The 1978

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involved 32 schools playing in a

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to determine the national champion of men's

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Division II

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as a culmination of the 1977-78 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.

Regional participants

*denotes tie

Regionals

East -
Cheyney, Pennsylvania Cheyney is an unincorporated community that sits astride Chester and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It corresponds to the census-designated place known as Cheyney University, which had a population of 988 at the 2010 census ...

Location: Cope Hall Host:

Cheyney State College Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1837, it is the oldest university out of all historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States. It is a mem ...

*Third Place - Hartwick 77, Adelphi 74

New England -
North Andover, Massachusetts North Andover is an affluent town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 30,915. History Native Americans inhabited what is now northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European c ...

Location: Volpe Center Host:

Merrimack College Merrimack College is a private Augustinian university in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine with an initial goal to educate World War II veterans. Its campus has grown to a campus with nearly 40 bu ...

*Third Place - Bridgeport 89, Bryant 85

South -
Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...

Location: Florida Tech Fieldhouse Host:

Florida Technological University The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University S ...

*Third Place - Livingston 91, Augusta State 90

West - Northridge, California

Location: Matador Gymnasium Host:

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it has the second largest un ...

*Third Place - Puget Sound 96, UC Davis 73

Great Lakes - Charleston, Illinois

Location: Lantz Arena Host:

Eastern Illinois University Eastern Illinois University is a public university in Charleston, Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher's college offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a co ...

*Third Place - St. Joseph's 93, Northern Kentucky 87

South Atlantic - Towson, Maryland

Location:

Towson Center Towson Center is Towson University's 5,250-seat multi-purpose arena, in Towson, Maryland. The arena opened in 1976. It was home to the Towson Tigers Men's and Women's basketball teams, the Volleyball team, and the Gymnastics team from 1976 to ...

Host: Towson State University *Third Place - Albany State 81, NYIT 78

South Central - Springfield, Missouri

Location: Hammons Center Host:

Southwest Missouri State University Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...

*Third Place - Mississippi College 96, Columbus State 75

North Central -
Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...

Location:

Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena The Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena (more commonly known as the Brown County Arena) was a 5,248-seat multi-purpose arena in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, situated on the corner of Lombardi Avenue and Oneida Street, across from Lambeau Field. The ...

Host:

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*Third Place - South Dakota State 61, Chapman 59 *denotes each overtime played

National Quarterfinals

National Finals - Springfield, Missouri

Location: Hammons Center Host:

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

All-tournament team

* Tom Anderson (Wisconsin-Green Bay) * Andrew Fields (Cheyney) * Kenneth Hynson (Cheyney) * Jerry Prather (Florida Tech†) * Charlie Thomas (Eastern Illinois) † Florida Tech is now known as University of Central Florida, as opposed to the current Florida Institute of Technology.

References

Sources

2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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