1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 7, 1959, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 27 games were played.

California, coached by Pete Newell, won the national title with a 71-70 victory in the final game over West Virginia, coached by Fred Schaus. Jerry West of West Virginia was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 Mideast region 3.3 Midwest region 3.4 West region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Charlotte, North Carolina	New York City, New York
Mideast	Evanston, Illinois	Lexington, Kentucky
Midwest	Lawrence, Kansas	Portland, Oregon
West	San Francisco, California	Las Cruces, New Mexico
Finals	Louisville, Kentucky

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Boston University	Matt Zunic	Elite Eight	West Virginia	L 86-82
East	n/a	UConn	Hugh Greer	First round	Boston	L 60-58
East	n/a	Dartmouth	Doggie Julian	First round	West Virginia	L 82-68
East	n/a	Navy	Ben Carnevale	Regional Third Place	Saint Joseph's	W 70-56
East	n/a	North Carolina	Frank McGuire	First round	Navy	L 76-63
East	n/a	Saint Joseph's	Jack Ramsay	Regional Fourth Place	Navy	L 70-56
East	n/a	West Virginia	Fred Schaus	Runner Up	California	L 71-70
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Bowling Green	Harold Anderson	First round	Marquette	L 89-71
Mideast	n/a	Eastern Kentucky	Paul McBrayer	First round	Louisville	L 77-63
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Third Place	Marquette	W 98-69
Mideast	n/a	Louisville	Peck Hickman	Fourth Place	Cincinnati	L 98-85
Mideast	n/a	Marquette	Eddie Hickey	Regional Fourth Place	Kentucky	L 98-69
Mideast	n/a	Michigan State	Forddy Anderson	Elite Eight	Louisville	L 88-81
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Cincinnati	George Smith	Third Place	Louisville	W 98-85
Midwest	n/a	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Regional Fourth Place	TCU	L 71-65
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Elite Eight	Cincinnati	L 85-75
Midwest	n/a	Portland	Al Negratti	First round	DePaul	L 57-56
Midwest	n/a	TCU	Buster Brannon	Regional Third Place	DePaul	W 71-65
West
West	n/a	California	Pete Newell	Champion	West Virginia	W 71-70
West	n/a	Idaho State	John Grayson	Regional Third Place	Utah	W 71-65
West	n/a	New Mexico State	Presley Askew	First round	Idaho State	L 62-61
West	n/a	Saint Mary's	James Weaver	Elite Eight	California	L 66-46
West	n/a	Utah	Jack Gardner	Regional Fourth Place	Idaho State	L 71-65

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							St Josephs	92
							West Virginia	95
		West Virginia	82
		Dartmouth	68
												West Virginia	86
												Boston U	82
		Boston U	60
		Connecticut	58
							Boston U	62
							Navy	55
		Navy	76
		North Carolina	63

[edit] Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Kentucky	61
							Louisville	76
		Louisville	77
		E Kentucky	63
												Louisville	88
												Michigan St	81
							Michigan St	74
							Marquette	69
		Marquette	89
		Bowling Green	71

[edit] Midwest region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Kansas St	102
							DePaul	70
		DePaul	57
		Portland	56
												Kansas St	75
												Cincinnati	85
							Cincinnati	77
							TCU	73

[edit] West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							St Marys	80
							Idaho St	71
		Idaho St	62
		New Mexico St	61
												St Marys	46
												California	66
							California	71
							Utah	53

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		West Virginia	94
		Louisville	79
							West Virginia	70
							California	71
		Cincinnati	58
		California	64

[edit] External links

• 1959 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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