1978 NCAA Division III basketball tournament

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.

1978 NCAA Division III
basketball tournament

Teams	30
Finals site	Rock Island, Illinois
Champions	North Park Vikings (1st title)
Runner-up	Widener Pride (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Stony Brook Seawolves (1st Final Four) Albion Britons (1st Final Four)
MOP	Mike Harper (North Park)
NCAA Division III men's tournaments «1977 1979»

The tournament field included 30 teams and the national championship rounds were contested in Rock Island, Illinois.

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

Bracket

Regionals

	First round					Regional Championship
	UMass Boston		93
	Suffolk		90
						UMass Boston		68
						Brandeis		69
	Brandeis		79
	Clark (MA)		77			Regional Third-place
						Suffolk		87
						Clark (MA)		89

	First round					Regional Championship
	Stony Brook		68
	SUNY Potsdam		62
						Stony Brook		40
						St. Lawrence		34
	St. Lawrence		65
	Manhattanville		62			Regional Third-place
						SUNY Potsdam		64
						Manhattanville		60

	First round					Regional Championship
	Widener		47
	Upsala		39
						Widener		63*
						Slippery Rock		60
	Slippery Rock		70
	Scranton		65			Regional Third-place
						Upsala		77
						Scranton		84

	First round					Regional Championship
	Kean		84
	Virginia Wesleyan		75
						Kean		80
						Washington and Lee		64
	Washington and Lee		66
	New Jersey City		65			Regional Third-place
						Virginia Wesleyan		102
						New Jersey City		105

	First round					Regional Championship
	Albion		72
	Otterbein		67
						Albion		91
						Bethany (WV)		74
	Bethany (WV)		70
	Rose–Hulman		68			Regional Third-place
						Otterbein		99
						Rose–Hulman		82

	First round					Regional Championship
	Wooster		84
	DePauw		74
						Wooster		76
						Knoxville		84
	Knoxville		86
	Transylvania		67			Regional Third-place
						DePauw		79
						Transylvania		96

	First round					Regional Championship
	North Park		78
	Ripon		68
						North Park		65
						Minnesota–Morris		62
	Minnesota–Morris		62
	Central (IA)		59			Regional Third-place
						Ripon		66
						Central (IA)		81

	Regional Championship
	Humboldt State		69
	Ashland		68

National finals

• Site: Rock Island, Illinois

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National championship
	Brandeis		84
	Stony Brook		98
						Stony Brook		38
						Widener		48
	Widener		55
	Kean		49
											Widener		57
											North Park		69
	Albion		78
	Knoxville		77
						Albion		69			National third-place game
						North Park		75
	North Park		79*								Stony Brook		78
	Humboldt State		76								Albion		87

See also

• 1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
• 1978 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
• 1978 NAIA basketball tournament