1958–59 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball | |
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Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions | |
NCAA University Division Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
Record | 17–7 (8–2 YC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Nick Rodis |
Home arena | Hugh S. Greer Field House |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 15 | – | 7 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 1 | – | 9 | .100 | 9 | – | 14 | .391 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1958–59 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1958–59 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–7 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with an 8–2 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions and made it to the first round in the 1959 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by thirteenth-year head coach Hugh Greer.[1][2]
Schedule
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/3/1958* |
American International | W 76–63 | 1–0 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/6/1958* |
at Yale | W 60–52 | 2–0 |
Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT | |||||||
12/9/1958 |
New Hampshire | W 77–46 | 3–0 (1–0) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/13/1958* |
at Boston College | L 55–81 | 3–1 |
Roberts Center Boston, MA | |||||||
12/15/1958 |
Massachusetts | W 71–67 | 4–1 (2–0) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/17/1958* |
at Colgate | W 72–57 | 5–1 |
Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY | |||||||
12/20/1958* |
vs. Manhattan | W 59–57 | 6–1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
12/22/1958* |
Georgetown Rivalry |
W 76–68 | 7–1 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
12/27/1958* |
Temple | W 64–46 | 8–1 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/3/1959* |
Fordham | W 74–63 | 9–1 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/6/1959 |
Maine | W 73–58 | 10–1 (3–0) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/10/1959* |
Holy Cross | L 50–74 | 10–2 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
1/13/1959 |
at New Hampshire | W 65–51 | 11–2 (4–0) |
Lundholm Gym Durham, NH | |||||||
1/17/1959 |
at Vermont | W 82–69 | 12–2 (5–0) |
Burlington, VT | |||||||
1/31/1959 |
Maine | W 72–61 | 13–2 (6–0) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/7/1959 |
Vermont | L 60–61 | 13–3 (6–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/10/1959* |
at Boston University | L 55–67 | 13–4 |
Boston, MA | |||||||
2/14/1959 |
Rhode Island | W 70–64 | 14–4 (7–1) |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/16/1959 |
at Massachusetts | L 79–80 OT | 14–5 (7–2) |
Curry Hicks Cage Amherst, MA | |||||||
2/18/1959* |
Syracuse Rivalry |
L 64–72 | 14–6 |
Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT | |||||||
2/21/1959* |
at Holy Cross | W 71–69 | 15–6 |
Worcester, MA | |||||||
3/4/1959 |
at Rhode Island | W 87–63 | 16–6 (8–2) |
Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI | |||||||
3/7/1959* |
at Rutgers | W 80–55 | 17–6 |
College Avenue Gymnasium Newark, NJ | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/10/1959* |
vs. Boston University First Round |
L 58–60 | 17–7 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
[edit]- ^ a b 2012 Connecticut Basketball History (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ^ Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
- ^ "Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule". UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2015.