1957–58 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1957–58 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1957–58 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference\|Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 7
Record	18–5 (8–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Dick Harp (2nd season);
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	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 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1957–58 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Wilt Chamberlain
Ron Loneski
Bob Billings
Bob Hickman
Al Donaghue
Monte Johnson
Jim Hoffman
Gary Thompson
Lyn Kindred
John Cleland
Jerry Johnson
Gary Mowry
Larry Kelley
Art Muegler

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 2*		at Oklahoma State	W 63–56	1-0	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
December 4*		Canisius	W 66–46	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 7*		at Northwestern	W 71–65	3-0	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
December 9*		at Marquette	W 82–62	4-0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
December 14*	No. 2	at Saint Joseph's	W 66–54	5-0	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
December 20*	No. 2	Washington	W 77–59	6-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 21*	No. 2	vs. California	W 58–52	7-0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
December 26	No. 2	vs. Oklahoma	W 68–50	8-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 28	No. 2	vs. No. 20 Iowa State	W 55–48	9-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30	No. 2	vs. No. 3 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 79–65	10-0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 5*	No. 2	No. 14 Oklahoma State	L 50–52	10-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 7	No. 2	at Oklahoma	L 62–64	10-2 (0-1)	Field House Norman, OK
January 13	No. 2	Colorado	W 67–46	11-2 (1-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 18	No. 3	at Missouri Border War	W 68–54	12-2 (2-1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
February 3	No. 2	No. 4 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 75–79	12-3 (2-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 8	No. 2	Nebraska	W 102–46	13-3 (3-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 10	No. 2	at Colorado	W 60–51	14-3 (4-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 15	No. 4	Iowa State	W 90–61	15-3 (5-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 17	No. 4	Missouri Border War	W 84–69	16-3 (6-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 22	No. 4	at Nebraska	L 41–43	16-4 (6-3)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 24	No. 4	at Iowa State	L 42–48	16-5 (6-4)	The Armory Ames, IA
February 28	No. 7	Oklahoma	W 60–59 ^OT	17-5 (7-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 27	No. 7	at No. 1 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 61–44	18-5 (8-4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1957-58 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
^ 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

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

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[3] 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 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 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics