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.
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
Third Place - Brandeis 71, RPI 69
South Central - Grambling, Louisiana Location: Tiger Memorial Gym Host: Grambling College
Third Place - South Carolina State 80, Philander Smith 70
East - Staten Island, New York Location: Sutter Gym Host: Wagner College
Third Place - Buffalo 77, Philadelphia Textile 73
Mideast - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
Third Place - Wabash 72, Austin Peay 69
Great Lakes - Aurora, Illinois Location: Aurora East High School Gym Host: Wheaton College
Third Place - St. Norbert 76, Northern Illinois 70
Pacific Coast - Santa Ana, California Location: Cook Gymnasium Host: Chapman College
Third Place - Chico State 76, Linfield 62
Southwest - Springfield, Missouri Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State College
Third Place - Arkansas State 83, Centenary 70
Midwest - Vermillion, South Dakota Location: South Dakota Armory Host: University of South Dakota
Third Place - Wartburg 83, Gustavus Adolphus 73
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: Evansville College
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