1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

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1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record15–7 (8–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVP
M. C. Burton, Jr.
Captains
  • M. C. Burton, Jr.
  • George Lee
Home arenaFielding H. Yost Field House
Seasons
1958–59 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Michigan 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
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the

scoring (22.6 points per game) and rebounding (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 team MVP.[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 of Ron Kramer's 1957 school record career total of 1119.[9] Burton's career free throw percentage of 79.28 stood as the school record (since records have been available in 1955) until Cazzie Russell ended his career with an 82.65%.[10]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Three players from this team were selected in the NBA 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

References

  1. ^ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 195.
  2. CBS Interactive. p. 34. Archived from the original
    on September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  3. CBS Interactive. p. 33. Archived from the original
    on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  4. CBS Interactive. p. 34. Archived from the original
    on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  5. CBS Interactive. p. 30. Archived from the original
    on July 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  6. ^ Ron Pesch. "Chasing a dream". Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  7. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10. Archived from the original
    on September 1, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  8. ^ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 166.
  9. ^ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 162.
  10. ^ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 174.
  11. ^ "1959 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  12. ^ "1961 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 26, 2014.


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