1957–58 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

1957–58 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1957–58 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	15–8 (8–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Bill Strannigan (4th season);
Home arena	Iowa State Armory
	Seasons ← 1956–57 1958–59 →

1957–58 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Kansas State	10	–	2	.833	22	–	5	.815
No. 7 Kansas	8	–	4	.667	18	–	5	.783
Iowa State	8	–	4	.667	15	–	8	.652
Oklahoma	5	–	7	.417	13	–	10	.565
Nebraska	5	–	7	.417	10	–	13	.435
Missouri	3	–	9	.250	9	–	13	.409
Colorado	3	–	9	.250	8	–	15	.348
No. 19 Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	21	–	8	.724

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1957–58 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented

1957-58 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Bill Strannigan, who was in his fourth season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the Iowa State Armory in Ames, Iowa

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They finished the season 15–8, 8–4 in Big Eight play to finish in a tie for second.

Roster

1957–58 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	Ronald Baukol	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Jr
F	Bud Bergman	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
F	John Crawford (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
F	Gary Davis	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr
G	Dick Farwell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Sr
G	Larry Fie	—	—	So	Spencer, IA
G	Lyle Frahm (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr
F	Gene Gronau	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Jr
F	Dale Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—
C	John Krocheski	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
G	Al Lowery	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Sr
C	Don Medsker (C)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr
F	Doug Meyer	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—

Head coach

Bill Strannigan

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 2, 1957* 7:35 pm		Drake Iowa Big Four	W 62–55	1–0	Ames, IA
December 5, 1957* 8:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 66–67	1–1	Minneapolis, MN
December 12, 1957* 9:00 pm		at BYU	W 54–45	2–1	Provo, UT
December 14, 1957*		at Wyoming	W 72–51	3–1	Laramie, WY
December 21, 1957* 7:35 pm		Illinois	W 68–60	4–1	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
December 23, 1957* 8:30 pm		No. 9 Michigan State	L 51–57 ^OT	4–2	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
December 26, 1957* 9:30 pm	No. 20	vs. Colorado Big Eight Holiday Tournament Quarterfinals	W 81–43	5–2	Kansas City, MO
December 28, 1957* 7:30 pm	No. 20	vs. No. 2 Kansas Big Eight Holiday Tournament Semifinals	L 48–55	5–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29, 1957* 7:30 pm	No. 20	vs. Nebraska Big Eight Holiday Tournament Third Place	W 61–51	6–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 6, 1958* 7:35PM		Montana State	L 61–62	6–4	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
January 11, 1958 7:35 pm		Missouri	W 62–55	7–4 (1–0)	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
January 13, 1958* 8:15 pm		at Drake Iowa Big Four	W 63–42	8–4	Des Moines, IA
January 18, 1958 7:30 pm		at Nebraska	W 57–52	9–4 (2–0)	Lincoln, NE
January 20, 1958 9:00 pm		at Colorado	L 36–45	9–5 (2–1)	Boulder, CO
January 25, 1958 7:35 pm, WOI/WIBW		No. 3 Kansas State	L 54–64	9–6 (2–2)	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
February 1, 1958 7:35 pm		Nebraska	W 78–63	10–6 (3–2)	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
February 8, 1958 7:35 pm		at No. 4 Kansas State	L 70–77	10–7 (3–3)	Manhattan, KS
February 15, 1958 7:35 pm		at No. 4 Kansas	L 61–90	10–8 (3–4)	Lawrence, KS
February 17, 1958 7:35 pm		at No. 20 Oklahoma	W 59–56 ^OT	11–8 (4–4)	Norman, OK
February 24, 1958 7:35 pm, WOI/WIBW		No. 4 Kansas	W 48–42	12–8 (5–4)	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
March 1, 1958 7:35 pm		Colorado	W 71–44	13–8 (6–4)	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
March 3, 1958 7:35 pm		Oklahoma	W 66–65	14–8 (7–4)	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
March 10, 1958 8:00 pm		at Missouri	W 63–59 ^OT	15–8 (8–4)	Columbia, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from Central Time .

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1957-58 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ "1957-58 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats".
^ "Iowa State Men's Basketball All-Time Results" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletic Department. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

[1] sports-reference.com 1957-58 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[2] "1957-58 Iowa State Cyclones Roster and Stats".

[3] "Iowa State Men's Basketball All-Time Results" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletic Department. Retrieved April 18, 2020.

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v t e Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	Margaret Hall Gymnasium (1907–1912) State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band ISU Holiday Classic
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics