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The 1958 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 24 schools playing in
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play to determine the national champion of men's
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in the United States. It began on March 11, and ended with the championship game on Saturday, March 22, in
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. A total of 28 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game. Led by head coach
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, the
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won the national title with an 84–72 victory in the final game over
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, coached by
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. The Chieftains led by at the half, but star forward
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picked up his fourth personal foul with over sixteen minutes remaining. The Chieftains were outscored by fifteen in the second half, and Baylor was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


Locations

The city of Louisville became the sixth host site, and Freedom Hall the seventh host venue, of the Final Four. The two-year-old building was the off-campus home to the
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until the opening of the KFC Yum! Center in 2010. The tournament saw two other new venues. The tournament came to Charlotte for the first time at the Charlotte Coliseum. The tournament would be played at the building a dozen more times. The tournament also came to the East Bay area for the first time, playing at the Men's Gym (soon to be renamed Harmon Gym) on the campus of the
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. This would be the only time the tournament would be held on the Cal campus, as well as on the campus of
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, with future games in Oklahoma held in either
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,
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or
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.


Teams


Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period


East region


Mideast region


Midwest region


West region


Final Four


National third-place game


Regional third-place games


See also

* 1958 NCAA College Division basketball tournament * 1958 National Invitation Tournament *
1958 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament The 1958 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 21st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game featured re ...


References

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