1958-59 Season Summary

Consensus Player of the Year: Oscar Robertson

AP First #1: Cincinnati ▪ AP Final #1: Kansas State

Conference Summary

Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	98	98	.500	2	1	0	North Carolina North Carolina State	North Carolina State
2	Big Eight Conference	8	103	98	.512	1	1	0	Kansas State
3	Big Ten Conference	10	119	102	.538	1	1	0	Michigan State
4	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	6	72	79	.477	0	1	0	Arizona State New Mexico State Texas-El Paso
5	Independent	41	577	422	.578	4	7	1	St. Bonaventure
6	Ivy Group	8	95	102	.482	0	1	0	Dartmouth
7	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	72	46	.610	0	0	0	Manhattan
8	Mid-American Conference	7	82	87	.485	0	1	0	Bowling Green State
9	Middle Atlantic Conference	10	123	112	.523	1	1	0	Saint Joseph's
10	Missouri Valley Conference	8	122	88	.581	3	1	1	Cincinnati
11	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	94	104	.475	1	1	0	Utah
12	Ohio Valley Conference	7	91	79	.535	0	1	0	Eastern Kentucky
13	Pacific Coast Conference	9	132	101	.567	1	1	1	California
14	Southeastern Conference	12	172	118	.593	3	1	0	Mississippi State
15	Southern Conference	9	126	88	.589	1	1	1	West Virginia	West Virginia
16	Southwest Conference	8	101	92	.523	1	1	0	Texas Christian
17	West Coast Conference	7	81	92	.468	1	1	0	Saint Mary's (CA)
18	Yankee Conference	2	25	19	.568	0	1	0	Connecticut

School	Conf	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	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1
Kentucky	SEC	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2
Mississippi State	SEC	8	8	7	8	12	12	11	11	11	10	5	5	4	3
Bradley	MVC		11	13	10	9	7	9	9	8	7	10	9	9	4
Cincinnati	MVC	1	1	2	2	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	4	3	5
North Carolina State	ACC	5	4	6	5	2	1	4	6	6	6	6	7	10	6
Michigan State	Big Ten	15	11	9	7	5	8	8	8	7	12	9	8	6	7
Auburn	SEC	12	13	8	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	2	6	7	8
North Carolina	ACC	13	10	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	5	9
West Virginia	Southern	4	7	5	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	10	8	10
California	PCC		15	14	20		20		20	19	18	15	12	11	11
Saint Louis	MVC	9	17	16	16	14	15	14	15	9	8	8	11	12	12
Seattle	Ind		16			16	16	16	13	14	13	12	16		13
Saint Joseph's	Mid-Atl		14		12					20				20	14
Saint Mary's (CA)	WCC	14											20	17	15
Texas Christian	SWC				19				19	17	16	16	14	15	16
Oklahoma City	Ind				17	13	17	15	14	13	14	18	15	14	17
Utah	MSAC							20		16	17	17		16	18
St. Bonaventure	Ind						14	13	16	18		14	18	19	19
Marquette	Ind	17		17	15	15	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	20
School	Conf	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
Dayton	Ind			20
Illinois	Big Ten					20			18
Indiana	Big Ten	19					19				15	19
Kansas	Big 8	7
Louisville	Ind								17
Memphis	Ind			18
Northwestern	Big Ten	10	6	12	6	8	11	18
Notre Dame	Ind	11
Oklahoma State	Big 8	20
Pittsburgh	Ind		18
Portland	Ind						18	17					19
Purdue	Big Ten				18						20	20
Southern Methodist	SWC	18	20
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	20			13	10	9	7	7	15	19		17	18
Tennessee	SEC	6	5	11	14	17
Texas A&M	SWC					19
UCLA	PCC		19
Villanova	Ind			15		18		19
Washington	PCC			19
Xavier	Ind	16	9	10

UPI Player of the Year:	Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati)
USBWA Player of the Year:	Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati)
Sporting News Player of the Year:	Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	Jerry West (West Virginia)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Tony Jackson (St. John's (NY))

2nd Team
Alan Seiden (St. John's (NY))
Don Hennon (Pittsburgh)
Johnny Green (Michigan State)
Leo Byrd (Marshall)
Tom Hawkins (Notre Dame)