1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams

1978 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament

Section Title: Teams
Table Section Text: None

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score

East

East	1Q	Duke	Bill E. Foster	Runner Up	Kentucky	L 94–88

East	3Q	Furman	Joe Williams	Round of 32	Indiana	L 63–62

East	1L	Indiana	Bob Knight	Sweet Sixteen	Villanova	L 61–60

East	4L	La Salle	Paul Westhead	Round of 32	Villanova	L 103–97

East	4Q	Penn	Bob Weinhauer	Sweet Sixteen	Duke	L 84–80

East	3L	Rhode Island	Jack Kraft	Round of 32	Duke	L 63–62

East	2L	St. Bonaventure	Jim Satalin	Round of 32	Penn	L 92–83

East	2Q	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Regional Runner-up	Duke	L 90–72

Mideast

Mideast	4L	Florida State	Hugh Durham	Round of 32	Kentucky	L 85–76

Mideast	2Q	Kentucky	Joe B. Hall	Champion	Duke	W 94–88

Mideast	1L	Marquette	Hank Raymonds	Round of 32	Miami (OH)	L 84–81

Mideast	3Q	Miami (OH)	Darrell Hedric	Sweet Sixteen	Kentucky	L 91–69

Mideast	1Q	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Regional Runner-up	Kentucky	L 52–49

Mideast	3L	Providence	Dave Gavitt	Round of 32	Michigan State	L 77–63

Mideast	2L	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Round of 32	Western Kentucky	L 87–86

Mideast	4Q	Western Kentucky	Jim Richards	Sweet Sixteen	Michigan State	L 90–69

Midwest

Midwest	3Q	Creighton	Tom Apke	Round of 32	DePaul	L 80–78

Midwest	1L	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Regional Runner-up	Notre Dame	L 84–64

Midwest	4Q	Houston	Guy Lewis	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 100–77

Midwest	2Q	Louisville	Denny Crum	Sweet Sixteen	DePaul	L 90–89

Midwest	1Q	Missouri	Norm Stewart	Round of 32	Utah	L 86–79

Midwest	2L	Notre Dame	Digger Phelps	Fourth Place	Arkansas	L 71–69

Midwest	4L	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Round of 32	Louisville	L 76–68

Midwest	3L	Utah	Jerry Pimm	Sweet Sixteen	Notre Dame	L 69–56

West

West	2L	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton	Third Place	Notre Dame	W 71–69

West	4L	Cal State Fullerton	Bobby Dye	Regional Runner-up	Arkansas	L 61–58

West	3L	Kansas	Ted Owens	Round of 32	UCLA	L 83–76

West	2Q	New Mexico	Norm Ellenberger	Round of 32	Cal State Fullerton	L 90–85

West	1L	North Carolina	Dean Smith	Round of 32	San Francisco	L 68–64

West	3Q	San Francisco	Bob Gaillard	Sweet Sixteen	Cal State Fullerton	L 75–72

West	1Q	UCLA	Gary Cunningham	Sweet Sixteen	Arkansas	L 74–70

West	4Q	Weber State	Neil McCarthy	Round of 32	Arkansas	L 73–52

Sentence(s)

Led by coach Joe B. Hall, Kentucky won its national title with a 94–88 victory over Duke, coached by Bill Foster.

final_sentence: Led by coach Joe B. Hall, Kentucky won its national title with a 94–88 victory over Duke, coached by Bill Foster.