1958 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1958 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1958, and ended with the championship game on March 22 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 28 games were played.

Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 84-72 victory in the final game over Seattle, coached by John Castellani. Elgin Baylor of Seattle was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

1 Locations
2 Teams
3 Bracket
4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Charlotte, North Carolina	New York City, New York
Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Evanston, Illinois
Midwest	Lawrence, Kansas	Stillwater, Oklahoma
West	San Francisco, California	Berkeley, California
Finals	Louisville, Kentucky

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Boston College	Donald Martin	Round of 32	Maryland	L 86-63
East	n/a	UConn	Hugh Greer	Round of 32	Dartmouth	L 75-64
East	n/a	Dartmouth	Doggie Julian	Elite Eight	Temple	L 69-50
East	n/a	Manhattan	Ken Norton	Regional Fourth Place	Maryland	L 59-55
East	n/a	Maryland	Bud Millikan	Regional Third Place	Manhattan	W 59-55
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	Third Place	Kansas State	W 67-57
East	n/a	West Virginia	Fred Schaus	Round of 32	Manhattan	L 89-84
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Indiana	Branch McCracken	Regional Third Place	Miami, Ohio	W 98-91
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Champion	Seattle	W 84-72
Mideast	n/a	Miami, Ohio	Dick Shrider	Regional Fourth Place	Indiana	L 98-91
Mideast	n/a	Notre Dame	John Jordan	Elite Eight	Kentucky	L 89-56
Mideast	n/a	Pittsburgh	Bob Timmons	Round of 32	Miami, Ohio	L 82-77
Mideast	n/a	Tennessee Tech	Johnny Oldham	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 94-61
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Arkansas	Glen Rose	Regional Fourth Place	Cincinnati	L 97-62
Midwest	n/a	Cincinnati	George Smith	Regional Third Place	Arkansas	W 97-62
Midwest	n/a	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Fourth Place	Temple	L 67-57
Midwest	n/a	Loyola, Louisiana	Jim Harding	Round of 32	Oklahoma State	L 59-42
Midwest	n/a	Oklahoma State	Henry Iba	Elite Eight	Kansas State	L 69-57
West
West	n/a	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	Round of 32	Idaho State	L 72-68
West	n/a	California	Pete Newell	Elite Eight	Seattle	L 66-62
West	n/a	Idaho State	John Grayson	Regional Fourth Place	San Francisco	L 57-51
West	n/a	San Francisco	Phil Woolpert	Regional Third Place	Idaho State	W 57-51
West	n/a	Seattle	John Castellani	Runner Up	Kentucky	L 84-72
West	n/a	Wyoming	Everett Shelton	Round of 32	Seattle	L 88-51

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Temple	71

				Maryland	67
	Maryland	86

	Boston College	63
							Temple	69
							Dartmouth	50
	Manhattan	89
	West Virginia	84
				Manhattan	62

				Dartmouth	79
	Dartmouth	75

	Connecticut	64

[edit] Mideast region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Kentucky	94

				Miami-OH	70
	Miami-OH	82

	Pittsburgh	77
							Kentucky	89
							Notre Dame	56
	Notre Dame	94
	Tennessee Tech	61
				Notre Dame	94

				Indiana	87

[edit] Midwest region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Arkansas

Oklahoma St

Loyola-LA

Oklahoma St

Kansas St

Cincinnati

80*

[edit] West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

San Francisco

Seattle

Wyoming

Seattle

California

62*

Idaho St

Arizona St

Idaho St

California

[edit] Final Four

National Semifinals			National Finals

	Temple	60
	Kentucky	61
				Kentucky	84
				Seattle	72
	Kansas St	51
	Seattle	73

[edit] External links

1958 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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