1958 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals Site

Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri

Champions

Tennessee State
(2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)

Runner-Up

Western Illinois
(2nd title game,
3rd Final Four)

Semifinalists

Texas Southern University
(2nd Final Four)
Georgetown College (Ky.)
(1st Final Four)

Coach of the Year

John McClendon
(Tennessee State)

Chuck Taylor MVP

Dick Barnett
(Tennessee State)

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

Bill McAfoos
(Western Illinois)

NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
← 1957	1959 →

The 1958 Men's NAIA Division I 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. 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:

Leading scorer est. 1963
Leading rebounder est. 1963
Player of the Year est. 1994
Most consecutive tournament victories; continues: 18 overall; 5 in 1958, Tennessee State, 1957-58-59-60
Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 4th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament
All-time leading scorers; third appearance: Dick Barnett, 3rd, Tennessee State (1956,57,58,59) 18 games, 186 field goals, 79 free throws, 451 total points 25.1 average per game, Charles Curtis, 8th, Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) (1956,57,58,59) 14 games 101 field goals, 85 free throws, 287 total points, 20.5 average per game, Roger Iverson, 20th, Pacific Lutheran (1956,57,58,59) 14 games, 109 field goals, 23 free throws, 241 total points, 17.2 average per game, and John Barnhill, 21st, Tennessee State (1956,57,58,59) 17 games, 104 field goals, 27 free throws, 235 total points, 13.8 average per game.
All-time leading scorer; final appearance: Bennie Swain, 6th Texas Southern (1955,56,57,58) 15 games, 119 field goals, 64 free throws, 302 total points, 20.1 average per game.^[2]

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
TOP TIER
						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
TOP TIER
						-	Georgetown	83
-	Georgetown (Ky.)	93

-	Rider (N.J.)	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
BOTTOM TIER
						-	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
BOTTOM TIER
						2	Coe	78
-	Western Montana	86

-	Assumption (Mass.)	73
			-	Western Montana	69

			2	Coe	103
-	Portland (Ore.)	61

2	Coe (Iowa)	63

* denotes overtime.

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

NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championships

NAIA Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Players

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The 1944 NAIA Tournament was not held due to World War II.

1958 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Awards and honors

1958 NAIA bracket

3rd place game

References

See also