| 1958–59Michigan Wolverines men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 15–7 (8–6 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coaches | |
| MVP | M. C. Burton Jr. |
| Captains |
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| Home arena | Fielding H. Yost Field House |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7Michigan State | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 19 | – | 4 | .826 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 7 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 7 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 7 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 11 | – | 11 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 11 | – | 11 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 10 | – | 12 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 8 | – | 14 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 3 | – | 19 | .136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented theUniversity of Michigan in intercollegiatecollege basketball during the1958–59 season. The team played its home games atFielding H. Yost Field House (renamed Yost Ice Arena in 1973) on the school's campus inAnn Arbor, Michigan. Under the direction ofhead coachWilliam Perigo, the team finished tied for second in theBig Ten Conference but failed to get an invitation to either the1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the1959 National Invitation Tournament.[1]
During the season, the team beat two of the four ranked opponents that it faced (#18Purdue in the conference season opener on January 3, 1959, atWest Lafayette and #18Illinois on February 2 inChampaign).[2]M.C. Burton, Jr. won the Big Ten Conference statistical championships for bothscoring (22.6 points per game) andrebounding (249 in 14 conference games for a 17.8 rebound average).[3][4] The 17.8 rebounds per game was a Big Ten Conference record that lasted one season.[5] Burton was the first player to lead the conference in both scoring and rebounding.[6] Burton and George Lee served as team co-captains, and Burton earned teamMVP.[7]
Burton set numerous school rebounding records that season. Two that continue to stand are the 17.23 single-season rebounds per game average and the single-season record for 20-rebound games with seven.Bill Buntin surpassed his career total of 831 with 1037 and his career average of 12.59 with 13.13 in 1965.Rudy Tomjanovich surpassed his February 16 total of 27 with 30 on February 1, 1969.Phil Hubbard surpassed his single season total of 379 with 389 in 1977.[8] Burton also fell four points shy ofRon Kramer's 1957 school record career total of 1119.[9] Burton's careerfree throw percentage of 79.28 stood as the school record (since records have been available in 1955) untilCazzie Russell ended his career with an 82.65%.[10]
Three players from this team were selected in theNBA draft.[11][12]
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | NBA Club |
| 1959 | 4 | 2 | 24 | George Lee | Detroit Pistons |
| 1959 | 11 | 2 | 73 | M. C. Burton | Detroit Pistons |
| 1961 | 4 | 6 | 38 | John Tidwell | Philadelphia Warriors |
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