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1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

Index 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

The 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. [1]

78 relations: Adolph Rupp, Al Negratti, Allen Fieldhouse, Ben Carnevale, Bernard Hickman, Bojangles' Coliseum, Boston University, Bowling Green State University, Buster Brannon, California Golden Bears men's basketball, Charlotte, North Carolina, Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball, College basketball, Cow Palace, Dartmouth College, DePaul University, Doggie Julian, Eastern Kentucky University, Eddie Hickey, Evanston, Illinois, Forddy Anderson, Frank McGuire, Fred Schaus, Freedom Hall, Harold Anderson (basketball), Hugh Greer, Idaho State University, Jack Gardner (basketball), Jack Ramsay, Jerry West, John Grayson, Kansas State University, Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Lawrence, Kansas, Lexington, Kentucky, Louisville Cardinals men's basketball, Louisville, Kentucky, Madison Square Garden (1925), Marquette University, Matt Zunic, Memorial Coliseum (University of Kentucky), Michigan State University, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Division I, New Mexico State University, New York City, Pan American Center, Paul McBrayer, ..., Pete Newell, Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center, Portland, Oregon, Presley Askew, Ray Meyer, Saint Joseph's University, Saint Mary's College of California, San Francisco, Single-elimination tournament, Tex Winter, Texas Christian University, United States, United States Naval Academy, University of California, Berkeley, University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Portland, University of Utah, Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon), Welsh-Ryan Arena, West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball, West Virginia University, 1958–59 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team, 1959 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 1959 National Invitation Tournament, 1959 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament. Expand index (28 more) »

Adolph Rupp

Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was an American college basketball coach.

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Al Negratti

Albert Edward Negratti (June 12, 1921 – January 19, 1998) was an American basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

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Allen Fieldhouse

Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor arena on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Ben Carnevale

Bernard Louis Carnevale (October 30, 1915 – March 25, 2008) was an American basketball coach and college athletic administrator.

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Bernard Hickman

Bernard "Peck" Hickman (October 5, 1911 – February 20, 2000) was an American basketball player and coach.

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Bojangles' Coliseum

Bojangles' Coliseum (originally Charlotte Coliseum and formerly Independence Arena and Cricket Arena) is a 8,600-seat multi-purpose arena located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Boston University

Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private, non-profit, research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a large, primarily residential, public research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States.

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Buster Brannon

Byron Scott "Buster" Brannon (October 21, 1908 – April 14, 1979) was an American football and basketball player and coach.

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California Golden Bears men's basketball

The California Golden Bears basketball team is the college basketball team of the University of California, Berkeley.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball

The Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball program represents the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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College basketball

College basketball today is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including the United States' National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA).

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Cow Palace

Cow Palace (originally the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena located in Daly City, California, situated on the city's northern border with neighboring San Francisco.

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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.

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DePaul University

DePaul University is a private university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Doggie Julian

Alvin Fred "Doggie" Julian (April 5, 1901 – July 28, 1967) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

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Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a regional comprehensive university in Richmond, Kentucky.

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Eddie Hickey

Edgar S. Hickey (December 20, 1902 – December 5, 1980) was an American football and basketball coach.

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Evanston, Illinois

Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, north of downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north.

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Forddy Anderson

Forrest "Forddy" Anderson (March 17, 1919 – October 25, 1999) was an American basketball coach.

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Frank McGuire

Frank Joseph McGuire (November 8, 1913 – October 11, 1994) was an American basketball coach.

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Fred Schaus

Frederick Appleton Schaus (June 30, 1925 – February 10, 2010) was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University basketball, and a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee.

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Freedom Hall

Freedom Hall is a multipurpose arena in Louisville, Kentucky, on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center, which is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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Harold Anderson (basketball)

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Hugh Greer

Hugh Greer (1902–January 14, 1963) was the Connecticut Huskies men's basketball coach from 1946 to 1963.

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Idaho State University

Idaho State University (ISU) is a public research university in Pocatello, Idaho.

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Jack Gardner (basketball)

James H. "Jack" Gardner (March 29, 1910 – April 9, 2000) was an American college men's basketball coach, known for his tenures as the head coach at Kansas State University and the University of Utah.

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Jack Ramsay

John Travilla Ramsay (February 21, 1925 – April 28, 2014) was an American basketball coach, commonly known as "Dr.

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Jerry West

Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is an American retired basketball player who played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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John Grayson

John Hubert FitzHenry Grayson (17 June 1871 – 31 May 1936) was an English cricketer active in the early 1890s.

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Kansas State University

Kansas State University (KSU), commonly shortened to Kansas State or K-State, is a public research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States.

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Las Cruces High School

Las Cruces High School is a public high school in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States.

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Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

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Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County and sixth largest city in Kansas.

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Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States.

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Louisville Cardinals men's basketball

The Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team is the men's college basketball program representing the University of Louisville (U of L) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of NCAA Division I. The Cardinals have officially won two NCAA championships in 1980 and 1986 (with the 2013 title being vacated); and have officially been to 8 Final Fours (with the 2012 and 2013 appearances being vacated) in 38 official NCAA tournament appearances while compiling 61 tournament wins.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Madison Square Garden (1925)

Madison Square Garden (MSG III) was an indoor arena in New York City, the third bearing that name.

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Marquette University

Marquette University is a private, coeducational Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the central United States.

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Matt Zunic

Matthew Zunic (September 19, 1919 – December 15, 2006) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Memorial Coliseum (University of Kentucky)

Memorial Coliseum is a 8,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Michigan State University

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

At the conclusion of the NCAA men's and women's Division I basketball championships (the "Final Four" tournaments), the Associated Press selects a Most Outstanding Player.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public, land-grant, research university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States, and the flagship campus of NMSU System.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Pan American Center

Pan American Center is a multi-purpose arena in Las Cruces, New Mexico, located on the campus of New Mexico State University.

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Paul McBrayer

Paul S. McBrayer (October 12, 1909 – January 1, 1999) was an American college men's basketball coach and player.

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Pete Newell

Peter Francis Newell (August 31, 1915 – November 17, 2008) was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach.

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Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center

The Portland Expo Center is a convention center located in the Kenton neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Presley Askew

Presley Askew (November 17, 1909 – February 7, 1994) was an American basketball and baseball coach.

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Ray Meyer

Raymond Joseph Meyer (December 18, 1913 – March 17, 2006) was an American men's collegiate basketball coach from Chicago, Illinois.

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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's University (also referred to as SJU or St. Joe's) is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic Jesuit university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Saint Mary's College of California

Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and east of San Francisco.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament.

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Tex Winter

Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter (born February 25, 1922) is an American retired basketball coach, and innovator of the triangle offense.

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Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private Christian-based, coeducational university in Fort Worth, Texas, established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati (commonly referred to as UC or Cincinnati) is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, in the U.S. state of Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio.

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University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky (UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky.

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University of Louisville

The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky, a member of the Kentucky state university system.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, also known as UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina, or simply Carolina, is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.

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University of Portland

The University of Portland (also referred to as UP) is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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University of Utah

The University of Utah (also referred to as the U, U of U, or Utah) is a public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)

Veterans Memorial Coliseum (formerly and still commonly known as Memorial Coliseum) is a 10,407-capacity indoor arena located in the oldest part of the Rose Quarter area in Portland, Oregon.

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Welsh-Ryan Arena

Welsh-Ryan Arena is an 8,117-seat multi-purpose arena in Evanston, Illinois, United States, on the campus of Northwestern University.

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West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball

The West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represents West Virginia University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition.

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West Virginia University

West Virginia University (WVU) is a public, land-grant, space-grant, research-intensive university in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States.

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1958–59 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

The 1958–59 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1958–59 collegiate men's basketball season.

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1959 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1959 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.

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1959 National Invitation Tournament

The 1959 National Invitation Tournament was the 1959 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

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1959 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament

The 1959 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 1958–59 NCAA College Division men's basketball season.

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Redirects here:

1959 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 1959 NCAA Tournament.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_NCAA_University_Division_Basketball_Tournament

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