1958-59 California Golden Bears Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-4 (14-2, 1st in PCC MBB)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Pete Newell

PS/G: 63.9 (135th of 181)

PA/G: 51.0 (1st of 181)

SRS: 15.51 (7th of 173)

SOS: 2.62 (48th of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (71-53) versus Utah
Won West Regional Final (66-46) versus Saint Mary's (CA)
Won National Semifinal (64-58) versus Cincinnati
Won National Final (71-70) versus West Virginia

NCAA Champion
PCC Reg Season Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1958-59 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
California	-	15	14	20	-	20	-	20	19	18	15	12	11	11

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Wed, Dec 3, 1958	REG		San Jose State	WCAC	-13.82	W	60	36		1	0	W 1	Harmon Gym
2	Sat, Dec 6, 1958	REG		San Francisco	WCAC	-7.17	W	50	43		2	0	W 2	Harmon Gym
3	Tue, Dec 9, 1958	REG		Saint Mary's (CA) (14)	WCAC	4.08	W	57	55		3	0	W 3	Harmon Gym
4	Fri, Dec 12, 1958	REG		Kansas State (3)	Big 8	17.01	L	65	68		3	1	L 1	Harmon Gym
5	Fri, Dec 19, 1958	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	6.45	W	71	52		4	1	W 1	Iowa Field House
6	Sat, Dec 20, 1958	REG	N	Wisconsin	Big Ten	-8.03	W	68	53		5	1	W 2
7	Tue, Dec 23, 1958	REG	@	Saint Louis (16)	MVC	16.09	L	43	55		5	2	L 1	Kiel Auditorium
8	Sat, Dec 27, 1958	REG		Arizona	BIAA	-22.74	W	90	46		6	2	W 1	Harmon Gym
9	Fri, Jan 2, 1959	REG	@	Washington	PCC	9.85	W	54	43		7	2	W 2	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
10	Sat, Jan 3, 1959	REG	@	Oregon	PCC	-1.24	L	57	59		7	3	L 1	McArthur Court
11	Fri, Jan 9, 1959	REG		Washington	PCC	9.85	W	55	44		8	3	W 1	Harmon Gym
12	Sat, Jan 10, 1959	REG		Idaho	PCC	1.12	W	64	39		9	3	W 2	Harmon Gym
13	Fri, Jan 16, 1959	REG	@	Stanford	PCC	2.26	L	53	56		9	4	L 1	Old Pavilion
14	Sat, Jan 17, 1959	REG		Stanford	PCC	2.26	W	67	46		10	4	W 1	Harmon Gym
15	Sat, Jan 31, 1959	REG	@	Santa Clara	WCAC	-1.46	W	66	55		11	4	W 2
16	Fri, Feb 6, 1959	REG	@	UCLA	PCC	6.97	W	60	58		12	4	W 3	UCLA Men's Gymnasium
17	Sat, Feb 7, 1959	REG	@	Southern California	PCC	3.29	W	82	55		13	4	W 4
18	Fri, Feb 13, 1959	REG		Oregon	PCC	-1.24	W	83	55		14	4	W 5	Harmon Gym
19	Sat, Feb 14, 1959	REG		UCLA	PCC	6.97	W	64	51		15	4	W 6	Harmon Gym
20	Fri, Feb 20, 1959	REG	@	Washington State	PCC	-2.84	W	61	37		16	4	W 7	Bohler Gymnasium
21	Sat, Feb 21, 1959	REG	@	Idaho	PCC	1.12	W	65	46		17	4	W 8	Memorial Gym
22	Mon, Feb 23, 1959	REG	@	Oregon State	PCC	1.51	W	57	40		18	4	W 9	Gill Coliseum
23	Fri, Feb 27, 1959	REG		Southern California	PCC	3.29	W	70	64		19	4	W 10	Harmon Gym
24	Sat, Feb 28, 1959	REG		Washington State	PCC	-2.84	W	65	45		20	4	W 11	Harmon Gym
25	Sat, Mar 7, 1959	REG		Oregon State	PCC	1.51	W	55	52		21	4	W 12	Harmon Gym
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Fri, Mar 13, 1959	NCAA	N	Utah (18)	MSAC	7.37	W	71	53		22	4	W 13	Cow Palace
27	Sat, Mar 14, 1959	NCAA	N	Saint Mary's (CA) (15)	WCAC	4.08	W	66	46		23	4	W 14	Cow Palace
28	Fri, Mar 20, 1959	NCAA	N	Cincinnati (5)	MVC	18.77	W	64	58		24	4	W 15	Freedom Hall
29	Sat, Mar 21, 1959	NCAA	N	West Virginia (10)	Southern	13.84	W	71	70		25	4	W 16	Freedom Hall