1958      1959      1960

Champion Second Place Third place Fourth place
California West Virginia Cincinnati Louisville
Pete Newell Fred Schaus George Smith Peck Hickman

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 1959 All 4 2 1
1 Phil Woolpert, USF 9 4   13-2 .867 1958 3 2 2
2 Branch McCracken, Indiana 26 4   9-2 .818 1958 2 2 2
3 Frank McGuire, North Carolina 12 4 0-1 10-3 .769 1959 2 2 1
4 Adolph Rupp, Kentucky 29 11 1-1 21-7 .750 1959 5 4 4
5 Harry Combes, Illinois 12 3   8-3 .727 1952 3 0 0
6 Hank Iba, Oklahoma State 30 7   14-6 .700 1958 4 3 2
7 Doggie Julian, Dartmouth 23 5 0-1 9-4 .692 1959 2 1 1
8 John Jordan, Notre Dame 8 4   8-4 .667 1958 0 0 0
9 Forddy Anderson, Michigan State 13 4 1-1 9-5 .643 1959 3 2 0
10 Bob Feerick, Santa Clara 9 3   6-4 .600 1954 1 0 0
T11 Everett Case, North Carolina State 13 5   6-6 .500 1956 1 0 0
T11 Ben Carnevale, Navy 15 5 2-1 6-6 .500 1959 1 1 0
13 Jack Gardner, Utah 16 5 0-2 6-7 .462 1959 2 1 0
14 Buster Brannon, TCU 15 5 1-1 4-6 .400 1959 0 0 0
15 Everett Shelton, Wyoming 22 8   4-12 .250 1958 1 1 1


Highlights:

Adolph Rupp and Kentucky only win one game this year putting Rupp's record at .750.
Dartmouth's first round loss drops Doggie Julian to .692 and seventh place.
Ben Carnevale leads Navy back to the tournament for the fourth time to debut at .500 tied for eleventh place.  He also took North Carolina to the championship game in 1946.
Utah loses two games, dropping Jack Gardner to .462 and thirteenth place.





















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