1958 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 II 1958 100px 32 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana South Dakota Coyotes 1st St. Michael's Purple Knights 1st Evansville Purple Aces 1st Wheaton Thunder 2nd Dwane Clodfelter 1st Ed Smallwood Evansville 16,007 The 1958 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's basketball in the NCAA College Division, predecessor to today's NCAA Divisions II and III, as a culmination of the 1957–58 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of South Dakota, and Ed Smallwood of the University of Evansville was named the Most Outstanding Player. USA 450 right 1958 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red) USA cyan pog.svg 32.3 -92.5 right Grambling Grambling College USA cyan pog.svg 41.7 -88.8 right Aurora Wheaton College (Illinois) Wheaton College USA cyan pog.svg 40.35 -74.1 bottom Staten Island Wagner College USA cyan pog.svg 42.3 -71.2 top Waltham Brandeis University USA cyan pog.svg 42.9 -96.6 top Vermillion University of South Dakota USA cyan pog.svg 37.4 -93.3 left Springfield Southwest Missouri State College USA cyan pog.svg 33.7 -117.8 bottom Santa Ana Chapman College USA cyan pog.svg 38.15 -87.35 top Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium USA red pog.svg 38.15 -86.35 bottom Regional participants SchoolOutcomeAdelphiRunner-upBrandeisThird PlaceRPIFourth PlaceSt. Michael'sRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeGramblingRegional ChampionNorth Carolina A&TRunner-upPhilander SmithFourth PlaceSouth Carolina StateThird Place SchoolOutcomeAmericanRegional ChampionBuffaloThird PlacePhiladelphia TextileFourth PlaceWagnerRunner-up SchoolOutcomeAkronRunner-upAustin PeayFourth PlaceEvansvilleRegional ChampionWabashThird Place SchoolOutcomeHopeRunner-upNorthern IllinoisThird PlaceSt. NorbertFourth PlaceWheaton (IL)Regional Champion SchoolOutcomeChico StateThird PlaceChapmanRegional ChampionFresno StateRunner-upLinfieldFourth Place SchoolOutcomeArkansas StateThird PlaceCentenary (LA)Fourth PlaceRegis (CO)Runner-upSW Missouri StateRegional Champion SchoolOutcomeGustavus AdolphusFourth PlaceKnoxRunner-upSouth DakotaRegional ChampionWartburgThird Place Regionals Northeast - Waltham, Massachusetts Location: Shapiro Gym Host: Brandeis University Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 7 Regional finalSweet 16March 8 Adelphi 90 Brandeis 72 St. Michael's 72 RPI 56 Adelphi 58 St. Michael's 97 Third Place - Brandeis 71, RPI 69 South Central - Grambling, Louisiana Location: Tiger Memorial Gym Host: Grambling College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 7 Regional finalSweet 16March 8 Grambling 104 South Carolina State 79 North Carolina A&T 68 Philander Smith 64 Grambling 88 North Carolina A&T 73 Third Place - South Carolina State 80, Philander Smith 70 East - Staten Island, New York Location: Sutter Gym Host: Wagner College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 7 Regional finalSweet 16March 8 Wagner 94 Philadelphia Textile 77 American 77 Buffalo 60 Wagner 65 American 72 Third Place - Buffalo 77, Philadelphia Textile 73 Mideast - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional finalSweet 16March 7 Evansville* 70 Wabash 68 Akron 76 Austin Peay 61 Evansville 82 Akron 70 Third Place - Wabash 72, Austin Peay 69 Great Lakes - Aurora, Illinois Location: Aurora East High School Gym Host: Wheaton College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 7 Regional finalSweet 16March 8 Wheaton (IL) 68 St. Norbert 66 Hope 101 Northern Illinois 95 Wheaton 104 Hope 93 Third Place - St. Norbert 76, Northern Illinois 70 Pacific Coast - Santa Ana, California Location: Cook Gymnasium Host: Chapman College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 7 Regional finalSweet 16March 8 Fresno State 69 Chico State 56 Chapman 78 Linfield 57 Fresno State 49 Chapman 52 Third Place - Chico State 76, Linfield 62 Southwest - Springfield, Missouri Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 7 Regional finalSweet 16March 8 SW Missouri State 74 Centenary (LA) 69 Regis (CO) 48 Arkansas State 47 SW Missouri State 73 Regis 65 Third Place - Arkansas State 83, Centenary 70 Midwest - Vermillion, South Dakota Location: South Dakota Armory Host: University of South Dakota Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 7 Regional finalSweet 16March 8 South Dakota 67 Wartburg 65 Knox 76 Gustavus Adolphus 65 South Dakota 102 Knox 51 Third Place - Wartburg 83, Gustavus Adolphus 73 *denotes each overtime played National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College National QuarterfinalsElite EightMarch 12 National semifinalsFinal FourMarch 13 National championshipMarch 14 St. Michael's 84 Grambling 76 American 72 Evansville 82 Wheaton 81 Chapman 64 SW Missouri State 58 South Dakota 63 St Michael's 78 Evansville 70 Wheaton 60 South Dakota 64 St. Michael's 53 South Dakota 75 Third Place - Evansville 95, Wheaton 93 *denotes each overtime played All-tournament team Jim Browne (Saint Michael's) Jim Daniels (South Dakota) Mel Peterson (Wheaton) Ed Smallwood (Evansville) Dick Zeitler (Saint Michael's) See also 1958 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1958 NAIA Basketball Tournament References Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1958 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com Category:NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament Tournament NCAA College Division basketball tournament NCAA College Division basketball tournament