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The 1959 NBA All Star Game was the ninth NBA All-Star Game. Legend Starter MVP MIN Minutes played FG Field goals ... The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia. Villard ...
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. It began on March 7, 1959, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Louisville, Kentucky. A total of 27 games were played ...
The 1959 NBA All-Star Game was played in Detroit, Michigan, with the West beating the East 124–108. Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks and Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Lakers shared the game's MVP award. The Boston Celtics set the record for the most points scored by a team in regulation, in their 173–139 victory over the Minneapolis ...
The 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1958, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1959 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 21, 1959, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.
The 1959–60 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1959, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 19, 1960, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.
The 1959 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament took place from February 26–28, 1959 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineers , led by head coach Fred Schaus , won their fifth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1959 NCAA tournament .
The 1959–60 Mountaineers returned to the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the regional semifinals; they finished the season with a 26–5 record. That was Schaus' final season as head coach of the team. West Virginia made several tournament appearances in the 1960s, 1980s, and 1990s, but did not return to the regional finals until 2005.
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.