# 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.
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 | 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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