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1955-56 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-9 (10-2, 1st in Southern MBB)

Rank: 20th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Fred Schaus

PS/G: 78.9 (42nd of 175)

PA/G: 74.3 (98th of 175)

SRS: -1.26 (82nd of 166)

SOS: -5.67 (142nd of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost East First Round (61-59) versus Dartmouth

Southern Reg Season Champ
Southern Tourney Champ

AP Poll Summary

1955-56 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/5	Final
West Virginia	14	15	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	20

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	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	REG		Carnegie Mellon			W	92	79		1	0	W 1	Stansbury Hall
2	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	REG		Furman	Southern	-8.55	W	85	71		2	0	W 2	Stansbury Hall
3	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	REG	N	Washington & Lee	Southern	-11.24	W	80	71		3	0	W 3	Fayetteville West Virginia
4	Tue, Dec 13, 1955	REG	@	George Washington (13)	Southern	4.48	L	79	94		3	1	L 1	Uline Arena
5	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	REG	@	NC State (2)	ACC	15.23	L	71	92		3	2	L 2	Reynolds Coliseum
6	Tue, Dec 20, 1955	REG		Richmond	Southern	-0.43	W	89	74		4	2	W 1	Stansbury Hall
7	Wed, Dec 28, 1955	REG	N	Florida State			W	78	69		5	2	W 2	Miami Beach Florida
8	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	REG	N	Columbia	Ivy	-1.50	W	70	60		6	2	W 3	Miami Beach Florida
9	Fri, Dec 30, 1955	REG	@	Miami (FL)	Ind	-2.32	W	83	78		7	2	W 4	Miami Beach Florida
10	Tue, Jan 3, 1956	REG		Washington & Lee	Southern	-11.24	W	98	84		8	2	W 5	Stansbury Hall
11	Fri, Jan 6, 1956	REG	@	Villanova	Ind	0.32	L	53	54		8	3	L 1	Villanova Field House
12	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	REG	@	La Salle	Ind	1.97	L	71	87		8	4	L 2	The Palestra
13	Mon, Jan 9, 1956	REG		Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-24.57	W	89	65		9	4	W 1	Stansbury Hall
14	Wed, Jan 11, 1956	REG	@	Carnegie Mellon			L	66	68		9	5	L 1	Skibo Gymnasium
15	Fri, Jan 13, 1956	REG		Penn State	Ind	-10.34	W	81	79		10	5	W 1	Stansbury Hall
16	Wed, Jan 18, 1956	REG	@	Pittsburgh	Ind	-4.10	W	84	70		11	5	W 2	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
17	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	REG	N	Furman	Southern	-8.55	W	76	73		12	5	W 3	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
18	Mon, Jan 30, 1956	REG	N	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-24.57	W	103	68		13	5	W 4	Bluefield Auditorium
19	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	REG	@	Richmond	Southern	-0.43	L	78	84		13	6	L 1	Richmond Arena
20	Mon, Feb 6, 1956	REG		Memphis	Ind	7.35	L	69	84		13	7	L 2	Stansbury Hall
21	Wed, Feb 8, 1956	REG	@	Penn State	Ind	-10.34	W	76	73		14	7	W 1	Rec Hall
22	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	REG		Virginia Tech	Southern	-7.88	W	84	62		15	7	W 2	Stansbury Hall
23	Mon, Feb 13, 1956	REG	N	William & Mary	Southern	-10.46	W	105	90		16	7	W 3	Municipal Auditorium
24	Thu, Feb 16, 1956	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	-0.57	W	82	75		17	7	W 4	Madison Square Garden (III)
25	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	REG		William & Mary	Southern	-10.46	W	97	88		18	7	W 5	Stansbury Hall
26	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	REG		Pittsburgh	Ind	-4.10	L	77	94		18	8	L 1	Stansbury Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	CTOURN	N	Davidson	Southern	-21.54	W	59	53		19	8	W 1	Richmond Arena
28	Fri, Mar 2, 1956	CTOURN	N	Furman	Southern	-8.55	W	77	74		20	8	W 2	Richmond Arena
29	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	CTOURN	@	Richmond	Southern	-0.43	W	58	56		21	8	W 3	Richmond Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Tue, Mar 13, 1956	NCAA	N	Dartmouth	Ivy	-0.27	L	59	61		21	9	L 1	Madison Square Garden (III)