Record: 24-3 (12-2, 2nd in SEC)
Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Adolph Rupp
NCAA Tournament:
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (76-61) versus Louisville
Won Mideast Regional Third Place (98-69) versus Marquette
Team – Per Game
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
| Team | 27 | 28.8 | 71.2 | 0.405 | 21.1 | 28.1 | 0.752 | 50.4 | 19 | 78.7 | |||||
| Opponent | 27 | 23.1 | 62.5 | 0.369 | 18.2 | 26.7 | 0.682 | 41.4 | 20 | 64.3 |
Team – Totals
| G | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | |
| Team | 27 | 778 | 1922 | 0.405 | 570 | 758 | 0.752 | 1361 | 513 | 2126 | |||||
| Opponent | 27 | 623 | 1687 | 0.369 | 491 | 720 | 0.682 | 1117 | 539 | 1737 |
Individual – Per Game
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| 1 | Johnny Cox | 27 | 7 | 17.2 | 0.405 | 4 | 5.4 | 0.747 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 18 | ||||||
| 2 | Bill Lickert | 25 | 5 | 11.6 | 0.433 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 0.735 | 9 | 2.7 | 13.5 | ||||||
| 3 | Bennie Coffman | 27 | 4.1 | 8 | 0.509 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.78 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 10.8 | ||||||
| 4 | Don Mills | 26 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 0.399 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 0.828 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 10.6 | ||||||
| 5 | Sid Cohen | 25 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 0.357 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.676 | 3 | 2.2 | 8.1 | ||||||
| 6 | Dick Parsons | 27 | 3 | 7.8 | 0.386 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.794 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 8 | ||||||
| 7 | Bobby Slusher | 24 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 0.351 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.818 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 6.9 | ||||||
| 8 | Phil Johnson | 25 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 0.345 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.677 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 3.2 | ||||||
| 9 | Ned Jennings | 11 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.353 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.667 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 2.9 | ||||||
| 10 | Howard Dardeen | 14 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.414 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.286 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.9 | ||||||
| 11 | Lowell Hughes | 9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | ||||||
| 12 | Al Robinson | 9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.429 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Individual – Totals
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| 1 | Johnny Cox | 27 | 188 | 464 | 0.405 | 109 | 146 | 0.747 | 329 | 71 | 485 | ||||||
| 2 | Bill Lickert | 25 | 126 | 291 | 0.433 | 86 | 117 | 0.735 | 224 | 68 | 338 | ||||||
| 3 | Bennie Coffman | 27 | 110 | 216 | 0.509 | 71 | 91 | 0.78 | 62 | 66 | 291 | ||||||
| 4 | Don Mills | 26 | 87 | 218 | 0.399 | 101 | 122 | 0.828 | 247 | 73 | 275 | ||||||
| 5 | Dick Parsons | 27 | 81 | 210 | 0.386 | 54 | 68 | 0.794 | 51 | 69 | 216 | ||||||
| 6 | Sid Cohen | 25 | 66 | 185 | 0.357 | 71 | 105 | 0.676 | 74 | 55 | 203 | ||||||
| 7 | Bobby Slusher | 24 | 60 | 171 | 0.351 | 45 | 55 | 0.818 | 117 | 61 | 165 | ||||||
| 8 | Phil Johnson | 25 | 30 | 87 | 0.345 | 21 | 31 | 0.677 | 117 | 27 | 81 | ||||||
| 9 | Ned Jennings | 11 | 12 | 34 | 0.353 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 38 | 15 | 32 | ||||||
| 10 | Howard Dardeen | 14 | 12 | 29 | 0.414 | 2 | 7 | 0.286 | 22 | 3 | 26 | ||||||
| 11 | Lowell Hughes | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 12 | Al Robinson | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| School Totals | 27 | 778 | 1922 | 0.405 | 570 | 758 | 0.752 | 1361 | 513 | 2126 |
Schedule and Results
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | Arena | ||
| 1 | Mon, Dec 1, 1958 | REG | Florida State | Ind | W | 91 | 68 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 2 | Sat, Dec 6, 1958 | REG | @ | Temple | Mid-Atl | W | 76 | 71 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | The Palestra | |
| 3 | Mon, Dec 8, 1958 | REG | @ | Duke | ACC | W | 78 | 64 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | Cameron Indoor Stadium | |
| 4 | Thu, Dec 11, 1958 | REG | Southern Methodist (18) | SWC | W | 72 | 60 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 5 | Sat, Dec 13, 1958 | REG | Saint Louis (9) | MVC | W | 76 | 57 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 6 | Mon, Dec 15, 1958 | REG | Maryland | ACC | W | 58 | 56 | OT | 6 | 0 | W 6 | Memorial Coliseum | |
| 7 | Fri, Dec 19, 1958 | REG | Ohio State | Big Ten | W | 95 | 76 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 20, 1958 | REG | West Virginia (7) | Southern | W | 97 | 91 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 9 | Mon, Dec 29, 1958 | REG | Navy | Ind | W | 82 | 69 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 10 | Tue, Dec 30, 1958 | REG | Illinois | Big Ten | W | 76 | 75 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | Freedom Hall | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 3, 1959 | REG | Georgia Tech | SEC | W | 72 | 62 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 12 | Tue, Jan 6, 1959 | REG | @ | Vanderbilt | SEC | L | 66 | 75 | 11 | 1 | L 1 | Memorial Gymnasium | |
| 13 | Sat, Jan 10, 1959 | REG | @ | Louisiana State | SEC | W | 76 | 61 | 12 | 1 | W 1 | John Parker Memorial Coliseum | |
| 14 | Mon, Jan 12, 1959 | REG | @ | Tulane | SEC | W | 85 | 68 | 13 | 1 | W 2 | Avron B. Fogelman Arena | |
| 15 | Sat, Jan 17, 1959 | REG | Tennessee | SEC | W | 79 | 58 | 14 | 1 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 16 | Mon, Jan 26, 1959 | REG | @ | Georgia Tech | SEC | W | 94 | 70 | 15 | 1 | W 4 | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | |
| 17 | Thu, Jan 29, 1959 | REG | Georgia | SEC | W | 108 | 55 | 16 | 1 | W 5 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 18 | Sat, Jan 31, 1959 | REG | Florida | SEC | W | 94 | 51 | 17 | 1 | W 6 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 19 | Sat, Feb 7, 1959 | REG | @ | Mississippi | SEC | W | 97 | 72 | 18 | 1 | W 7 | Municipal Auditorium | |
| 20 | Mon, Feb 9, 1959 | REG | @ | Mississippi State (10) | SEC | L | 58 | 66 | 18 | 2 | L 1 | McCarthy Gymnasium | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 14, 1959 | REG | N | Notre Dame | Ind | W | 71 | 52 | 19 | 2 | W 1 | Chicago Stadium | |
| 22 | Wed, Feb 18, 1959 | REG | Vanderbilt | SEC | W | 83 | 71 | 20 | 2 | W 2 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 23 | Sat, Feb 21, 1959 | REG | Auburn (2) | SEC | W | 75 | 56 | 21 | 2 | W 3 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 24 | Mon, Feb 23, 1959 | REG | Alabama | SEC | W | 39 | 32 | 22 | 2 | W 4 | Memorial Coliseum | ||
| 25 | Sat, Feb 28, 1959 | REG | @ | Tennessee | SEC | W | 69 | 56 | 23 | 2 | W 5 | Armory Fieldhouse | |
| 26 | Fri, Mar 13, 1959 | NCAA | N | Louisville | Ind | L | 61 | 76 | 23 | 3 | L 1 | Welsh-Ryan Arena | |
| 27 | Sat, Mar 14, 1959 | NCAA | N | Marquette (20) | Ind | W | 98 | 69 | 24 | 3 | W 1 | Welsh-Ryan Arena |