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1958-59 Louisville Cardinals Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-12 (Independent)

Coach: Peck Hickman

PS/G: 71.9 (63rd of 181)

PA/G: 67.0 (74th of 181)

SRS: 9.34 (22nd of 173)

SOS: 7.65 (2nd of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast First Round (77-63) versus Eastern Kentucky
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (76-61) versus Kentucky
Won Mideast Regional Final (88-81) versus Michigan State
Lost National Semifinal (94-79) versus West Virginia
Lost National Third Place (98-85) versus Cincinnati

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
Louisville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 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	Tue, Dec 2, 1958	REG		Georgetown (KY)			L	78	84		0	1	L 1	Freedom Hall
2	Sat, Dec 6, 1958	REG		Georgia Tech	SEC	6.87	W	71	57		1	1	W 1	Freedom Hall
3	Mon, Dec 8, 1958	REG	@	Bradley	MVC	16.12	L	48	78		1	2	L 1	Robertson Memorial Field House
4	Thu, Dec 11, 1958	REG		Stetson			W	81	47		2	2	W 1	Freedom Hall
5	Sat, Dec 13, 1958	REG		Alabama	SEC	-2.42	W	62	43		3	2	W 2	Freedom Hall
6	Wed, Dec 17, 1958	REG		Wittenberg			W	56	49		4	2	W 3	Freedom Hall
7	Fri, Dec 19, 1958	REG		Northwestern (6)	Big Ten	11.90	L	68	73		4	3	L 1	Freedom Hall
8	Sat, Dec 20, 1958	REG		Notre Dame	Ind	4.89	L	53	61		4	4	L 2	Freedom Hall
9	Mon, Dec 29, 1958	REG	N	NC State (5)	ACC	10.51	L	61	67	OT	4	5	L 3	Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
10	Tue, Dec 30, 1958	REG	N	Wake Forest	ACC	1.51	W	74	64		5	5	W 1	Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
11	Wed, Dec 31, 1958	REG	N	Duke	ACC	-0.33	L	54	57		5	6	L 1	Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
12	Sat, Jan 3, 1959	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	0.64	L	66	98		5	7	L 2	Schmidt Fieldhouse
13	Wed, Jan 7, 1959	REG		Eastern Kentucky	OVC	7.29	W	86	75		6	7	W 1	Freedom Hall
14	Sat, Jan 10, 1959	REG		Xavier	Ind	0.64	W	70	66		7	7	W 2	Freedom Hall
15	Tue, Jan 13, 1959	REG		Bradley (7)	MVC	16.12	W	79	66		8	7	W 3	Freedom Hall
16	Sat, Jan 17, 1959	REG	@	Saint Louis (15)	MVC	16.09	L	68	69		8	8	L 1	Kiel Auditorium
17	Sat, Jan 24, 1959	REG		Dayton	Ind	3.11	W	76	59		9	8	W 1	Freedom Hall
18	Sat, Jan 31, 1959	REG	@	Marquette (12)	Ind	9.81	L	62	66		9	9	L 1	Milwaukee Arena
19	Wed, Feb 4, 1959	REG	@	Florida Southern			W	88	57		10	9	W 1
20	Sat, Feb 7, 1959	REG		Kansas	Big 8	5.64	W	82	74		11	9	W 2	Freedom Hall
21	Tue, Feb 10, 1959	REG		Tampa			W	96	56		12	9	W 3	Freedom Hall
22	Sat, Feb 14, 1959	REG		Marquette (11)	Ind	9.81	W	68	55		13	9	W 4	Freedom Hall
23	Tue, Feb 17, 1959	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	0.60	L	63	70		13	10	L 1	Alumni Hall
24	Sat, Feb 21, 1959	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	3.11	W	58	54		14	10	W 1	The Frericks Center
25	Wed, Feb 25, 1959	REG		DePaul	Ind	0.60	W	83	66		15	10	W 2	Freedom Hall
26	Sat, Feb 28, 1959	REG		Ohio	MAC	1.91	W	72	70		16	10	W 3	Freedom Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Wed, Mar 11, 1959	NCAA	N	Eastern Kentucky	OVC	7.29	W	77	63		17	10	W 4	Memorial Coliseum
28	Fri, Mar 13, 1959	NCAA	N	Kentucky (2)	SEC	18.39	W	76	61		18	10	W 5	Welsh-Ryan Arena
29	Sat, Mar 14, 1959	NCAA	N	Michigan State (7)	Big Ten	16.51	W	88	81		19	10	W 6	Welsh-Ryan Arena
30	Fri, Mar 20, 1959	NCAA	N	West Virginia (10)	Southern	13.84	L	79	94		19	11	L 1	Freedom Hall
31	Sat, Mar 21, 1959	NCAA	N	Cincinnati (5)	MVC	18.77	L	85	98		19	12	L 2	Freedom Hall