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

American college basketball season August 2023 December 2025 Basketball 1958–59 William & Mary Indians Southern Conference SoCon 13–11 7–7 Bill Chambers 2nd Blow Gymnasium 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.William & Mary season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/william-mary/ February 26, 2015 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 no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| Regular season yes yes Virginia Memorial Gymnasium Charlottesville, VA 74–85 0–1 yes yes Washington and Lee Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA 63–60 1–1 George Washington Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 57–52 2–1 (1–0) yes Hampden–Sydney Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 59–46 3–1 12/15/1958 VMI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 82–69 4–1 (2–0) Davidson Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 72–56 5–1 (3–0) yes yes Louisiana Tech Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Shreveport, LA Gulf South Classic 49–63 5–2 yes yes North Texas State Men's Gymnasium Denton, TX 82–77 6–2 yes yes Murray State Racer Arena Murray, KY 64–62 7–2 1/3/1959 yes Furman Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC 70–78 7–3 (3–1) yes Davidson Johnston Gym Davidson, NC 59–57 8–3 (4–1) 1/10/1959 Richmond Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 83–65 9–3 (5–1) yes yes Morris Harvey Charleston, WV 67–75 9–4 1/13/1959 yes West Virginia 10 WVU Field House Morgantown, WV 76–88 9–5 (5–2) VPI Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 59–58 10–5 (6–2) 1/30/1959 yes West Virginia 10 WVU Field House Morgantown, WV 68–82 10–6 (6–3) yes VPI War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA 68–74 10–7 (6–4) yes VMI Cormack Field House Lexington, VA 86–60 11–7 (7–4) yes George Washington Fort Myer Gymnasium Fort Myer, VA 68–87 11–8 (7–5) 2/9/1959 Furman Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 70–71 11–9 (7–6) yes Washington and Lee Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA 109–62 12–9 2/21/1959 yes Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA 66–71 12–10 (7–7) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| 1959 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament 2/26/1959 yes (5) Richmond Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Quarterfinals 87–69 13–10 2/27/1959 yes (1) West Virginia 10 Richmond Arena Richmond, VA Semifinals 82–85 13–11 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