1943–44 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

1943–44 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1943–44 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Big Six Regular Season Co-Champions
Final Four vs. Utah, L, 40–31
Conference	Big Six Conference\|Big Six
Record	14–4 (9–1 Big Six)
Head coach	Louis Menze;
Home arena	State Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1942–43 1944–45 →

The 1943–44 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State College in the 1943–44 college basketball season. The team was led by 16th-year head coach Louis Menze. In 1942–43, the Cyclones finished 7–9 overall (2–8 in the Big Six Conference). There were no captains for the season.

1943–44 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Iowa State	9	–	1	.900	14	–	4	.778
Oklahoma	9	–	1	.900	15	–	8	.652
Kansas	5	–	5	.500	17	–	9	.654
Missouri	5	–	5	.500	10	–	9	.526
Kansas State	1	–	9	.100	7	–	15	.318
Nebraska	1	–	9	.100	2	–	13	.133

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; MPG= Minutes per Game; SPG= Steals per Game; RPG = Rebounds per Game; APG. = Assists per Game; BPG = Blocks per Game; PPG = Points per Game

Player	GP	MPG	SPG	RPG	APG	BPG	PPG
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Schedule

Date	Opponent*	Location	Time^#	Result	Overall	Conference
Big 6 Conference Standing: T-1st
Regular Season Games
December 4, 1943	Iowa Pre-Flight	Ames, IA	7:30 PM	W 31–29	1–0	0–0
December 18, 1943	Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	8:00 PM	L 31–28	1–1	0–0
December 31, 1943	Drake	Ames, IA	7:30 PM	W 43–20	2–1	0–0
January 3, 1944	Kansas State	Manhattan, KS		W 42–33	3–1	1–0
January 8, 1944	Nebraska	Ames, IA		W 56–24	4–1	2–0
January 16, 1944	Ottumwa Naval	Ames, IA		W 60–37	5–1	2–0
January 17, 1944	Iowa Pre-Flight	Iowa City, IA		L 33–27	5–2	2–0
January 22, 1944	Missouri	Ames, IA		W 41–25	6–2	3–0
January 29, 1944	Kansas	Ames, IA		W 40–29	7–2	4–0
February 5, 1944	Oklahoma	Norman, OK		W 41–29	8–2	5–0
February 9, 1944	Drake	Des Moines, IA		W 64–36	9–2	5–0
February 11, 1944	Kansas State	Ames, IA		W 47–20	10–2	6–0
February 14, 1944	Nebraska	Ames, IA		W 58–35	11–2	7–0
February 21, 1944	Missouri	Columbia, MO		W 43–32	12–2	8–0
February 28, 1944	Oklahoma	Ames, IA		L 44–30	12–3	8–1
March 3, 1944	Kansas	Lawrence, KS		W 47–25	13–3	9–1
NCAA Tournament
March 24, 1944	Pepperdine	Kansas City, MO	9:30 PM	W 44–39	14–3	9–1
March 25, 1944	Utah	Kansas City, MO		L 40–31	14–4	9–1
Rank according to ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. ^#All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD*.

References

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 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics