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1956-57 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 25-5 (12-0, 1st in Southern MBB)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Fred Schaus

PS/G: 84.1 (9th of 176)

PA/G: 71.5 (81st of 176)

SRS: 7.51 (28th of 167)

SOS: -4.36 (134th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost East First Round (64-56) versus Canisius

Southern Reg Season Champ
Southern Tourney Champ

AP Poll Summary

1956-57 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
West Virginia	13	8	4	19	18	15	17	18	11	10	14	11	11	7

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 1, 1956	REG		Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-22.53	W	71	47		1	0	W 1	Stansbury Hall
2	Tue, Dec 4, 1956	REG		Florida State	Ind	-10.71	W	89	54		2	0	W 2	Stansbury Hall
3	Sat, Dec 8, 1956	REG	N	Washington & Lee	Southern	-0.85	W	90	76		3	0	W 3	Fayetteville West Virginia
4	Wed, Dec 12, 1956	REG		Penn State	Ind	-1.84	W	81	66		4	0	W 4	Stansbury Hall
5	Fri, Dec 14, 1956	REG	N	Southern Mississippi			W	105	69		5	0	W 5	Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
6	Sat, Dec 15, 1956	REG	N	Duke	ACC	5.05	W	83	82		6	0	W 6	Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
7	Tue, Dec 18, 1956	REG		Richmond	Southern	-2.90	W	105	74		7	0	W 7	Stansbury Hall
8	Sat, Dec 22, 1956	REG		NC State (19)	ACC	2.43	W	107	79		8	0	W 8	Stansbury Hall
9	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	REG	@	Duke (9)	ACC	5.05	L	67	73		8	1	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum
10	Fri, Dec 28, 1956	REG	N	Utah	MSAC	6.15	L	66	83		8	2	L 2	Reynolds Coliseum
11	Sat, Dec 29, 1956	REG	N	Iowa	Big Ten	2.32	L	76	79		8	3	L 3	Reynolds Coliseum
12	Sat, Jan 5, 1957	REG		Furman	Southern	-9.32	W	110	95		9	3	W 1	Stansbury Hall
13	Tue, Jan 8, 1957	REG	@	Pittsburgh	Ind	2.14	W	89	86		10	3	W 2	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
14	Sat, Jan 12, 1957	REG		Villanova	Ind	-5.16	W	92	70		11	3	W 3	Stansbury Hall
15	Mon, Jan 14, 1957	REG	N	William & Mary	Southern	-9.60	W	81	72		12	3	W 4	Municipal Auditorium
16	Sat, Jan 26, 1957	REG	N	Furman	Southern	-9.32	W	90	82		13	3	W 5	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
17	Tue, Jan 29, 1957	REG	N	Virginia Tech	Southern	-1.81	W	59	54		14	3	W 6	Fayetteville West Virginia
18	Fri, Feb 1, 1957	REG		St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	-2.50	W	105	72		15	3	W 7	Stansbury Hall
19	Mon, Feb 4, 1957	REG	N	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-22.53	W	89	57		16	3	W 8	Bluefield Auditorium
20	Thu, Feb 7, 1957	REG	@	New York University	Metro NY	-2.36	W	83	77		17	3	W 9	Madison Square Garden (III)
21	Sat, Feb 9, 1957	REG	@	Richmond	Southern	-2.90	W	87	81		18	3	W 10	Richmond Arena
22	Tue, Feb 12, 1957	REG		George Washington	Southern	-11.86	W	93	82		19	3	W 11	Stansbury Hall
23	Sat, Feb 16, 1957	REG	@	Penn State	Ind	-1.84	L	65	80		19	4	L 1	Rec Hall
24	Sat, Feb 23, 1957	REG		Pittsburgh	Ind	2.14	W	107	93		20	4	W 1	Stansbury Hall
25	Mon, Feb 25, 1957	REG		William & Mary	Southern	-9.60	W	80	57		21	4	W 2	Stansbury Hall
26	Fri, Mar 1, 1957	REG	@	George Washington	Southern	-11.86	W	77	75		22	4	W 3	Uline Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 7, 1957	CTOURN	N	Davidson	Southern	-16.89	W	71	51		23	4	W 4	Richmond Arena
28	Fri, Mar 8, 1957	CTOURN	@	Richmond	Southern	-2.90	W	83	62		24	4	W 5	Richmond Arena
29	Sat, Mar 9, 1957	CTOURN	N	Washington & Lee	Southern	-0.85	W	67	52		25	4	W 6	Richmond Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Tue, Mar 12, 1957	NCAA	N	Canisius (20)	WNY3	8.52	L	56	64		25	5	L 1	Madison Square Garden (III)