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

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.

1957–58 William & Mary Indians men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	15–14 (9–9 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Chambers (1st season)
Home arena	Blow Gymnasium

1957–58 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

	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
† Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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	Rank#	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.

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