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

1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1958–59 record	13–11 (7–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (2nd year)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1958–59 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
West Virginia †	11	–	0	1.000	29	–	5	.853
Virginia Tech	10	–	2	.833	16	–	5	.762
The Citadel	7	–	4	.636	15	–	5	.750
William & Mary	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Richmond	6	–	8	.429	11	–	11	.500
Furman	5	–	7	.417	14	–	12	.538
George Washington	4	–	7	.364	14	–	11	.560
Davidson	2	–	8	.200	9	–	15	.375
VMI	2	–	11	.154	5	–	13	.278

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1959; Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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

William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Louisiana Tech and North Texas State.
Roy Lange was named, for the second consecutive year, to the first team all-Southern Conference, and Jeff Cohen was named to the second team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	at Virginia	L 74–85	0–1	Memorial Gymnasium
*	at Washington and Lee	W 63–60	1–1	Doremus Gymnasium
	George Washington	W 57–52	2–1 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 59–46	3–1	Blow Gymnasium
12/15/1958	VMI	W 82–69	4–1 (2–0)	Blow Gymnasium
	Davidson	W 72–56	5–1 (3–0)	Blow Gymnasium
*	vs. Louisiana Tech (Gulf South Classic)	L 49–63	5–2	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
*	at North Texas State	W 82–77	6–2	Men's Gymnasium
*	at Murray State	W 64–62	7–2	Racer Arena
1/3/1959	at Furman	L 70–78	7–3 (3–1)	Greenville Memorial Auditorium
	at Davidson	W 59–57	8–3 (4–1)	Johnston Gym
1/10/1959	Richmond	W 83–65	9–3 (5–1)	Blow Gymnasium
*	at Morris Harvey	L 67–75	9–4
1/13/1959	vs. #10 West Virginia	L 76–88	9–5 (5–2)	WVU Field House
	VPI	W 59–58	10–5 (6–2)	Blow Gymnasium
1/30/1959	at #10 West Virginia	L 68–82	10–6 (6–3)	WVU Field House
	at VPI	L 68–74	10–7 (6–4)	War Memorial Gymnasium
	at VMI	W 86–60	11–7 (7–4)	Cormack Field House
	at George Washington	L 68–87	11–8 (7–5)	Fort Myer Gymnasium
2/9/1959	Furman	L 70–71	11–9 (7–6)	Blow Gymnasium
*	Washington and Lee	W 109–62	12–9	Blow Gymnasium
2/21/1959	at Richmond	L 66–71	12–10 (7–7)	Richmond Arena
1959 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
2/26/1959	at (5) Richmond (Quarterfinals)	W 87–69	13–10	Richmond Arena
2/27/1959	vs. #10 (1) West Virginia (Semifinals)	L 82–85	13–11	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 26, 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

Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall (1971–present)

Culture & lore	Records Retired jerseys Hershberger Award hoax Griffin Colonel Ebirt Scandal of 1951

People	Head coaches

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