1957–58 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

1957–58 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

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

The 1957–58 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 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.

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	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
December 5, 1957* 8:00 PM		at Minnesota	L 66–67	1–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
December 12, 1957* 9:00 PM		at BYU	W 54–45	2–1	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT
December 14, 1957*		at Wyoming	W 72–51	3–1	War Memorial Fieldhouse 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	Municipal Auditorium 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	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA
January 18, 1958 7:30 PM		at Nebraska	W 57–52	9–4 (2–0)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
January 20, 1958 9:00 PM		at Colorado	L 36–45	9–5 (2–1)	Balch Fieldhouse 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)	Ahearn Fieldhouse Manhattan, KS
February 15, 1958 7:35 PM		at No. 4 Kansas	L 61–90	10–8 (3–4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 17, 1958 7:35 PM		at No. 20 Oklahoma	W 59–56 ^OT	11–8 (4–4)	OU Fieldhouse 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)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in 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 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	(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 Statistical leaders
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
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1957–58 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t	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]