1957–58 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

1957–58 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	† Tournament winner ; As of April 30, 1958; Rankings from AP Poll

1957–58 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
1957–58 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
1957–58 record	15–14 (9–9 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (1st season);
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1957–58 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Under the first year of head coach Bill Chambers, the team finished the season 15–14, 9–9 in the Southern Conference. This was the 53rd season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.^[1]

The Indians finished in 6th place in the conference and qualified for the 1958 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, held at the Richmond Arena. In a surprising run, William & Mary defeated #2 VPI in the quarterfinals and #3 George Washington in the semifinals before losing in the championship game to top-seeded West Virginia. This was the first of eight times that the Indians played in the championship game of a conference tournament.

Program notes[]

William & Mary played two teams for the first time this season: Evansville and Murray State.
William & Mary's appearance in the Southern Conference championship game would be the first of nine such appearances (the others came in 1961, 1965, 1975, 1983, 2008, 2010, 2014, and 2015).
On February 10, the Indians played their first-ever game against a team ranked #1 in the AP poll, losing 68–82 at West Virginia.
Roy Lange was named to the first team all-Southern Conference.

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	Virginia	W 73–69	1–0	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/4/1957*	at Penn	L 70–86	1–1	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
	George Washington	W 71–60	2–1 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at The Citadel	L 60–75	2–2 (1–1)	The Citadel Armory Charleston, SC
	at The Citadel	L 63–85	2–3 (1–2)	The Citadel Armory Charleston, SC
12/13/1957	vs. No. 8 West Virginia	L 52–68	2–4 (1–3)	Logan, WV
*	at Evansville	L 65–83	2–5	Roberts Municipal Stadium Evansville, IN
*	at Murray State	W 76–66	3–5	Racer Arena Murray, KY
12/30/1957*	at Tennessee	L 62–84	3–6	Alumni Memorial Gym Knoxville, TN
*	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 63–79	3–7	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
1/11/1958	at Richmond	W 72–66	4–7 (2–3)	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
	Davidson	W 75–61	5–7 (3–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at George Washington	L 80–91	5–8 (3–4)	Uline Arena Washington, DC
	VPI	L 75–87	5–9 (3–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/1/1958	at Furman	L 73–89	5–10 (3–6)	Old Textile Hall Greenville, SC
	at Davidson	W 72–53	6–10 (4–6)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
*	Hampden–Sydney	W 85–59	7–10	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/8/1958*	vs. Navy	W 90–78	8–10	Norfolk Municipal Auditorium Norfolk, VA
2/10/1958	at No. 1 West Virginia	L 68–82	8–11 (4–7)	WVU Field House Morgantown, WV
	at VMI	W 79–61	9–11 (5–7)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
	at Washington and Lee	W 86–84	10–11 (6–7)	Doremus Gymnasium Lexington, VA
2/17/1958	Furman	W 87–46	11–11 (7–7)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/21/1958	Washington and Lee	W 88–72	12–11 (8–7)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	VMI	W 96–78	13–11 (9–7)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
	at VPI	L 68–72	13–12 (9–8)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
3/1/1958	Richmond	L 67–79 ^3OT	13–13 (9–9)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1958 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament
3/6/1958	vs. (2) VPI Quarterfinals	W 79–61	14–13	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
3/7/1958	vs. (3) George Washington Semifinals	W 57–56	15–13	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
3/8/1958	vs. No. 2 (1) West Virginia Championship	L 58–74	15–14	Richmond Arena Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References[]

^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
^ "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

[2] "William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Year-by-Year Records" (PDF). Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-10. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

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v t William & Mary Tribe men's basketball
Venues	Blow Gymnasium (1925–1971) Norfolk Municipal Auditorium (alternate; 1952–1965) Kaplan Arena (1971–present)
Culture & lore	Colonel Ebirt Griffin Scandal of 1951
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1982–83 1997–98 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

1957–58 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 West Virginia †	12	–	0	1.000	26	–	2	.929
Virginia Tech	10	–	5	.667	11	–	8	.579
George Washington	8	–	4	.667	12	–	11	.522
The Citadel	9	–	6	.600	16	–	11	.593
Richmond	8	–	8	.500	14	–	12	.538
William & Mary	9	–	9	.500	15	–	14	.517
Furman	4	–	8	.333	10	–	16	.385
Davidson	4	–	8	.333	9	–	15	.375
Washington and Lee	4	–	9	.308	9	–	16	.360
VMI	1	–	12	.077	4	–	17	.190

† Tournament winner As of April 30, 1958; Rankings from AP Poll