1970 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

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.

Reading
Mount Pleasant
Worcester
Buffalo
Statesboro
Brookings
Tacoma
Owensboro
Evansville
1970 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red)

1970 NCAA College Division
basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteEvansville, Indiana
ChampionsPhiladelphia Rams (1st title)
Runner-upTennessee State Tigers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachHerb Magee (1st title)
MOPTed McClain (Tennessee State)
Attendance16,075
NCAA Division II men's tournaments
«1969 1971»

American International College's tournament appearance was later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.

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