1957–58 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

1957–58 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
1957–58 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
Southern Conference champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, First Round
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	26–2 ( SoCon)
Head coach	Fred Schaus;
Home arena	WVU Field House
	Seasons ← 1956–57 1958–59 →

1957–58 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 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 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University in NCAA competition in the 1957–58 season. Coached by Fred Schaus and featuring future Hall of Fame guard Jerry West, the Mountaineers, then a member of the Southern Conference, lost in the first round of that year's NCAA tournament to Manhattan.

NCAA basketball tournament[edit]

East
- Manhattan 89, West Virginia 84

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Team players drafted into the NBA[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	13	Lloyd Sharrar	Philadelphia Warriors

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References[edit]

^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ "1958 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

External links[edit]

Official Site

[1] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[2] "1958 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

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v t e West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
Venues	WVU Fieldhouse (1929–1970) WVU Coliseum (1970–present)
Rivalries	Cincinnati Marshall Pittsburgh
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics