1958–59 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

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]

1958–59 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball
Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions
NCAA University Division Tournament, First Round
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	17–7 (8–2 YC)
Head coach	Hugh Greer (13th season)
Assistant coach	Nick Rodis
Home arena	Hugh S. Greer Field House
Seasons ← 1957–58 1959–60 →

1958–59 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
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.

Schedule Source:^[1][3]

References

1. (PDF). UConn Huskies. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
2. Davis, Ken (September 30, 2010). The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies. Atlanta, GA: Whitman LLC. ISBN 0794828035.
3. . UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2015.