| ALL-TIME NJCAA DI MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS | 1970-79 | ||||||
| YEAR | CHAMPION | SCORE | RUNNER UP | SCORE | ||
| 1979 | Three Rivers (MO) | 60 | Mercer County (NJ) | 59 (OT) | ||
| 1978 | Independence (KS) | 62 | Niagara County (NY) | 61 | ||
| 1977 | Independence (KS) | 75 | San Jacinto (TX) | 72 | ||
| 1976 | Southern Idaho | 62 | Mercer County (NJ) | 50 | ||
| 1975 | Western Texas | 65 | Southern Idaho | 57 | ||
| 1974 | Mercer County (NJ) | 60 | Chipola (FL) | 58 | ||
| 1973 | Mercer County(NJ) | 80 | Vacated | 61 | ||
| 1972 | Vincennes (IN) | 73 | Ferrum (VA) | 61 | ||
| 1971 | Ellsworth (IA) | 80 | Southern Idaho | 71 | ||
| 1970 | Vincennes (IN) | 85 | Moberly Area (MO) | 67 | ||