1958-59 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: California

Final Four: California, Cincinnati, Louisville and West Virginia

Consensus Player of the Year: Oscar Robertson

AP First #1: Cincinnati

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	119	102	.538	8.04	6.60	1	1	0	Michigan State
2	Missouri Valley Conference	8	122	88	.581	6.25	4.74	3	1	1	Cincinnati
3	Big Eight Conference	8	103	98	.512	4.49	4.43	1	1	0	Kansas State
4	Pacific Coast Conference	9	132	101	.567	4.05	2.98	1	1	1	California
5	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	72	46	.610	2.72	1.22	0	0	0	Manhattan
6	Southeastern Conference	12	172	118	.593	2.67	1.72	3	1	0	Mississippi State
7	Southwest Conference	8	101	92	.523	1.74	1.53	1	1	0	TCU
8	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	98	98	.500	1.69	2.32	2	1	0	NC State, North Carolina	NC State
9	Southern Conference	9	126	88	.589	0.55	-1.25	1	1	1	West Virginia	West Virginia
10	Ohio Valley Conference	7	91	79	.535	0.07	0.69	0	1	0	Eastern Kentucky
11	Mid-American Conference	7	82	87	.485	-0.96	0.64	0	1	0	Bowling Green State
12	Independent	42	591	431	.578	-1.07	0.23	4	7	1
13	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	94	104	.475	-2.61	-1.40	1	1	0	Utah
14	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	81	92	.468	-6.18	-2.88	1	1	0	Saint Mary's (CA)
15	Middle Atlantic Conference	10	123	112	.523	-6.58	-4.29	1	1	0	Saint Joseph's
16	Yankee Conference	2	25	19	.568	-7.57	-3.03	0	1	0	Connecticut
17	Ivy League	8	95	102	.482	-8.14	-5.51	0	1	0	Dartmouth
18	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	6	72	79	.477	-9.30	-5.71	0	1	0	Arizona State, New Mexico State, UTEP

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
Northwestern	10	6	12	6	8	11	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2
West Virginia	4	7	5	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	10	8	10
Marquette	17	-	17	15	15	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	20
UCLA	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma City	-	-	-	17	13	17	15	14	13	14	18	15	14	17
Saint Louis	9	17	16	16	14	15	14	15	9	8	8	11	12	12
Purdue	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	-	-	-
Pitt	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utah	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	16	17	17	-	16	18
SMU	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Washington	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	19	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	15	19	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portland	-	-	-	-	-	18	17	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
NC State	5	4	6	5	2	1	4	6	6	6	6	7	10	6
Auburn	12	13	8	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	2	6	7	8
Texas A&M	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seattle	-	16	-	-	16	16	16	13	14	13	12	16	-	13
Xavier	16	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	20	-	-	13	10	9	7	7	15	19	-	17	18	-
Saint Mary's	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17	15
California	-	15	14	20	-	20	-	20	19	18	15	12	11	11
Mississippi State	8	8	7	8	12	12	11	11	11	10	5	5	4	3
UNC	13	10	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	5	9
Villanova	-	-	15	-	18	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1
Cincinnati	1	1	2	2	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	4	3	5
Tennessee	6	5	11	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dayton	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TCU	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	19	17	16	16	14	15	16
Bradley	-	11	13	10	9	7	9	9	8	7	10	9	9	4
Notre Dame	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Bonaventure	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	16	18	-	14	18	19	19
St. Joseph's	-	14	-	12	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20	14
Michigan State	15	11	9	7	5	8	8	8	7	12	9	8	6	7

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

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