The 1959 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1958-59 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville and Evansville's Hugh Ahlering was the Most Outstanding Player.
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