1958-59 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: California

Final Four: California, Cincinnati, Louisville and West Virginia

Consensus Player of the Year: Oscar Robertson

AP First #1: Cincinnati

AP Final #1: Kansas State

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

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

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/2	Final
Kansas State	Big 8	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1
Kentucky	SEC	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2
Michigan State	Big Ten	5	4	6	4	4	5	6	7	7	6	7	7	6	4	3
Cincinnati	MVC	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4
NC State	ACC	12	6	4	6	6	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	5
UNC	ACC	14	19	14	5	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	4	5	6
Mississippi State	SEC	17	17	17	14	16	15	17	12	13	17	15	10	7	6	6
Bradley	MVC			16	12	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	12	10	9	8
California	PCC				10	15	14	15	13	13	12	12	9	9	8	9
Auburn	SEC				9	10	9	7	6	6	7	6	6	8	10	10
West Virginia	Southern	7	7	7	7	14	11	12	10	10	10	10	14	13	11	11
TCU	SWC		15	10	13	9	13	11	11	17	16	14	11	11	13	12
Saint Louis	MVC	16	9			17		16	16	11	9	9	8	12	12	13
Utah	MSAC		13	13	18			19	18	13	14	13	13	14	14	14
Marquette	Ind					19	18	14	13	12	13	11	15	15	15	15
Tennessee State	Ind											16				16
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	10	10		15	12	10	10	7	8	11		16		17	17
Saint Mary's	WCAC		11										19	20	16	18
Navy	Ind													17		18
St. Joseph's	Mid-Atl	15		9	20	13										20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/2	Final
St. Bonaventure	Ind				17		17	13	16			19	18	18	18
Louisville	Ind	19											16	19	18
Oklahoma City	Ind						19			20	15	19	19		18
Maryland	ACC	11												16
Memphis	Ind										18	16
Indiana	Big Ten			11				18				16
Notre Dame	Ind	3	5									19
Seattle	Ind											19
Northwestern	Big Ten	13	7	5	10	7	7	9	15	16	19
UCLA	PCC			18						17	19
Utah State	MSAC						19			19
Michigan	Big Ten								19
Illinois	Big Ten								19
Vanderbilt	SEC							19
Texas A&M	SWC						12
Purdue	Big Ten	18		19	16	11	15
Xavier	Ind	8	13	8	8	18
Washington	PCC	6			18	20
Tennessee	SEC		16	12
USC	PCC			14
Kansas	Big 8		12	20
Oklahoma State	Big 8	9	18
Texas Tech	SWC		19

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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