1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game of the 1958–59 college basketball season, in which the California Golden Bears defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers to win the NCAA tournament.

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instanceOf NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
alsoKnownAs 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game NERFINISHED
attendance 17923
city Louisville, Kentucky NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1959-03-21
finalScore California 71–70 West Virginia
followedBy 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship NERFINISHED
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association
hostConference Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference NERFINISHED
losingCoach Fred Schaus NERFINISHED
losingTeamConference Southern Conference NERFINISHED
losingTeamPoints 70
mostOutstandingPlayer Jerry West NERFINISHED
mostOutstandingPlayerTeam West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team NERFINISHED
notablePlayer Darrall Imhoff NERFINISHED
Jerry West NERFINISHED
precededBy 1958 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship NERFINISHED
radioNetwork NBC Radio NERFINISHED
runnerUp West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team NERFINISHED
season 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
sport basketball
televisionNetwork NBC NERFINISHED
tournament 1959 NCAA University Division basketball tournament NERFINISHED
venue Freedom Hall NERFINISHED
winner California Golden Bears men's basketball team NERFINISHED
winningCoach Pete Newell NERFINISHED
winningTeamConference Pacific Coast Conference NERFINISHED
winningTeamPoints 71
year 1959

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1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship precededBy 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship