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1979 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Winning coach
  
Bill Jones (1st title)

Finals Site
  
Springfield, Missouri

Champions
  
North Alabama (1st title)

Runner-Up
  
Green Bay (2nd title game)

Semifinalists
  
Cheyney(2nd Final Four) Bridgeport(1st Final Four)

The 1979 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 1978-9 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of North Alabama and North Alabama's Perry Oden was the Most Outstanding Player.

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Regional participants

*denotes tie

Regionals

  • Third Place - Eastern Illinois 65, Northern Michigan 58
  • Third Place - Bentley 104, Quinnipiac 93
  • Third Place - SE Missouri State 86, Truman State 82
  • Third Place - Tuskegee 107, Florida Southern 102
  • Third Place - San Diego 74, Cal State Northridge 69*
  • Third Place - Nebraska-Omaha 86, North Dakota 75
  • Third Place - Albany State 72, Philadelphia U 61
  • Third Place - Mount St. Mary's 93, Roanoke 89

    • *denotes each overtime played

    National Finals

  • Third Place - Cheyney 81, Bridgeport 78

    • *denotes each overtime played

    References

    1979 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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