1958-59 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 29-5 (11-0, 1st in Southern MBB)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Fred Schaus

PS/G: 84.8 (2nd of 181)

PA/G: 72.4 (128th of 181)

SRS: 13.84 (9th of 173)

SOS: 1.43 (75th of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (82-68) versus Dartmouth
Won East Regional Semifinal (95-92) versus Saint Joseph's
Won East Regional Final (86-82) versus Boston University
Won National Semifinal (94-79) versus Louisville
Lost National Final (71-70) versus California

Southern Reg Season Champ
Southern Tourney 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
West Virginia	4	7	5	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	10	8	10

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	Mon, Dec 1, 1958	REG	@	Furman	Southern	-3.92	W	76	67		1	0	W 1	Memorial Auditorium
2	Tue, Dec 2, 1958	REG	@	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-14.88	W	82	71		2	0	W 2	VMI Field House
3	Sat, Dec 6, 1958	REG		Penn State	Ind	0.09	W	78	63		3	0	W 3	Stansbury Hall
4	Tue, Dec 9, 1958	REG		The Citadel	Southern	0.26	W	89	61		4	0	W 4	Stansbury Hall
5	Fri, Dec 12, 1958	REG		Duke	ACC	-0.33	W	101	63		5	0	W 5	Stansbury Hall
6	Sat, Dec 13, 1958	REG	N	Virginia	ACC	1.13	L	72	75		5	1	L 1
7	Tue, Dec 16, 1958	REG	@	Richmond	Southern	-2.88	W	98	67		6	1	W 1	Richmond Arena
8	Fri, Dec 19, 1958	REG	N	Oklahoma State	Big 8	3.95	W	67	49		7	1	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
9	Sat, Dec 20, 1958	REG	@	Kentucky (2)	SEC	18.39	L	91	97		7	2	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
10	Sat, Dec 27, 1958	REG	@	Northwestern (12)	Big Ten	11.90	L	109	118	2OT	7	3	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
11	Mon, Dec 29, 1958	REG	@	Tennessee (14)	SEC	5.59	W	76	72		8	3	W 1	Armory Fieldhouse
12	Fri, Jan 2, 1959	REG		Yale	Ivy	-7.43	W	80	52		9	3	W 2	Stansbury Hall
13	Mon, Jan 5, 1959	REG		Furman	Southern	-3.92	W	100	66		10	3	W 3	Stansbury Hall
14	Thu, Jan 8, 1959	REG	@	Penn State	Ind	0.09	W	89	81	OT	11	3	W 4	Rec Hall
15	Sat, Jan 10, 1959	REG	@	Canisius	Ind	-3.80	W	77	66		12	3	W 5	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16	Tue, Jan 13, 1959	REG		William & Mary	Southern	1.63	W	88	76		13	3	W 6	Stansbury Hall
17	Fri, Jan 23, 1959	REG	N	Western Kentucky	OVC	5.45	W	74	72		14	3	W 7	Freedom Hall
18	Mon, Jan 26, 1959	REG	@	George Washington	Southern	7.85	W	77	67		15	3	W 8	Uline Arena
19	Fri, Jan 30, 1959	REG	@	William & Mary	Southern	1.63	W	82	76		16	3	W 9	Municipal Auditorium
20	Tue, Feb 3, 1959	REG		Pittsburgh	Ind	-3.72	W	73	64		17	3	W 10	Stansbury Hall
21	Sat, Feb 7, 1959	REG		Holy Cross	Ind	1.36	W	96	90		18	3	W 11	Stansbury Hall
22	Thu, Feb 12, 1959	REG	@	New York University	Metro NY	9.55	L	70	72	OT	18	4	L 1	Madison Square Garden (III)
23	Sat, Feb 14, 1959	REG	@	Richmond	Southern	-2.88	W	64	62		19	4	W 1	Richmond Arena
24	Mon, Feb 16, 1959	REG		Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-14.88	W	99	55		20	4	W 2	Stansbury Hall
25	Wed, Feb 18, 1959	REG	@	Pittsburgh	Ind	-3.72	W	90	69		21	4	W 3	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
26	Sat, Feb 21, 1959	REG		George Washington	Southern	7.85	W	89	86		22	4	W 4	Stansbury Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Feb 26, 1959	CTOURN	N	Davidson	Southern	-9.01	W	100	65		23	4	W 5	Richmond Arena
28	Fri, Feb 27, 1959	CTOURN	N	William & Mary	Southern	1.63	W	85	82		24	4	W 6	Richmond Arena
29	Sat, Feb 28, 1959	CTOURN	N	The Citadel	Southern	0.26	W	85	66		25	4	W 7	Richmond Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Tue, Mar 10, 1959	NCAA	N	Dartmouth	Ivy	2.97	W	82	68		26	4	W 8	Madison Square Garden (III)
31	Fri, Mar 13, 1959	NCAA	N	Saint Joseph's (14)	Mid-Atl	9.45	W	95	92		27	4	W 9	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
32	Sat, Mar 14, 1959	NCAA	N	Boston University	Ind	4.36	W	86	82		28	4	W 10	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
33	Fri, Mar 20, 1959	NCAA	N	Louisville	Ind	9.34	W	94	79		29	4	W 11	Freedom Hall
34	Sat, Mar 21, 1959	NCAA	N	California (11)	PCC	15.51	L	70	71		29	5	L 1	Freedom Hall