Teams 32 | ||
Finals Site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri Champions Grand Canyon
(2 title, 2 title game,
2 Final Four) Runner-Up Kearney State
(1 title game,
1 Final Four) Semifinalists Quincy
(1 Final Four)
East Texas State
(3 Final Four) Chuck Taylor MVP Tom Ritzdorf
(Kearney State) | ||
The 1978 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 41st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Contents
Awards and honors
1978 NAIA bracket
3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.
References
1978 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA