1958 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

1958 NCAA Men's Division II
Basketball Tournament
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 (South Dakota (1st title))
Most Outstanding Player Ed Smallwood Evansville
Attendance 16,007
NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournaments
«1957  1959»

The 1958 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1957-58 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of South Dakota and Evansville's Ed Smallwood was the Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

Regional participants

School Outcome
Adelphi Runner-up
Brandeis Third Place
RPI Fourth Place
St. Michael's Regional Champion
School Outcome
Grambling Regional Champion
North Carolina A&T Runner-up
Philander Smith Fourth Place
South Carolina State Third Place
School Outcome
American Regional Champion
Buffalo Third Place
Philadelphia U Fourth Place
Wagner Runner-up
School Outcome
Akron Runner-up
Austin Peay Fourth Place
Evansville Regional Champion
Wabash Third Place
School Outcome
Hope Runner-up
Northern Illinois Third Place
St. Norbert Fourth Place
Wheaton (IL) Regional Champion
School Outcome
Cal State Chico Third Place
Chapman Regional Champion
Fresno State Runner-up
Linfield Fourth Place
School Outcome
Arkansas State Third Place
Centenary (LA) Fourth Place
Regis (CO) Runner-up
SW Missouri State Regional Champion
School Outcome
Gustavus Adolphus Fourth Place
Knox Runner-up
South Dakota Regional Champion
Wartburg Third Place

Regionals

  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Adelphi 90  
 Brandeis 72  
     Adelphi 58
   St. Michael's 97
 St. Michael's 72
 RPI 56  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Grambling 104  
 South Carolina State 79  
     Grambling 88
   North Carolina A&T 73
 North Carolina A&T 68
 Philander Smith 64  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Wagner 94  
 Philadelphia U 77  
     Wagner 65
   American 72
 American 77
 Buffalo 60  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Evansville* 70  
 Wabash 68  
     Evansville 82
   Akron 70
 Akron 76
 Austin Peay 61  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Wheaton (IL) 68  
 St. Norbert 66  
     Wheaton 104
   Hope 93
 Hope 101
 Northern Illinois 95  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 Fresno State 69  
 Cal State Chico 56  
     Fresno State 49
   Chapman 52
 Chapman 78
 Linfield 57  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 SW Missouri State 74  
 Centenary (LA) 69  
     SW Missouri State 73
   Regis 65
 Regis (CO) 48
 Arkansas State 47  
  Regional Semifinals Regional Final
                 
 South Dakota 67  
 Wartburg 65  
     South Dakota 102
   Knox 51
 Knox 76
 Gustavus Adolphus 65  

*denotes each overtime played

National Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
   St. Michael's 84  
 Grambling 76  
   St Michael's 78  
   Evansville 70  
 American 72
   Evansville 82  
     St. Michael's 53
   South Dakota 75
   Wheaton 81  
 Chapman 64  
   Wheaton 60
   South Dakota 64  
 SW Missouri State 58
   South Dakota 63  

*denotes each overtime played

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