1959 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

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

Contents 1 Regional participants 2 Regionals 3 National Finals 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources

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 Missuri 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

See also

• 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1959 National Invitation Tournament
• 1959 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

Sources

• 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship

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