The 1975 NCAA Division III basketball tournament was the first annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The tournament field included 30 teams and took place during March 1975, with the national championship rounds taking place in Reading, Pennsylvania.[2]
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Teams | 30 | ||||
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Finals site | Albright College[1] Reading, Pennsylvania | ||||
Champions | LeMoyne–Owen Magicians (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Glassboro State Profs (1st title game) | ||||
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Winning coach | Jerry Johnson (LeMoyne–Owen) | ||||
MOP | Bob Newman (LeMoyne–Owen) | ||||
Attendance | 1,800 (Championship game) | ||||
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LeMoyne–Owen defeated Glassboro State, 57–54, to win their first national championship.
Bracket
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Brandeis | 76 | |||||||||||||
Brockport State | 96 | |||||||||||||
Brockport State | 68 | |||||||||||||
Glassboro State | 76 | |||||||||||||
Mansfield State | 49 | |||||||||||||
Glassboro State | 60 | |||||||||||||
Glassboro State | 54 | |||||||||||||
LeMoyne–Owen | 57 | |||||||||||||
LeMoyne–Owen | 68 | |||||||||||||
Wittenberg | 65 | |||||||||||||
LeMoyne–Owen | 84 | National third-place game | ||||||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 71 | |||||||||||||
Augustana (IL) | 48 | Brockport State | 71 | |||||||||||
Hamline | 42 | Augustana (IL) | 78 |
See also
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edit- ^ "1975 Division III men's basketball tournament". D3hoops.com. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
- ^ "Division III Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved April 10, 2014.