| Type: | NAIA men's basketball tournament |
| Year: | 1958 |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Finalfourarena: | Municipal Auditorium |
| Finalfourcity: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Tennessee State |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Champgamecount: | 2nd |
| Champffcount: | 2nd |
| Runnerffcount: | 3rd |
| Runnerup: | Western Illinois |
| Gamecount: | 2nd |
| Semifinal1: | Texas Southern University |
| Finalfourcount1: | 2nd |
| Semifinal2: | Georgetown College (Ky.) |
| Finalfourcount2: | 1st |
| Coty: | John McClendon |
| Cotyschool: | Tennessee State |
| Mvp: | Dick Barnett |
| Mvpteam: | Tennessee State |
| Hustle: | Bill McAfoos |
| Hustleschool: | Western Illinois |
| Attendance: | unknown |
The 1958 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 21st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]
The championship game featured returning champions, Tennessee State University who defeated the Western Illinois University. The Tigers won over the Leathernecks, it would be the third time a team won back-to-back championships. Tennessee State is the 5th school to win 2 National Titles, joining University of Central Missouri, Hamline University, Indiana State University and Southwest Missouri State. It was the second year in a row with an upset in the Championship Game. The 3rd-place game featured Texas Southern University and Georgetown College (Ky.)It was the first year the Charles Stevenson Hustle Award was awarded. It went to Bill McAfoos of Western Illinois.
Many of the records set by the 1958 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:
The third-place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.