The 1979 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 1978–79 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 SchoolOutcomeEastern IllinoisThird PlaceNorthern MichiganFourth PlaceSt. Joseph's (IN)Regional ChampionWright StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAssumptionRunner-upBentleyThird PlaceBridgeportRegional ChampionQuinnipiacFourth Place SchoolOutcomeNicholls StateRegional ChampionRollinsRunner-upSE Missouri StateThird PlaceNE Missouri StateFourth Place SchoolOutcomeFlorida SouthernFourth PlaceNorth AlabamaRegional ChampionTuskegeeThird PlaceValdosta StateRunner-up SchoolOutcomeCal State NorthridgeFourth PlacePuget SoundRegional ChampionSan DiegoThird PlaceUC RiversideRunner-up SchoolOutcomeGreen BayRegional ChampionNebraska-OmahaThird PlaceNorth DakotaFourth PlaceNorthern IowaRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAlbany StateThird PlaceCheyneyRegional ChampionHartwickRunner-upPhiladelphia UFourth Place SchoolOutcomeMount St. Mary'sThird PlaceRoanokeFourth PlaceUMBCRegional ChampionVirginia UnionRunner-up
*denotes tie
Regionals
Great Lakes - Fairborn, Ohio Location: Physical Education Building Host: Wright State University
Third Place - Eastern Illinois 65, Northern Michigan 58
New England - Waltham, Massachusetts Location: Dana Center Host: Bentley College
Third Place - Bentley 104, Quinnipiac 93
South Central - Kirksville, Missouri Location: Pershing Arena Host: Northeast Missouri State University
Third Place - SE Missouri State 86, NE Missouri State 82
South - Lakeland, Florida Location: Jenkins Fieldhouse Host: Florida Southern College
Third Place - Tuskegee 107, Florida Southern 102
West - Tacoma, Washington Location: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound
Third Place - San Diego 74, Cal State Northridge 69*
Central - Omaha, Nebraska Location: UNO Fieldhouse Host: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Third Place - Nebraska-Omaha 86, North Dakota 75
East - Oneonta, New York Location: Binder Physical Education Center Host: Hartwick College
Third Place - Albany State 72, Philadelphia U 61
South Atlantic - Catonsville, Maryland Location: UMBC Fieldhouse Host: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Third Place - Mount St. Mary's 93, Roanoke 89
*denotes each overtime played
National Quarterfinals
National Finals - Springfield, Missouri Location: Hammons Center Host: Southwest Missouri State University
Third Place - Cheyney 81, Bridgeport 78
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team Ron Darby (North Alabama) Carlton Hurdle (Bridgeport) Rory Lindgren (Wisconsin-Green Bay) Perry Oden (North Alabama) Ron Ripley (Wisconsin-Green Bay)
See also 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1979 NCAA Division III basketball tournament 1979 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1979 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament jonfmorse.com