1978 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

1978 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament
Teams30
Finals siteRock Island, Illinois
ChampionsNorth Park Vikings (1st title)
Runner-upWidener Pride (1st title game)
Semifinalists
MOPMike Harper (North Park)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments
«1977 1979»

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.[1]

North Park defeated Widener, 69–57, in the championship game to win their first national title.

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