The 1975
NCAA Division III basketball tournament was the first annual
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...
to determine the men's
collegiate basketball national champion of
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA)
Division III In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Third ...
. The tournament field included 30 teams and took place during March 1975, with the national championship rounds taking place in
Reading, Pennsylvania
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.
defeated
Glassboro State, 57–54, to win their first national championship.
Bracket
Regionals
National finals
* Site:
Reading, Pennsylvania
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See also
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1975 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
The 1975 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 1975, and ended with the championship ...
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1975 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
The 1975 NCAA Division II 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 1974–75 NCAA Div ...
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1975 NAIA Basketball Tournament
The 1975 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 38th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This would be the first tournament played ...
References
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NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is a tournament to determine the NCAA Division III national champion. It has been held annually from 1975 to 2019 & since 2022, but no ...
NCAA Division III basketball tournament