1958 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1958 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 195758
Teams 8
Site Richmond Arena
Richmond, VA
Champions West Virginia (4th title)
Winning coach Fred Schaus (4th title)
Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1957  1959»
1957–58 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
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 1958 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 6–8, 1958 at the Richmond Arena in Richmond, Virginia. The West Virginia Mountaineeers, led by head coach Fred Schaus, won their fourth Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1958 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Format

The top eight finishers of the conference's ten members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 6
Semifinals
March 7
Finals
March 8
         
1 West Virginia 91
8 Davidson 61
1 West Virginia 81
5 Richmond 70
4 The Citadel 59
5 Richmond 63
1 West Virginia 74
6 William & Mary 58
2 Virginia Tech 61
6 William & Mary 79
3 George Washington 56
6 William & Mary 67
3 George Washington 73
7 Furman 59

* Overtime game

See also

References

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