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1957-58 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-6 (12-2, 1st in SEC MBB)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Adolph Rupp

PS/G: 74.7 (31st of 183)

PA/G: 62.7 (31st of 183)

SRS: 15.95 (3rd of 173)

SOS: 3.92 (26th of 173)

NCAA Tournament:
Won Mideast Regional Semifinal (94-70) versus Miami (OH)
Won Mideast Regional Final (89-56) versus Notre Dame
Won National Semifinal (61-60) versus Temple
Won National Final (84-72) versus Seattle

NCAA Champion
SEC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1957-58 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
Kentucky	3	5	9	10	9	9	9	8	12	12	13	12	9	9

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Dec 2, 1957	REG		Duke	ACC	6.29	W	78	74		1	0	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
2	Wed, Dec 4, 1957	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	3.77	W	61	54		2	0	W 2	St. John Arena
3	Sat, Dec 7, 1957	REG		Temple	Ind	15.37	W	85	83	3OT	3	0	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
4	Mon, Dec 9, 1957	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	10.20	L	62	71		3	1	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse
5	Sat, Dec 14, 1957	REG	@	Saint Louis (9)	MVC	7.72	W	73	60		4	1	W 1	Kiel Auditorium
6	Mon, Dec 16, 1957	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	5.21	L	64	65		4	2	L 1	Moody Coliseum
7	Fri, Dec 20, 1957	REG		West Virginia (8)	Southern	13.98	L	70	77		4	3	L 2	Memorial Coliseum
8	Sat, Dec 21, 1957	REG		Minnesota (10)	Big Ten	3.85	W	78	58		5	3	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
9	Mon, Dec 23, 1957	REG		Utah State	MSAC	-9.01	W	92	64		6	3	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
10	Mon, Dec 30, 1957	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	0.74	W	75	42		7	3	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
11	Sat, Jan 4, 1958	REG		Georgia Tech	SEC	2.81	W	76	60		8	3	W 4	Memorial Coliseum
12	Mon, Jan 6, 1958	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	3.54	W	86	81		9	3	W 5	Memorial Gymnasium
13	Sat, Jan 11, 1958	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	-11.66	W	97	52		10	3	W 6	Memorial Coliseum
14	Mon, Jan 13, 1958	REG		Tulane	SEC	-9.10	W	86	50		11	3	W 7	Memorial Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 18, 1958	REG		Tennessee (13)	SEC	5.75	W	77	68		12	3	W 8	Memorial Coliseum
16	Mon, Jan 27, 1958	REG	@	Georgia Tech	SEC	2.81	L	52	71		12	4	L 1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
17	Wed, Jan 29, 1958	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	-6.24	W	74	55		13	4	W 1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
18	Fri, Jan 31, 1958	REG	@	Florida	SEC	2.28	W	78	56		14	4	W 2	Florida Gymnasium
19	Sat, Feb 8, 1958	REG		Mississippi	SEC	-5.69	W	96	65		15	4	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
20	Mon, Feb 10, 1958	REG		Mississippi State (18)	SEC	6.05	W	72	62		16	4	W 4	Memorial Coliseum
21	Sat, Feb 15, 1958	REG	@	Loyola (IL)	Ind	0.74	L	56	57		16	5	L 1	Chicago Stadium
22	Mon, Feb 17, 1958	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	3.54	W	65	61		17	5	W 1	Memorial Coliseum
23	Sat, Feb 22, 1958	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	3.57	W	45	43	OT	18	5	W 2	Garrett Coliseum
24	Mon, Feb 24, 1958	REG	@	Auburn (20)	SEC	3.56	L	63	64		18	6	L 1	Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
25	Sat, Mar 1, 1958	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	5.75	W	77	66		19	6	W 1	Alumni Memorial Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Fri, Mar 14, 1958	NCAA	N	Miami (OH)	MAC	4.78	W	94	70		20	6	W 2	Memorial Coliseum
27	Sat, Mar 15, 1958	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (8)	Ind	13.43	W	89	56		21	6	W 3	Memorial Coliseum
28	Fri, Mar 21, 1958	NCAA	N	Temple (5)	Ind	15.37	W	61	60		22	6	W 4	Freedom Hall
29	Sat, Mar 22, 1958	NCAA	N	Seattle (18)	Ind	14.12	W	84	72		23	6	W 5	Freedom Hall