1959 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament
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
Regionals
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| North Carolina A&T
| 107
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| Tuskegee
| 87
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| | North Carolina A&T
| 98
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| | Florida A&M
| 75
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| Florida A&M
| 90
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| Lincoln (MO)
| 73
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- Third Place - Lincoln 88, Tuskegee 64
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| American
| 80
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| Adelphi
| 73
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| | American
| 66
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| | Hofstra
| 65
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| Hofstra
| 67
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| Wesleyan (CT)
| 48
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- Third Place - Adelphi 69, Wesleyan 63
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| St. Michael's
| 53
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| Buffalo
| 51
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| | St. Michael's
| 71
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| | Le Moyne
| 70
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| Le Moyne
| 72
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| Williams
| 66
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- Third Place - Buffalo 78, Williams 53
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Evansville
| 66
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| Belmont Abbey
| 54
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| | Evansville
| 56
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| | Wittenberg
| 50
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| Wittenberg
| 80
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| Southern Illinois
| 70
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- Third Place - Belmont Abbey 79, Southern Illinois 70
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Wheaton (IL)
| 102
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| Wabash
| 83
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| | Wheaton
| 76
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| | Hope
| 93
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| Hope
| 102
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| Loras
| 73
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- Third Place - Wabash 100, Loras 79
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| SW Missouri State
| 87
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| Abilene Christian
| 67
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| | SW Missouri State
| 65
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| | Centenary
| 62
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| Centenary (LA)
| 84
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| Western Illinois
| 76
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- Third Place - Abilene Christian 85, Western Illinois 81*
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| South Dakota State
| 73
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| Augustana (IL)
| 56
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| | South Dakota State
| 106
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| | Knox
| 80
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| Knox
| 88
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| Wartburg
| 84
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- Third Place - Wartburg 69, Augustana 66*
| Regional Semifinals
| | | Regional Final
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| Cal State Los Angeles
| 83
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| Sacramento State
| 57
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| | Cal State Los Angeles
| 86
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| | Chapman
| 82
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| Chapman
| 73
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| Willamette
| 52
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- Third Place - Willamette 76, Sacramento State 57
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals
| Quarterfinals
| | | Semifinals
| | | Final
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| North Carolina A&T
| 87
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| American
| 70
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| | North Carolina A&T
| 92
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| | Evansville
| 110
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| St. Michael's
| 63
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| Evansville
| 82
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| | Evansville
| 83
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| | SW Missouri State
| 67
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| Hope
| 74
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| SW Missouri State
| 76
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| | SW Missouri State
| 72
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| | Cal State Los Angeles
| 59
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| South Dakota State
| 67
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| Cal State Los Angeles
| 92
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- Third Place - North Carolina A&T 101, Cal State Los Angeles 84
*denotes each overtime played
See also
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