The 1970 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1969-70 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (then-known colloquially as "Philadelphia Textile", later known as Philadelphia University, and now as Thomas Jefferson University) and Tennessee State's Ted McClain was the Most Outstanding Player.
American International College's tournament appearance was later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants SchoolOutcomeAshlandRunner-upCheyneyThird PlacePhiladelphia TextileRegional ChampionYoungstown StateFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAmerican International*Regional ChampionAssumptionRunner-upSpringfieldThird PlaceSaint AnselmFourth Place SchoolOutcomeBoise StateThird PlacePuget SoundRunner-upSacramento StateFourth PlaceUC RiversideRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeCapitalThird PlaceCentral MichiganRunner-upSt. Joseph's (IN)Regional ChampionWayne State (MI)Fourth Place SchoolOutcomeBuffalo StateRegional ChampionHartwickThird PlaceMontclair StateRunner-upStony BrookFourth Place SchoolOutcomeGeorgia SouthernRunner-upMount St. Mary'sFourth PlaceOld DominionThird PlaceStetsonRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeBellarmineThird PlaceKentucky WesleyanRunner-upTennessee StateRegional ChampionTransylvaniaFourth Place SchoolOutcomeCentral Missouri StateRunner-upCornell (IA)Fourth PlaceSouth Dakota StateRegional ChampionSW Missouri StateThird Place
*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals
Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania Location: Bollman Center Host: Cheyney State College
Third Place - Cheyney 94, Youngstown State 91
New England - Worcester, Massachusetts Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College
Third Place - Springfield 109, St. Anselm 103
Far West - Tacoma, Washington Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound
Third Place -Boise State 63, Sacramento State 61
Great Lakes - Mount Pleasant, Michigan Location: CMU Fieldhouse Host: Central Michigan University
Third Place - Capital 83, Wayne State (MI) 80
East - Buffalo, New York Location: unknown Host: Buffalo State College
Third Place - Hartwick 78, Stony Brook 70
South Atlantic - Statesboro, Georgia Location: Hanner Fieldhouse Host: Georgia Southern College
Third Place - Old Dominion 93, Mount St. Mary's 90
South - Owensboro, Kentucky Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Third Place - Bellarmine 114, Transylvania 72
Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State University
Third Place - SW Missouri State 76, Cornell 65
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
Third Place - UC Riverside 94, Buffalo State 83
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team Howard Lee (UC Riverside) Ted McClain (Tennessee State) John Pierantozzi (Philadelphia Textile) Carl Poole (Philadelphia Textile) Randy Smith (Buffalo State)
See also 1970 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1970 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1970 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com