Basketball game
1959 NCAA Tournament Championship Game| National championship game |
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| Date | March 21, 1959 |
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| Venue | Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Referees | Tommy Bell and Red Mihalik[1] |
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| Attendance | 18,498 |
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The 1959 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1959 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) national champion in men's basketball for the 1958–59 season. The game was held on March 21, 1959, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The California Golden Bears defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers, 71–70, to win the school's only national title in men's basketball.