The 1970 NCAA College Division 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.
| Teams | 32 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Philadelphia Textile Rams (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Tennessee State Tigers (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Herb Magee (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Ted McClain (Tennessee State) | ||||
| Attendance | 16,075 | ||||
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American International College's tournament appearance was later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants
edit| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Ashland | Runner-up | |
| Cheyney | Third Place | |
| Philadelphia Textile | Regional Champion | |
| Youngstown State | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| American International* | Regional Champion | |
| Assumption | Runner-up | |
| Springfield | Third Place | |
| Saint Anselm | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Boise State | Third Place | |
| Puget Sound | Runner-up | |
| Sacramento State | Fourth Place | |
| UC Riverside | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Capital | Third Place | |
| Central Michigan | Runner-up | |
| St. Joseph's (IN) | Regional Champion | |
| Wayne State (MI) | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo State | Regional Champion | |
| Hartwick | Third Place | |
| Montclair State | Runner-up | |
| Stony Brook | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Southern | Runner-up | |
| Mount St. Mary's | Fourth Place | |
| Old Dominion | Third Place | |
| Stetson | Regional Champion | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Bellarmine | Third Place | |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | Runner-up | |
| Tennessee State | Regional Champion | |
| Transylvania | Fourth Place | |
| School | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Central Missouri State | Runner-up | |
| Cornell (IA) | Fourth Place | |
| South Dakota State | Regional Champion | |
| SW Missouri State | Third Place | |
*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals
editMideast - Reading, Pennsylvania
editLocation: Bollman Center Host: Cheyney State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 79 | ||||||||
| Youngstown State | 52 | ||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 45 | ||||||||
| Ashland | 28 | ||||||||
| Ashland | 50 | ||||||||
| Cheyney | 43 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Cheyney 94, Youngstown State 91
New England - Worcester, Massachusetts
editLocation: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
| 89 | |||||||||
| St. Anselm | 74 | ||||||||
| 83 | |||||||||
| Assumption | 82 | ||||||||
| Assumption | 106 | ||||||||
| Springfield | 84 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Springfield 109, St. Anselm 103
Far West - Tacoma, Washington
editLocation: Memorial Fieldhouse Host: University of Puget Sound
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 5 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 6 | ||||||||
| UC Riverside | 83 | ||||||||
| Boise State | 81 | ||||||||
| UC Riverside | 83 | ||||||||
| Puget Sound | 72 | ||||||||
| Puget Sound | 67 | ||||||||
| Sacramento State | 62 | ||||||||
- Third Place -Boise State 63, Sacramento State 61
Great Lakes - Mount Pleasant, Michigan
editLocation: CMU Fieldhouse Host: Central Michigan University
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
| St. Joseph's (IN) | 75 | ||||||||
| Capital | 72 | ||||||||
| St. Joseph's | 87 | ||||||||
| Central Michigan | 68 | ||||||||
| Central Michigan | 73 | ||||||||
| Wayne State (MI) | 61 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Capital 83, Wayne State (MI) 80
East - Buffalo, New York
editLocation: unknown Host: Buffalo State College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
| Montclair State | 63 | ||||||||
| Hartwick | 54 | ||||||||
| Montclair State | 72 | ||||||||
| Buffalo State | 81 | ||||||||
| Buffalo State | 93 | ||||||||
| Stony Brook | 69 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Hartwick 78, Stony Brook 70
South Atlantic - Statesboro, Georgia
editLocation: Hanner Fieldhouse Host: Georgia Southern College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
| Stetson | 78 | ||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 77 | ||||||||
| Stetson | 93 | ||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 86 | ||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 86 | ||||||||
| Old Dominion | 79 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Old Dominion 93, Mount St. Mary's 90
South - Owensboro, Kentucky
editLocation: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
| Tennessee State | 82 | ||||||||
| Bellarmine | 77 | ||||||||
| Tennessee State | 75 | ||||||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 73 | ||||||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 74 | ||||||||
| Transylvania | 67 | ||||||||
- Third Place - Bellarmine 114, Transylvania 72
Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota
editLocation: The Barn Host: South Dakota State University
| Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 6 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 7 | ||||||||
| Central Missouri State | 77 | ||||||||
| Cornell (IA) | 65 | ||||||||
| Central Missouri State | 73 | ||||||||
| South Dakota State | 92 | ||||||||
| South Dakota State | 82 | ||||||||
| SW Missouri State | 71 | ||||||||
- Third Place - SW Missouri State 76, Cornell 65
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
editLocation: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
| National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 11 | National semifinals Final Four March 12 | National Championship March 13 | ||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 101 | |||||||||||||
| 53 | ||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 79 | |||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 63 | |||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 82 | |||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's (IN) | 77 | |||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 76 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 65 | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo State | 75 | |||||||||||||
| Stetson | 74 | |||||||||||||
| Buffalo State | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 101 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 92 | |||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 89 | |||||||||||||
- Third Place - UC Riverside 94, Buffalo State 83
*denotes each overtime played
All-tournament team
edit- Howard Lee (UC Riverside)
- Ted McClain (Tennessee State)
- John Pierantozzi (Philadelphia Textile)
- Carl Poole (Philadelphia Textile)
- Randy Smith (Buffalo State)