1958 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1958 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Season	1957–58
Teams	24
Finals site	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	Kentucky (4th title, 4th title game, 5th Final Four)
Runner-up	Seattle (1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists	Kansas State (3rd Final Four) Temple (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Adolph Rupp (4th title)
MOP	Elgin Baylor (Seattle)
Attendance	176,878
Top scorer	Elgin Baylor Seattle (135 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments «1957 1959»

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 in the United States. 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, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with an 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.

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

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Boston College	Dino Martin	First round	Maryland	L 86-63
East	n/a	Connecticut	Hugh Greer	First round	Dartmouth	L 75-64
East	n/a	Dartmouth	Doggie Julian	Regional Runner-up	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	First round	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	Regional Runner-up	Kentucky	L 89-56
Mideast	n/a	Pittsburgh	Bob Timmons	First round	Miami, Ohio	L 82-77
Mideast	n/a	Tennessee Tech	Johnny Oldham	First round	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	First round	Oklahoma State	L 59-42
Midwest	n/a	Oklahoma State	Henry Iba	Regional Runner-up	Kansas State	L 69-57
West
West	n/a	Arizona State	Ned Wulk	First round	Idaho State	L 72-68
West	n/a	California	Pete Newell	Regional Runner-up	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	First round	Seattle	L 88-51

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

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

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

Midwest region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Arkansas

40

Oklahoma St.

65

Oklahoma St.

59

Loyola-LA

42

Oklahoma St.

57

Kansas St.

69

Kansas St.

83

Cincinnati

80*

West region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

San Francisco

67

Seattle

69

Seattle

88

Wyoming

51

Seattle

66

California

62*

Idaho St.

72

Arizona St.

68

Idaho St.

43

California

54

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
	E	Temple	60
	ME	Kentucky	61
						ME	Kentucky	84
						W	Seattle	72
	MW	Kansas St.	51
	W	Seattle	73

National Third Place Game

	National Third Place Game
	E	Temple	67
	MW	Kansas St.	57

Regional Third Place Games

	East Regional Third Place
	Maryland		59
	Manhattan		55

	Mideast Regional Third Place
	Indiana		98
	Miami-OH		91

	Midwest Regional Third Place
	Cincinnati		97
	Arkansas		62

	West Regional Third Place
	San Francisco		57
	Idaho St.		51

See also

• 1958 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament