1957–58 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1957–58 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big 7 Conference during the 1957–58 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Tex Winter, innovator of the Triangle offense and future member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, who was in his fifth season at the helm. The Wildcats finished with a record of 22–5 (10–2 Big 7) and reached the Final Four.

1957–58 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
Big Eight Champions
NCAA tournament, Fourth Place
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 3
Record	22–5 (10–2 Big Eight)
Head coach	Tex Winter (5th season)
Home arena	Ahearn Field House
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 team played its home games at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas.

Roster

1957–58 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 4 Bill Guthridge 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Parsons JC Parsons, Kansas G/F 11 Roy DeWitz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Sr Barrington Barrington, Illinois F 30 Bob Boozer 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Omaha Tech Omaha, Nebraska C 33 Jack Parr 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr St. Christopher's Richmond, Virginia	Head coach Tex Winter (USC) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
Dec 3, 1957*		Texas-El Paso	W 76–31	1–0	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 7, 1957*		at Indiana	W 66–61	2–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
Dec 9, 1957*	No. 5	at Purdue	W 79–73	3–0	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 14, 1957*	No. 5	Iowa	W 86–69	4–0	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 16, 1957*	No. 5	at Arkansas	W 63–48	5–0	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, Arkansas
Dec 20, 1957*	No. 3	vs. California Washington Tournament	W 58–44	6–0	Hec Edmundson Pavilion  Seattle, Washington
Dec 21, 1957*	No. 3	at Washington Washington Tournament	W 70–63	7–0	Hec Edmundson Pavilion  Seattle, Washington
Dec 27, 1957	No. 3	vs. Missouri Big Seven Holiday Tournament	W 60–51	8–0	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 28, 1957	No. 3	vs. Nebraska Big Seven Holiday Tournament	W 88–57	9–0	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 30, 1957*	No. 3	vs. No. 2 Kansas Big Seven Holiday Tournament	L 65–79	9–1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, Missouri
Jan 6, 1958*	No. 2	Minnesota	W 72–71	10–1	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Big Seven Regular season
Jan 11, 1958	No. 4	Nebraska	W 74–59	11–1 (1–0)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 18, 1958	No. 2	at No. 14 Oklahoma	W 64–60	12–1 (2–0)	Field House  Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 25, 1958	No. 3	at Iowa State	W 64–54	13–1 (3–0)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, Iowa
Feb 1, 1958	No. 4	Colorado	W 83–54	14–1 (4–0)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 3, 1958	No. 4	at No. 2 Kansas Sunflower Showdown	W 79–75 2OT[2]	15–1 (5–0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 8, 1958	No. 4	Iowa State	W 77–70	16–1 (6–0)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 15, 1958	No. 1	at Colorado	W 68–62	17–1 (7–0)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, Colorado
Feb 22, 1958	No. 1	at Missouri	W 82–61	18–1 (8–0)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, Missouri
Feb 25, 1958	No. 1	Oklahoma	W 68–51	19–1 (9–0)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 1, 1958	No. 1	Missouri	W 86–75	20–1 (10–0)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 3, 1958	No. 1	at Nebraska	L 48–55	20–2 (10–1)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, Nebraska
Mar 8, 1958	No. 1	No. 10 Kansas Sunflower Showdown	L 44–61	20–3 (10–2)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1958*	No. 3	vs. No. 2 Cincinnati Midwest Regional semifinal	W 83–80 2OT	21–3	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Mar 15, 1958*	No. 3	vs. No. 19 Oklahoma State Midwest Regional final	W 69–57	22–3	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
Mar 21, 1958*	No. 3	vs. No. 18 Seattle National semifinal	L 51–73	22–4	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 22, 1958*	No. 3	vs. No. 5 Temple National consolation Game – Third Place	L 57–67	22–5	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

Main article: 1957–58 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	5	3	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	3
Coaches	6	3	2	2	5	4	4	5	4	1	1	1	1	4

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Awards and honors

• Bob Boozer – Consensus First-team All-American, Big Seven Player of the Year
• Tex Winter – UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year, Big Seven Coach of the Year

Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1958 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
10	70	Jack Parr	Cincinnati Royals

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