69 |
| Allegheny | 68 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Albion | 91
| | Allegheny | 78

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Savannah State | 82* | |
| Albany (NY) | 81 |
| | Savannah State | 54 |
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| | | Centre (KY) | 82 |
| Centre (KY) | 79 |
| Lane | 68 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Albany (NY) | 85*
| | Lane | 83

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Elizabethtown | 58 | |
| Grove City | 53 |
| | Elizabethtown | 59 |
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| | | Franklin & Marshall | 60 |
| Franklin & Marshall | 74* |
| Albright | 63 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Grove City | 79
| | Albright | 73

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Jersey City State | 85 | |
| Virginia Wesleyan | 64 |
| | Jersey City State | 91 |
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| | | Upsala | 81 |
| Upsala | 115 |
| Lynchburg | 85 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Virginia Wesleyan | 108
| | Lynchburg | 84

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Central (IA) | 85 | |
| Minnesota–Morris | 57 |
| | Central (IA) | 66 |
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| | | North Park | 81 |
| North Park | 63 |
| Beloit | 62 | | | Regional Third-place
| | Minnesota–Morris | 64
| | Beloit | 72

| | First round | | | Regional Championship |

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| Chaminade | 78 | |
| William Penn | 69 |
| | Chaminade | 78 |
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| | | Whittier | 77 |
| Whittier | 74** |
| Humboldt State | 73 | | | Regional Third-place
| | William Penn | 91
| | Humboldt State | 95

### National finals

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* Site: Rock Island, Illinois

| National quarterfinals | | | National semifinals | | | National championship |

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| Clark (MA) | 72 | | |
| Potsdam | 89 |
| | Potsdam | 67 |
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| | | Centre (KY) | 63 |
| Centre (KY) | 68*** |

| Baldwin Wallace | 65 |
| | Potsdam | 62 |
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| | | North Park | 66 |
| Franklin & Marshall | 83 | |
| Jersey City State | 72 |
| | Franklin & Marshall | 73 | | | National third-place game
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| | | North Park | 83 |
| North Park | 95 | | | Centre (KY) | 65

| Chaminade | 74 | | | Franklin & Marshall | 66

## See also

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* 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
* 1979 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
* 1979 NAIA basketball tournament

## References

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

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