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

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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
West Virginia	Southern	16	14	3	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1
Cincinnati	MVC	17	7	7	8	6	6	5	4	5	4	3	3	2	2
San Francisco	WCAC	5	4	5	5	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Kansas State	Big 8	6	3	2	2	5	4	4	5	4	1	1	1	1	4
Temple	Ind	8	13	12	10	7	10	9	7	8	7	6	5	5	5
Maryland	ACC		9	9	7	12	7	7	11	10	8	11	15	17	6
Notre Dame	Ind	10	19		18		16	18	19	18	15	13	10	8	7
Kansas	Big 8	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	5	5	7	9	8
Dayton	Ind						18	16	15	13	12	12	13	10	9
Indiana	Big Ten													16	10
Bradley	MVC	4	11	8	9	7	8	10	9	9	14	15	14	11	11
UNC	ACC	1	1	4	3	3	5	8	7	6	10	14	11	15	12
Duke	ACC		19							18	13	9	6	6	13
Kentucky	SEC	3	6	11	15	15	13	12	10	12	10	16	15	14	14
Oklahoma State	Big 8			16	14	9	9	6	6	7	6	7	12	12	15
NC State	ACC					18		14	12	14	9	8	9	13	16
Oregon State	PCC		16	17	11	10	11	13	14	16				20	16
St. Bonaventure	WNY3											19	19	18	18
Michigan State	Big Ten	7	5	6	6	12	12	11	13	11	16	10	8	7	19
Seattle	Ind	13	8	13	16		19		19	15	20	17	18		19
		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
Wyoming	MSAC														19
California	PCC				17	18			18		18	20	17	18
Purdue	Big Ten											20	20
BYU	MSAC								19	20	20	18
Saint Louis	MVC	12		15								20
Michigan	Big Ten		19								17
Tennessee	SEC						16	18			19
Arkansas	SWC								16	16
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY			19				17	17
Mississippi State	SEC					11	15	15
Xavier	Ind							18
Utah	MSAC	14	15	10	12	16	14
Minnesota	Big Ten	15	16			17	19
Illinois	Big Ten	19		18			19
TCU	SWC				13	12
Iowa State	Big 8		18	14	20	18
UCLA	PCC	9	10		19
Yale	Ivy			20
Louisville	Ind			20
Wichita State	MVC			20
Rice	SWC	11	12
Ohio State	Big Ten	18
Washington	PCC	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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