1959 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

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1959 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Evansville, Indiana
Champions Evansville (1st title)
Runner-Up Southwest Missouri State (1st title game)
Semifinalists North Carolina A&T (1st Final Four)
Cal State Los Angeles (2nd Final Four)
Winning Coach Arad McCutchan (Evansville (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Hugh Ahlering Evansville
Attendance 22,287
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1958  1960»

The 1959 NCAA College Division Men's 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 1958-59 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville and Evansville's Hugh Ahlering was the Most Outstanding Player.

Regional participants

School Outcome
Florida A&M Runner-up
Lincoln (MO) Third Place
North Carolina A&T Regional Champion
Tuskegee Fourth Place
School Outcome
Adelphi Third Place
American Regional Champion
Hofstra Runner-up
Wesleyan (CT) Fourth Place
School Outcome
Buffalo Third Place
Le Moyne Runner-up
St. Michaels Regional Champion
Williams Fourth Place
School Outcome
Belmont Abbey Third Place
Evansville Regional Champion
Southern Illinois Fourth Place
Wittenberg Runner-up
School Outcome
Hope Regional Champion
Loras Fourth Place
Wabash Third Place
Wheaton (IL) Runner-up
School Outcome
Abilene Christian Third Place
Centenary (LA) Runner-up
SW Missouri State Regional Champion
Western Illinois Fourth Place
School Outcome
Augustana (IL) Fourth Place
Knox Runner-up
South Dakota State Regional Champion
Wartburg Third Place
School Outcome
Cal State Los Angeles Regional Champion
Chapman Runner-up
Sacramento State Fourth Place
Willamette Third Place

Regionals

Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
North Carolina A&T 107
Tuskegee 87
North Carolina A&T 98
Florida A&M 75
Florida A&M 90
Lincoln (MO) 73
  • Third Place - Lincoln 88, Tuskegee 64
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
American 80
Adelphi 73
American 66
Hofstra 65
Hofstra 67
Wesleyan (CT) 48
  • Third Place - Adelphi 69, Wesleyan 63
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
St. Michael's 53
Buffalo 51
St. Michael's 71
Le Moyne 70
Le Moyne 72
Williams 66
  • Third Place - Buffalo 78, Williams 53
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Evansville 66
Belmont Abbey 54
Evansville 56
Wittenberg 50
Wittenberg 80
Southern Illinois 70
  • Third Place - Belmont Abbey 79, Southern Illinois 70
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Wheaton (IL) 102
Wabash 83
Wheaton 76
Hope 93
Hope 102
Loras 73
  • Third Place - Wabash 100, Loras 79
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
SW Missouri State 87
Abilene Christian 67
SW Missouri State 65
Centenary 62
Centenary (LA) 84
Western Illinois 76
  • Third Place - Abilene Christian 85, Western Illinois 81*
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
South Dakota State 73
Augustana (IL) 56
South Dakota State 106
Knox 80
Knox 88
Wartburg 84
  • Third Place - Wartburg 69, Augustana 66*
Regional Semifinals Regional Final
           
Cal State Los Angeles 83
Sacramento State 57
Cal State Los Angeles 86
Chapman 82
Chapman 73
Willamette 52
  • Third Place - Willamette 76, Sacramento State 57

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                 
North Carolina A&T 87
American 70
North Carolina A&T 92
Evansville 110
St. Michael's 63
Evansville 82
Evansville 83
SW Missouri State 67
Hope 74
SW Missouri State 76
SW Missouri State 72
Cal State Los Angeles 59
South Dakota State 67
Cal State Los Angeles 92
  • Third Place - North Carolina A&T 101, Cal State Los Angeles 84

*denotes each overtime played

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