1959 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 II 1959 100px 32 Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, Indiana Evansville Purple Aces 1st Missouri State Bears 1st North Carolina A&T Aggies 1st Los Angeles State Golden Eagles 2nd Arad McCutchan 1st Hugh Ahlering Evansville 22,287 The 1959 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 1958–59 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville, and Evansville's Hugh Ahlering was named Most Outstanding Player. USA 450 right 1959 NCAA Division II Men's sites - regionals (cyan) Elite Eight (red) USA cyan pog.svg 32.3 -85.8 right Tuskegee Tuskegee Institute USA cyan pog.svg 41.7 -88.1 right Glen Ellyn Wheaton College (Illinois) Wheaton College USA cyan pog.svg 40.6 -73.5 bottom Garden City Adelphi College USA cyan pog.svg 44.4 -73.2 top Winooski Saint Michael's College USA cyan pog.svg 44.4 -97 top Brookings South Dakota State College USA cyan pog.svg 37.4 -93.3 left Springfield Southwest Missouri State College USA cyan pog.svg 34.2 -118.2 right Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles USA cyan pog.svg 38.15 -87.35 top Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium USA red pog.svg 38.15 -86.35 bottom Regional participants SchoolOutcomeFlorida A&MRunner-upLincoln (MO)Third PlaceNorth Carolina A&TRegional ChampionTuskegeeFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAdelphiThird PlaceAmericanRegional ChampionHofstraRunner-upWesleyan (CT)Fourth Place SchoolOutcomeBuffaloThird PlaceLe MoyneRunner-upSt. MichaelsRegional ChampionWilliamsFourth Place SchoolOutcomeBelmont AbbeyThird PlaceEvansvilleRegional ChampionSouthern IllinoisFourth PlaceWittenbergRunner-up SchoolOutcomeHopeRegional ChampionLorasFourth PlaceWabashThird PlaceWheaton (IL)Runner-up SchoolOutcomeAbilene ChristianThird PlaceCentenary (LA)Runner-upSW Missouri StateRegional ChampionWestern IllinoisFourth Place SchoolOutcomeAugustana (IL)Fourth PlaceKnoxRunner-upSouth Dakota StateRegional ChampionWartburgThird Place SchoolOutcomeCal State Los AngelesRegional ChampionChapmanRunner-upSacramento StateFourth PlaceWillametteThird Place Regionals South Central - Tuskegee, Alabama Location: Logan Hall Host: Tuskegee Institute Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional FinalSweet 16March 7 North Carolina A&T 107 Tuskegee 87 Florida A&M 90 Lincoln (MO) 73 North Carolina A&T 98 Florida A&M 75 Third Place - Lincoln 88, Tuskegee 64 East - Garden City, New York Location: Woodruff Hall Host: Adelphi College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional FinalSweet 16March 7 American 80 Adelphi 73 Hofstra 67 Wesleyan (CT) 48 American 66 Hofstra 65 Third Place - Adelphi 69, Wesleyan 63 Northeast - Burlington, Vermont Location: Burlington Memorial Auditorium Host: Saint Michael's College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional FinalSweet 16March 7 St. Michael's 53 Buffalo 51 Le Moyne 72 Williams 66 St. Michael's 71 Le Moyne 70 Third Place - Buffalo 78, Williams 53 Mideast - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 5 Regional FinalSweet 16March 6 Evansville 66 Belmont Abbey 54 Wittenberg 80 Southern Illinois 70 Evansville 56 Wittenberg 50 Third Place - Belmont Abbey 79, Southern Illinois 70 Great Lakes - Glen Ellyn, Illinois Location: Glenbard High School Gym Host: Wheaton College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional FinalSweet 16March 7 Wheaton (IL) 102 Wabash 83 Hope 102 Loras 73 Wheaton 76 Hope 93 Third Place - Wabash 100, Loras 79 Southwest - Springfield, Missouri Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional FinalSweet 16March 7 SW Missouri State 87 Abilene Christian 67 Centenary (LA) 84 Western Illinois 76 SW Missouri State 65 Centenary 62 Third Place - Abilene Christian 85, Western Illinois 81* Midwest - Brookings, South Dakota Location: The Barn Host: South Dakota State College Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional FinalSweet 16March 7 South Dakota State 73 Augustana (IL) 56 Knox 88 Wartburg 84 South Dakota State 106 Knox 80 Third Place - Wartburg 69, Augustana 66* Pacific Coast - Los Angeles, California Location: Eagle's Nest Host: California State University, Los Angeles Regional semifinalsRound of 32March 6 Regional FinalSweet 16March 7 Cal State Los Angeles 83 Sacramento State 57 Chapman 73 Willamette 52 Cal State Los Angeles 86 Chapman 82 Third Place - Willamette 76, Sacramento State 57 *denotes each overtime played National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College National QuarterfinalsElite EightMarch 11 National semifinalsFinal FourMarch 12 National ChampionshipMarch 13 North Carolina A&T 87 American 70 St. Michael's 63 Evansville 82 Hope 74 SW Missouri State 76 South Dakota State 67 Cal State Los Angeles 92 North Carolina A&T 92 Evansville 110 SW Missouri State 72 Cal State Los Angeles 59 Evansville 83 SW Missouri State 67 Third Place - North Carolina A&T 101, Cal State Los Angeles 84 *denotes each overtime played All-tournament team Hugh Ahlering (Evansville) Paul Benes (Hope) Joe Cotton (North Carolina A&T) Leo Hill (Cal State-Los Angeles) Jack Israel (Southwest Missouri State) See also 1959 NCAA University Division basketball tournament 1959 NAIA Basketball Tournament References Sources 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship 1959 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