1957–58 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1957–58 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1957–58 record	11–11 (6–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	William Perigo
MVP	Pete Tillotson
Captain	Pete Tillotson
Home arena	Yost Field House

1957–58 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#12 Indiana	10	–	4	.714	13	–	11	.542
#17 Michigan State	9	–	5	.643	16	–	6	.727
Purdue	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
Northwestern	8	–	6	.571	13	–	9	.591
Ohio State	8	–	6	.571	9	–	13	.409
Iowa	7	–	7	.500	13	–	9	.591
Michigan	6	–	8	.429	11	–	11	.500
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	11	–	11	.500
Minnesota	5	–	9	.357	9	–	12	.429
Wisconsin	3	–	11	.214	8	–	14	.364

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957–58 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1957–58 season. The team finished the season in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 11–11 and 6–8 against conference opponents.^[1]

William Perigo was in his sixth year as the team's head coach. Senior Pete Tillotson was the team's leading scorer with 415 points in 22 games for an average of 18.8 points per game. Tillotson also served as the team's captain and was selected as the Most Valuable Player.^[1]

Statistical leaders

Player	Pos.	Yr	G	FG	FT	RB	Pts	PPG
Pete Tillotson		Sr.	22	166-396	83-104		415	18.8
M. C. Burton, Jr.			22	135-376	111-133		381	17.3
George Lee			22	125-336	64-103		314	14.2
Jack Lewis			22	80-234	51-75		211	9.5
Terry Miller			22	64-170	32-52		160	7.2
Billy Wright			22	41-163	24-32		106	4.8
Totals			22	647-1776	390-543		1684	76.5

Team players drafted into the NBA

Three players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.^[2]^[3]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1958	7	6	53	Pete Tillotson	Syracuse Nationals
1959	4	2	24	George Lee	Detroit Pistons
1959	11	2	73	M. C. Burton	Detroit Pistons

References

1 2 "University of Michigan Basketball Record Book" (PDF). University of Michigan. p. 32.
↑ "1958 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
↑ "1959 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Venues	Waterman Gymnasium (1908–1923) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923–1967) Crisler Center (1967–present)

Rivalries	Duke Michigan State

Culture & lore	Maize Rage Fab Five (film) Scandal WWJ Michigan IMG Sports Network Fox Sports Detroit

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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