1958–59 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1958–59 UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	16–9 (10–6 PCC)
Head coach	John Wooden (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Putnam^[1] Jerry Norman
Home arena	Pan-Pacific Auditorium
Seasons ← 1957–58 1959–60 →

1958–59 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 California	14	–	2	.875	25	–	4	.862
Washington	11	–	5	.688	18	–	8	.692
UCLA	10	–	6	.625	16	–	9	.640
Stanford	10	–	6	.625	16	–	9	.640
USC	8	–	8	.500	15	–	11	.577
Oregon State	7	–	7	.500	13	–	13	.500
Idaho	6	–	10	.375	11	–	15	.423
Oregon	3	–	13	.188	9	–	16	.360
Washington State	3	–	13	.188	10	–	16	.385

As of April 15, 1959^[2] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958–59 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1958–59 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by eleventh year head coach John Wooden. They finished the regular season with a record of 16–9 and finished third in the PCC with a record of 10–6.

Previous season

The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 16–10 and finished third in the PCC with a record of 10–6.

Roster

1958–59 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	52	Bob Archer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
G	23	Cliff Brandon	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Jr
G		Denny Crum	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Sr	San Fernando, California
F	42	Bob Fisher	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
G	43	Bill French	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—
F	25	Rafer Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Hillsboro, Texas
F	33	Warnell Jones	—	—
F	54	Brian Kniff	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So
G	45	Denny Miller	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—
C	32	Kent Miller	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	So
G		Marty Shapiro	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—
G	20	Sonny Skjervheim	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So
G	22	Walt Torrence (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Sr
F	55	Roland Underhill	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
C	35	Ron Wallace	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—

Head coach

John Wooden (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Putnam (UCLA)
Jerry Norman (UCLA)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 30 January 2018

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 5, 1958*		vs. St. Mary's	L 59–62	0–1	Cow Palace Daly City, CA
December 6, 1958*		vs. Santa Clara	L 42–56	0–2	Cow Palace Daly City, CA
December 12, 1958*		No. 7 Kansas	W 72–61	1–2	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[3] Los Angeles, CA
December 13, 1958* 7:30 pm, KTTV (delay)		Iowa State	W 65–53	2–2	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[3] Los Angeles, CA
December 19, 1958*	No. 19	Colorado	W 58–48	3–2	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[4] Los Angeles, CA
December 20, 1958*	No. 19	Colorado	W 56–54	4–2	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[4] Los Angeles, CA
December 26, 1958*		Santa Clara	L 47–49	4–3	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[5] Los Angeles, CA
December 27, 1958*		Denver	W 71–57	5–3	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[5] Los Angeles, CA
January 2, 1959		at Idaho	W 62–53	6–3 (1–0)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
January 3, 1959		at Washington State	L 54–71	6–4 (1–1)	Bohler Gymnasium Pullman, WA
January 5, 1959		at Washington	L 63–68	6–5 (1–2)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA
January 9, 1959		Washington State	W 68–41	7–5 (2–2)	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[6] Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 1959		Oregon State	W 73–62	8–5 (3–2)	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[6] Los Angeles, CA
January 16, 1959		USC	W 57–53	9–5 (4–2)	Pan-Pacific Auditorium Los Angeles, CA
January 17, 1959		USC	W 65–63	10–5 (5–2)	Pan-Pacific Auditorium Los Angeles, CA
January 30, 1959*		UC Santa Barbara	W 63–59	11–5	Pan-Pacific Auditorium Los Angeles, CA
February 6, 1959		No. 19 California	L 58–60	11–6 (5–3)	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[7] Los Angeles, CA
February 7, 1959		Idaho	L 87–91	11–7 (5–4)	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[7] Los Angeles, CA
February 13, 1959		at Stanford	L 61–69	11–8 (5–5)	Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 14, 1959		at No. 18 California	L 51–64	11–9 (5–6)	Men's Gym Berkeley, CA
February 20, 1959		Oregon	W 70–53	12–9 (6–6)	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[8] Los Angeles, CA
February 21, 1959		Stanford	W 64–51	13–9 (7–6)	Pan-Pacific Auditorium^[8] Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 1959		at Oregon State	W 71–59	14–9 (8–6)	Oregon State Coliseum Corvallis, OR
February 28, 1959		at Oregon	W 69–62	15–9 (9–6)	McArthur Court Eugene, OR
March 6, 1959		Washington	W 56–55	16–9 (10–6)	Men's Gym^[9] Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[10]

References

^ "Basketball". Southern Campus. No. 1959. University of California (1868–1952). Southern Branch; University of California (1868–1952). Southern Branch. Associated Students; Associated Students of UCLA.
^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Florence, Mal (December 14, 1958). "SC Rally Topples Kansas; UCLA Defeat Iowa State". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167346898.
^ ^a ^b Florence, Mal (December 15, 1958). "Colorado Faces UCLA on Week End". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167361097.
^ ^a ^b Florence, Mal (December 27, 1958). "Broncs Nod UCLA, 49-47; Troy Beats Denver, 61-51: Broncs Nod Bruins; SC Tops Denver". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167380854.
^ ^a ^b Florence, Mal (January 10, 1959). "Bruin Five Buries WSC; SC Beaten: Oregon State Tops Troy, 61-53, After UCLA Wins, 68-41". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167405831.
^ ^a ^b Florence, Mal (February 8, 1959). "Idaho Knocks Off Bruins; Bears Easily Defeat Troy: UCLA Upset, 91-87, in Spite of 38-Point Splurge by Torrence". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167429852.
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^ "Season by Season Records" (PDF). UCLA Athletics.

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