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1958 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Evansville, Indiana

Champions
  
South Dakota (1st title)

Runner-Up
  
St. Michael's (1st title game)

Semifinalists
  
Evansville(1st Final Four) Wheaton (IL)(2nd Final Four)

Winning coach
  
Duane Clodfelter (1st title)

The 1958 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 1957-58 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of South Dakota and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regionals

  • Third Place - Brandeis 71, RPI 69
  • Third Place - South Carolina State 80, Philander Smith 70
  • Third Place - Buffalo 77, Philadelphia U 73
  • Third Place - Wabash 72, Austin Peay 69
  • Third Place - St. Norbert 76, Northern Illinois 70
  • Third Place - Cal State Chico 76, Linfield 62
  • Third Place - Arkansas State 83, Centenary 70
  • Third Place - Wartburg 83, Gustavus Adolphus 73

    • *denotes each overtime played

    National Finals

  • Third Place - Evansville 95, Wheaton 93

    • *denotes each overtime played

    References

    1958 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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