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

1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1958–59 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	13–11 (7–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (2nd season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1957–58 1959–60 →

1958–59 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 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[edit]

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[edit]

Date time, TV	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[edit]

^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

[SR-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 February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

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v t e William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Rivalries	Old Dominion
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Hershberger Award hoax Scandal of 1951
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 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