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

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1957–58 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 15–14 9–9 Bill Chambers 1st Blow Gymnasium 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.William & Mary season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/william-mary/ February 20, 2015 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 no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season yes Virginia Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 73–69 1–0 12/4/1957 yes yes Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 70–86 1–1 George Washington Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 71–60 2–1 (1–0) yes The Citadel The Citadel Armory Charleston, SC 60–75 2–2 (1–1) yes The Citadel The Citadel Armory Charleston, SC 63–85 2–3 (1–2) 12/13/1957 yes West Virginia 8 Logan, WV 52–68 2–4 (1–3) yes yes Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN 65–83 2–5 yes yes Murray State Racer Arena Murray, KY 76–66 3–5 12/30/1957 yes yes Tennessee Alumni Memorial Gym Knoxville, TN 62–84 3–6 yes yes North Carolina 3 Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC 63–79 3–7 1/11/1958 yes Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA 72–66 4–7 (2–3) Davidson Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 75–61 5–7 (3–3) yes George Washington Uline Arena Washington, DC 80–91 5–8 (3–4) VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 75–87 5–9 (3–5) 2/1/1958 yes Furman Old Textile Hall Greenville, SC 73–89 5–10 (3–6) yes Davidson Johnston Gym Davidson, NC 72–53 6–10 (4–6) yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 85–59 7–10 2/8/1958 yes yes Navy Norfolk Municipal Auditorium Norfolk, VA 90–78 8–10 2/10/1958 yes West Virginia 1 WVU Field House Morgantown, WV 68–82 8–11 (4–7) yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 79–61 9–11 (5–7) yes Washington and Lee Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA 86–84 10–11 (6–7) 2/17/1958 Furman Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 87–46 11–11 (7–7) 2/21/1958 Washington and Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 88–72 12–11 (8–7) VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 96–78 13–11 (9–7) yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 68–72 13–12 (9–8) 3/1/1958 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 67–79 3OT 13–13 (9–9) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1958 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament 3/6/1958 yes (2) VPI Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Quarterfinals 79–61 14–13 3/7/1958 yes (3) George Washington Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Semifinals 57–56 15–13 3/8/1958 yes (1) West Virginia 2 Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Championship 58–74 15–14 SourceWilliam & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records Year-by-year records College of William & Mary 2015 http://www.tribeathletics.com/fls/25100/data_import/files/mbb/history/yby.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=25100 February 20, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150210015121/http://www.tribeathletics.com/fls/25100/data_import/files/mbb/history/yby.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=25100 2015-02-10 dead References Category:William & Mary Tribe men's basketball seasons William and Mary Indians William and Mary Indians Men's Basketball Team William and Mary Indians Men's Basketball Team