The College Basketball Belt · season
The 1958–59 season
23 belt games · 5 title changesMississippi State carried the belt into the 1958–59 season. It changed hands 5 times among 6 programs, 3 of those in the playoffs, and California finished the season with it. Most defenses: Auburn, 11.
Who held it, in order
Mississippi StateAuburnKentuckyLouisvilleWest VirginiaCalifornia
Every belt game
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 206 | Dec 12, 1958 | Mississippi State beat Murray State 63–62 | Defense |
| 207 | Dec 18, 1958 | Mississippi State beat Morehead State 87–63 | Defense |
| 208 | Dec 29, 1958 | Mississippi State beat Maryland 56–45 | Defense |
| 209 | Dec 30, 1958 | Mississippi State beat Memphis 73–55 | Defense |
| 210 | Jan 2, 1959 | Auburn beat Mississippi State 97–66 | Title change |
| 211 | Jan 4, 1959 | Auburn beat Ole Miss 60–47 | Defense |
| 212 | Jan 9, 1959 | Auburn beat Florida 63–54 | Defense |
| 213 | Jan 17, 1959 | Auburn beat Alabama 57–55 | Defense |
| 214 | Jan 20, 1959 | Auburn beat Georgia Tech 66–55 | Defense |
| 215 | Jan 23, 1959 | Auburn beat Georgia 81–61 | Defense |
| 216 | Jan 30, 1959 | Auburn beat Vanderbilt 64–61 | Defense |
| 217 | Feb 2, 1959 | Auburn beat Georgia Tech 51–40 | Defense |
| 218 | Feb 6, 1959 | Auburn beat Georgia 95–69 | Defense |
| 219 | Feb 8, 1959 | Auburn beat Florida 93–71 | Defense |
| 220 | Feb 13, 1959 | Auburn beat LSU 115–67 | Defense |
| 221 | Feb 15, 1959 | Auburn beat Tulane 79–56 | Defense |
| 222 | Feb 20, 1959 | Kentucky beat Auburn 75–56 | Title change |
| 223 | Feb 22, 1959 | Kentucky beat Alabama 39–32 | Defense |
| 224 | Feb 27, 1959 | Kentucky beat Tennessee 69–56 | Defense |
| 225 | Mar 12, 1959 | Louisville beat Kentucky 76–61 Postseason | Title change |
| 226 | Mar 13, 1959 | Louisville beat Michigan State 88–81 Postseason | Defense |
| 227 | Mar 19, 1959 | West Virginia beat Louisville 94–79 Postseason | Title change |
| 228 | Mar 20, 1959 | California beat West Virginia 71–70 Postseason | Title change |