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1957-58 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Kentucky

Final Four: Kansas State, Kentucky, Seattle and Temple

Consensus Player of the Year: Oscar Robertson

AP First #1: North Carolina

AP Final #1: West Virginia

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Missouri Valley Conference	8	107	97	.525	3.31	3.48	1	1	0	Cincinnati
2	Pacific Coast Conference	9	124	108	.534	4.15	3.66	0	1	0	California, Oregon State
3	Big Ten Conference	10	117	104	.529	5.39	4.70	0	1	0	Indiana
4	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	73	47	.608	-2.01	-1.71	0	1	0	St. John's (NY)
5	Southeastern Conference	12	167	128	.566	0.90	0.12	0	1	1	Kentucky
6	Southwest Conference	8	103	91	.531	0.31	0.66	0	1	0	Arkansas, Southern Methodist
7	Mid-American Conference	7	89	79	.530	-1.82	-0.15	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
8	Big Eight Conference	8	116	77	.601	7.57	5.72	0	2	1	Kansas State
9	Independent	49	695	479	.592	-2.55	-1.21	0	6	2
10	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	92	108	.460	-3.25	-1.59	0	1	0	Wyoming
11	Yankee Conference	2	21	27	.438	-11.85	-3.78	0	1	0	Connecticut
12	Ohio Valley Conference	5	60	57	.513	-0.59	-0.24	0	1	0	Tennessee Tech
13	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	106	92	.535	1.27	0.68	0	1	0	Duke	Maryland
14	Southern Conference	10	126	122	.508	-6.74	-4.35	0	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia
15	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	41	31	.569	2.74	0.86	0	0	0	St. Bonaventure
16	Ivy League	8	107	88	.549	-4.96	-4.73	0	1	0	Dartmouth
17	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	6	65	75	.464	-11.93	-7.75	0	1	0	Arizona State
18	West Coast Athletic Conference	7	92	85	.520	-2.17	-1.61	0	1	0	San Francisco

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
Arkansas	SWC								16	16					22
Auburn	SEC												25
BYU	MSAC								19	20	20	18
Bradley	MVC	4	11	8	9	7	8	10	9	9	14	15	14	11	11
California	PCC				17	18			18		18	20	17	18
Cincinnati	MVC	17	7	7	8	6	6	5	4	5	4	3	3	2	2
Dartmouth	Ivy				25
Dayton	Ind						18	16	15	13	12	12	13	10	9
Duke	ACC		19							18	13	9	6	6	13
Georgia Tech	SEC
Idaho State	Ind												21		22
Illinois	Big Ten	19		18	21		19
Indiana	Big Ten												25	16	10
Iowa State	Big 8		18	14	20	18
Kansas	Big 8	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	5	5	7	9	8
Kansas State	Big 8	6	3	2	2	5	4	4	5	4	1	1	1	1	4
Kentucky	SEC	3	6	11	15	15	13	12	10	12	10	16	15	14	14
La Salle	Ind
Louisville	Ind			20	21
Maryland	ACC		9	9	7	12	7	7	11	10	8	11	15	17	6
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
Memphis	Ind
Michigan	Big Ten		19								17		21
Michigan State	Big Ten	7	5	6	6	12	12	11	13	11	16	10	8	7	19
Minnesota	Big Ten	15	16			17	19
Mississippi State	SEC				24	11	15	15
NC State	ACC					18		14	12	14	9	8	9	13	16
Notre Dame	Ind	10	19		18		16	18	19	18	15	13	10	8	7
Ohio State	Big Ten	18
Oklahoma	Big 8
Oklahoma State	Big 8			16	14	9	9	6	6	7	6	7	12	12	15
Oregon State	PCC		16	17	11	10	11	13	14	16			21	20	16
Purdue	Big Ten											20	20
Rice	SWC	11	12
Richmond	Southern
SMU	SWC														25
Saint Louis	MVC	12		15								20	21
San Francisco	WCAC	5	4	5	5	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Seattle	Ind	13	8	13	16		19		19	15	20	17	18		19
St. Bonaventure	WNY3											19	19	18	18
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY			19	21			17	17
Syracuse	Ind
TCU	SWC				13	12
Temple	Ind	8	13	12	10	7	10	9	7	8	7	6	5	5	5
Tennessee	SEC						16	18			19
UCLA	PCC	9	10		19
UNC	ACC	1	1	4	3	3	5	8	7	6	10	14	11	15	12
Utah	MSAC	14	15	10	12	16	14								22
Washington	PCC	20
West Virginia	Southern	16	14	3	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1
Western Kentucky	OVC
Wichita State	MVC			20
Wyoming	MSAC														19
Xavier	Ind							18
Yale	Ivy			20

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

Season Leaders

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