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

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.

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

1958–59 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	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
† Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date time, TV	Rank#	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.

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