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1978 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Springfield, Missouri

Champions
  
Cheyney State (1st title)

Runner-Up
  
Green Bay (1st title game)

Semifinalists
  
Eastern Illinois(2nd Final Four) Florida Tech(1st Final Four)

Winning coach
  
John Chaney (1st title)

The 1978 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1977-8 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Cheyney State of Pennsylvania and Cheyney's Andrew Fields was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regional participants

*denotes tie

Regionals

  • Third Place - Hartwick 77, Adelphi 74
  • Third Place - Bridgeport 89, Bryant 85
  • Third Place - Livingston 91, Augusta State 90
  • Third Place - Puget Sound 96, UC Davis 73
  • Third Place - St. Joseph's 93, Northern Kentucky 87
  • Third Place - Albany State 81, NYIT 78
  • Third Place - Mississippi College 96, Columbus State 75
  • Third Place - South Dakota State 61, Chapman 59
  • *denotes each overtime played

    National Finals

  • Third Place - Eastern Illinois 77, Florida Tech 67
  • *denotes each overtime played

    References

    1978 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia