The 1970 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a

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to determine the national champion of men's

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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

rules violations.

Regional participants

*''tournament appearance vacated''

Regionals

Mideast -
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Location: Bollman Center Host: Cheyney State College *Third Place - Cheyney 94, Youngstown State 91

New England -
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Location: Andrew Laska Gymnasium Host: Assumption College *Third Place - Springfield 109, St. Anselm 103

Far West -
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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 -
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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 -
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Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College *Third Place - Bellarmine 114, Transylvania 72

Midwest -
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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)

References

Sources

2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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Regional participants

Regionals

Mideast - Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; ) is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fourth-most populous ...

New England - Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Massachusetts, second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the list of United States cities by population, 113th most populous city in the United States. Named after Worcester ...

Far West - Tacoma, Washington Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, southwest of Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, northeast of the state capital, Olympia ...