1957–58 NCAA University Division men's basketball season

Season headlines

Major rule changes

Beginning in 1957–58, the following rules changes were implemented:

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference Regular
Season Winner[4]
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Duke Pete Brennan, North Carolina[5] 1958 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Reynolds Coliseum
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
Maryland
Big Seven Conference Kansas State Bob Boozer, Kansas State [6] No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Indiana None Selected No Tournament
Border Conference Arizona State None Selected No Tournament
Ivy League Dartmouth None Selected No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Toledo None Selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Cincinnati None Selected No Tournament
Mountain States Conference Idaho State None Selected No Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference Tennessee Tech None Selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State & California None Selected No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Kentucky None Selected No Tournament
Southern Conference West Virginia Dom Flora, Washington & Lee[7] 1958 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Richmond Arena
(Richmond, Virginia)
West Virginia[8]
Southwest Conference Southern Methodist & Arkansas Rick Herrscher, Southern Methodist (Coach Magazine) No Tournament
West Coast Athletic Conference San Francisco Mike Farmer, San Francisco & Leroy Wright, Pacific[9] No Tournament

Statistical leaders

Points Per Game
Rebound Percentage
Field Goal Percentage
Free Throw Percentage
Player School PPG Player School REB% Player School FG% Player School FT%
Oscar Robertson Cincinnati 35.1 Boo Ellis Niagara .262 Ralph Crosthwaite W. Kentucky St. 61.0 Semi Mintz Davidson 88.2
Elgin Baylor Seattle 32.5 Al Inniss St. Francis (NY) .248 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati 57.1 Gerald Myers Texas Tech 87.0
Wilt Chamberlain Kansas 30.1 Elgin Baylor Seattle .235 Pete Brunone Manhattan 56.2 Arlen Clark Oklahoma St. 86.5
Bailey Howell Mississippi St. 27.8 Wilt Chamberlain Kansas .216 Bob Goodall Tulsa 55.7 Joe Hobbs Florida 86.0
Red Murrell Drake 26.7 Joe Cincebox Syracuse .206 Hal Greer Marshall 54.6 Hub Reed Oklahoma City 85.1

Polls

The final top 20 from the AP and Coaches Polls.[10]

Associated Press
Ranking Team
1 West Virginia
2 Cincinnati
3 Kansas State
4 San Francisco
5 Temple
6 Maryland
7 Kansas
8 Notre Dame
9 Kentucky
10 Duke
11 Dayton
12 Indiana
13 North Carolina
14 Bradley
15 Mississippi State
16 Auburn
17 Michigan State
18 Seattle
19 Oklahoma State
20 NC State
Coaches
Ranking Team
1 West Virginia
2 Cincinnati
3 San Francisco
4 Kansas State
5 Temple
6 Maryland
7 Notre Dame
8 Kansas
9 Dayton
10 Indiana
11 Bradley
12 North Carolina
13 Duke
14 Kentucky
15 Oklahoma State
16 Oregon State
NC State
18 St. Bonaventure
19 Seattle
Michigan State
Wyoming

Post-Season Tournaments

NCAA Tournament

Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats won their fourth National Championship by defeating the Seattle Chieftains 84–72 on March 22 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky[10] . Seattle's Elgin Baylor led all tournament scorers and was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player.

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
M2 Kentucky 61
W1 Temple 60
2 Seattle 72
1 Kentucky 84
S1 Seattle 73
E3 Kansas State 51

National Invitation Tournament

The Xavier Musketeers entered the National Invitation Tournament with a 15–11 record, but surprised the field, defeating fellow Ohio school Dayton 78–74 to win the NIT.[11] The Musketeers' Hank Stein was named tournament MVP.

NIT Semifinals and Final

Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City

Semifinals Final
      
1 St. John’s 56
3 Dayton 80
3 Dayton 74
2 Xavier 78
2 St. Bonaventure 53
2 Xavier 72

Award winners

Consensus All-American teams

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Elgin Baylor F Junior Seattle
Bob Boozer F Junior Kansas State
Wilt Chamberlain C Junior Kansas
Don Hennon G Junior Pittsburgh
Oscar Robertson G Sophomore Cincinnati
Guy Rodgers G Senior Temple


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Pete Brennan F Senior North Carolina
Archie Dees F/C Senior Indiana
Mike Farmer F Senior San Francisco
Dave Gambee F Senior Oregon State
Bailey Howell F Junior Mississippi State

Major player of the year awards

Major coach of the year awards

Other major awards

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches throughout the season and after the season ended.

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Columbia Lou Rossini Archie Oldham
Drake John E. Benington Maury John
Duquesne Dudey Moore Red Manning
Iowa Bucky O'Connor Sharm Scheuerman O'Connor died in an auto accident on April 22, 1958[12]
La Salle Jim Pollard Dudey Moore
Marquette Jack Nagle Eddie Hickey
Memphis State Eugene Lambert Bob Vanatta
New Mexico Bill Stockton Bob Sweeney
NYU Howard Cann Lou Rossini
Ohio State Floyd Stahl Fred Taylor
Saint Louis Eddie Hickey John E. Benington
Seattle John Castellani Vincent Cazzetta After taking the Chieftains to the NCAA title game, Castellani resigned amid recruiting violations that resulted in a two-year post-season ban for the University.[13]
South Carolina Frank Johnson Walt Hambrick
Vanderbilt Bob Polk Roy Skinner (interim) Assistant coach Skinner served as interim for the season as Polk suffered a heart attack in the Fall[14]
Western Michigan Joe Hoy Don Boven

References

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