1979 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
1979 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament |
Teams |
32 |
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) |
Winning Coach |
Bill Jones (North Alabama (1st title)) |
Most Outstanding Player |
Perry Oden North Alabama |
Attendance |
47,907 |
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
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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.
Regional participants
*denotes tie
Regionals
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Wright State
| 75
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| Northern Michigan
| 66
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| | Wright State
| 68
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| | St. Joseph's
| 73
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| St. Joseph's (IN)
| 76
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| Eastern Illinois
| 66
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- Third Place - Eastern Illinois 65, Northern Michigan 58
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Bridgeport
| 92
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| Quinnipiac
| 75
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| | Bridgeport
| 85
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| | Assumption
| 75
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| Assumption
| 89
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| Bentley
| 78
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- Third Place - Bentley 104, Quinnipiac 93
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Nicholls State
| 89
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| SE Missouri State
| 74
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| | Nicholls State
| 100
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| | Rollins
| 87
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| Rollins
| 97*
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| Truman State
| 88
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- Third Place - SE Missouri State 86, Truman State 82
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Valdosta State
| 102
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| Tuskegee
| 93
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| | Valdosta State
| 101
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| | North Alabama
| 110
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| North Alabama
| 75
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| Florida Southern
| 67
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- Third Place - Tuskegee 107, Florida Southern 102
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Puget Sound
| 81
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| Cal State Northridge
| 67
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| | Puget Sound
| 77
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| | UC Riverside
| 52
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| UC Riverside
| 62
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| San Diego
| 48
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- Third Place - San Diego 74, Cal State Northridge 69*
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Northern Iowa
| 84
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| Nebraska-Omaha
| 72
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| | Northern Iowa
| 50
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| | Green Bay
| 56
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| Green Bay
| 63
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| North Dakota
| 48
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- Third Place - Nebraska-Omaha 86, North Dakota 75
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cheyney
| 82
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| Albany State
| 61
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| | Cheyney
| 72
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| | Hartwick
| 63
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| Hartwick
| 49
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| Philadelphia U
| 48
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- Third Place - Albany State 72, Philadelphia U 61
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| UMBC
| 79
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| Mount St. Mary's
| 74
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| | UMBC
| 58
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| | Virginia Union
| 56
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| Virginia Union
| 68
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| Roanoke
| 67
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- Third Place - Mount St. Mary's 93, Roanoke 89
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| St. Joseph's (IN)
| 82
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| Bridgeport
| 92
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| | Bridgeport
| 82
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| | North Alabama
| 85
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| Nicholls State
| 97
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| North Alabama
| 103
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| | North Alabama
| 64
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| | Green Bay
| 50
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| Puget Sound
| 53
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| Green Bay
| 65
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| | Green Bay
| 46
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| | Cheyney
| 45
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| Cheyney
| 65
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| UMBC
| 62
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- Third Place - Cheyney 81, Bridgeport 78
*denotes each overtime played
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