1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the second year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 13–11 and 7–7 in the Southern Conference. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium. This was the 54th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.[1]

1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1958–59 record13–11 (7–7 SoCon)
Head coach
Home arenaBlow Gymnasium
1958–59 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 10 West Virginia110 1.000  295  .853
Virginia Tech102 .833  165  .762
The Citadel74 .636  155  .750
William & Mary77 .500  1311  .542
Richmond68 .429  1111  .500
Furman57 .417  1412  .538
George Washington47 .364  1411  .560
Davidson28 .200  915  .375
VMI211 .154  513  .278
Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1959; Rankings from AP Poll

The Indians finished in 4th place in the conference and qualified for the 1959 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. William & Mary defeated Richmond in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to top-seeded West Virginia.

Program notes

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
*
at Virginia L 74–85  0–1
Memorial Gymnasium 
Charlottesville, VA
*
at Washington and Lee W 63–60  1–1
Doremus Gymnasium 
Lexington, VA

George Washington W 57–52  2–1 (1–0)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
Hampden–Sydney W 59–46  3–1
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
12/15/1958
VMI W 82–69  4–1 (2–0)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA

Davidson W 72–56  5–1 (3–0)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
vs. Louisiana Tech
Gulf South Classic
L 49–63  5–2
Hirsch Memorial Coliseum 
Shreveport, LA
*
at North Texas State W 82–77  6–2
Men's Gymnasium 
Denton, TX
*
at Murray State W 64–62  7–2
Racer Arena 
Murray, KY
1/3/1959
at Furman L 70–78  7–3 (3–1)
Greenville Memorial Auditorium 
Greenville, SC

at Davidson W 59–57  8–3 (4–1)
Johnston Gym 
Davidson, NC
1/10/1959
Richmond W 83–65  9–3 (5–1)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
at Morris Harvey L 67–75  9–4
 
Charleston, WV
1/13/1959
vs. No. 10 West Virginia L 76–88  9–5 (5–2)
WVU Field House 
Morgantown, WV

VPI W 59–58  10–5 (6–2)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
1/30/1959
at No. 10 West Virginia L 68–82  10–6 (6–3)
WVU Field House 
Morgantown, WV

at VPI L 68–74  10–7 (6–4)
War Memorial Gymnasium 
Blacksburg, VA

at VMI W 86–60  11–7 (7–4)
Cormack Field House 
Lexington, VA

at George Washington L 68–87  11–8 (7–5)
Fort Myer Gymnasium 
Fort Myer, VA
2/9/1959
Furman L 70–71  11–9 (7–6)
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
*
Washington and Lee W 109–62  12–9
Blow Gymnasium 
Williamsburg, VA
2/21/1959
at Richmond L 66–71  12–10 (7–7)
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
1959 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
2/26/1959
at (5) Richmond
Quarterfinals
W 87–69  13–10
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
2/27/1959
vs. No. 10 (1) West Virginia
Semifinals
L 82–85  13–11
Richmond Arena 
Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

  1. "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  2. "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
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