1958 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season1957–58
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsTennessee State (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-upWestern Illinois (2nd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearJohn McClendon (Tennessee State)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Bill McAfoos (Western Illinois)
MVPDick Barnett (Tennessee State)
NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1957 1959»

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.[1]

The championship game featured returning champions, Tennessee State University who defeated the Western Illinois University. The Tigers won over the Leathernecks, it would be the third time a team won back-to-back championships. Tennessee State is the 5th school to win 2 National Titles, joining University of Central Missouri, Hamline University, Indiana State University and Southwest Missouri State. It was the second year in a row with an upset in the Championship Game. The 3rd-place game featured Texas Southern University and Georgetown College (Ky.) It was the first year the Charles Stevenson Hustle Award was awarded. It went to Bill McAfoos of Western Illinois.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1958 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

1958 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Western Illinois 74
- Georgia Teachers 62
1 Western Illinois 83
- Pasadena 80
- Pasadena (Calif.) 80
- Hastings (Neb.) 55
1 Western Illinois 70
8 Youngstown 67
- Platteville State (Wis.) 77
- Austin (Texas) 59
- Platteville State 63
8 Youngstown 74
- Quincy (Ill.) 68
8 Youngstown (Ohio) 88
1 Western Illinois 86
- Georgetown 81
5 West Virginia Wesleyan 81
- Arkansas Tech 75
5 West Virginia Wesleyan 93
- Indiana State (Pa.) 82
- Indiana State (Pa.) 96
- Troy State (Ala.) 73
5 West Virginia Wesleyan 74
- Georgetown 83
- Georgetown (Ky.) 93
- Rider 76
- Georgetown 92
4 Pacific Lutheran 91*
- Eastern New Mexico 63
4 Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 76
1 Western Illinois 73
3 Tennessee State 85
3 Tennessee State 113
- Northern Michigan 45
3 Tennessee State 77
- Anderson 56
- Anderson (Ind.) 102
- Union (Tenn.) 86
3 Tennessee State 81
- East Texas State 62
7 East Texas State 66
- Minnesota-Duluth 59
7 East Texas State 63
- Northern State 57
- Northern State (S.D.) 71
- St. Benedict's (Kan.) 52
3 Tennessee State 110
- Texas Southern 85
- Texas Southern 79
- Oklahoma Baptist 68
- Texas Southern 91
6 Drury 61
- Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 73
6 Drury (Mo.) 78
- Texas Southern 98
2 Coe 78
- Western Montana 86
- Assumption (Mass.) 73
- Western Montana 69
2 Coe 103
- Portland 61
2 Coe (Iowa) 63

3rd-place game

The third-place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

NAIA third-place game
   
- Georgetown 109
- Texas Southern 121

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
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