1957–58 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1957–58 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1957–58 record	15–14 (9–9 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (1st year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1957–58 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
West Virginia †	12	–	0	1.000	26	–	2	.929
Virginia Tech	10	–	5	.667	11	–	8	.579
George Washington	8	–	4	.667	12	–	11	.522
The Citadel	9	–	6	.600	16	–	11	.593
Richmond	8	–	8	.500	14	–	12	.538
William & Mary	9	–	9	.500	15	–	14	.517
Furman	4	–	8	.333	10	–	16	.385
Davidson	4	–	8	.333	9	–	15	.375
Washington and Lee	4	–	9	.308	9	–	16	.360
VMI	1	–	12	.077	4	–	17	.190

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1958; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957–58 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1957–58 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 15–14, 9–9 in the Southern Conference. This was the 53rd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.^[1]

The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1958 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. In a surprising run, William & Mary defeated #2 VPI in the quarterfinals and #3 George Washington in the semifinals before losing in the championship game to top-seeded West Virginia. This was the first of eight times that the Indians played in the championship game of a conference tournament.

Program notes

William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Evansville and Murray State.
William & Mary's appearance in the Southern Conference championship game would be the first of nine such appearances (the others came in 1961, 1965, 1975, 1983, 2008, 2010, 2014, and 2015).
On February 10, the Indians played their first-ever game against a team ranked #1 in the AP poll, losing 68–82 at West Virginia.
Roy Lange was named to the first team all-Southern Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	Virginia	W 73–69	1–0	Blow Gymnasium
12/4/1957*	at Penn	L 70–86	1–1	Palestra
	George Washington	W 71–60	2–1 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium
	at The Citadel	L 60–75	2–2 (1–1)	The Citadel Armory
	at The Citadel	L 63–85	2–3 (1–2)	The Citadel Armory
12/13/1957	vs. #8 West Virginia	L 52–68	2–4 (1–3)
*	at Evansville	L 65–83	2–5	Roberts Municipal Stadium
*	at Murray State	W 76–66	3–5	Racer Arena
12/30/1957*	at Tennessee	L 62–84	3–6	Alumni Memorial Gym
*	at #3 North Carolina	L 63–79	3–7	Woollen Gymnasium
1/11/1958	at Richmond	W 72–66	4–7 (2–3)	Richmond Arena
	Davidson	W 75–61	5–7 (3–3)	Blow Gymnasium
	at George Washington	L 80–91	5–8 (3–4)	Uline Arena
	VPI	L 75–87	5–9 (3–5)	Blow Gymnasium
2/1/1958	at Furman	L 73–89	5–10 (3–6)	Old Textile Hall
	at Davidson	W 72–53	6–10 (4–6)	Johnston Gym
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 85–59	7–10	Blow Gymnasium
2/8/1958*	vs. Navy	W 90–78	8–10	Norfolk Municipal Auditorium
2/10/1958	at #1 West Virginia	L 68–82	8–11 (4–7)	WVU Field House
	at VMI	W 79–61	9–11 (5–7)	Cormack Field House
	at Washington and Lee	W 86–84	10–11 (6–7)	Doremus Gymnasium
2/17/1958	Furman	W 87–46	11–11 (7–7)	Blow Gymnasium
2/21/1958	Washington and Lee	W 88–72	12–11 (8–7)	Blow Gymnasium
	VMI	W 96–78	13–11 (9–7)	Blow Gymnasium
	at VPI	L 68–72	13–12 (9–8)	War Memorial Gymnasium
3/1/1958	Richmond	L 67–79 ^3OT	13–13 (9–9)	Blow Gymnasium
1958 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/6/1958	vs. (2) VPI (Quarterfinals)	W 79–61	14–13	Richmond Arena
3/7/1958	vs. (3) George Washington (Semifinals)	W 57–56	15–13	Richmond Arena
3/8/1958	vs. #2 (1) West Virginia (Championship)	L 58–74	15–14	Richmond Arena
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References

↑ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
↑ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

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