1958–59 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

1958–59 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
1958–59 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
Big Eight Champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	25–2 (14–0 Big Eight)
Head coach	Tex Winter (6th season);
Home arena	Ahearn Field House
	Seasons ← 1957–58 1959–60 →

1958–59 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kansas State	14	–	0	1.000	25	–	2	.926
Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	15	–	10	.600
Colorado	8	–	6	.571	14	–	10	.583
Kansas	8	–	6	.571	11	–	14	.440
Nebraska	5	–	9	.357	12	–	13	.480
Oklahoma State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	14	.440
Iowa State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	16	.360
Missouri	3	–	11	.214	6	–	19	.240

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1958–59 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University as a member of the Big 8 Conference during the 1958–59 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Tex Winter, innovator of the Triangle offense and future member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, who was in his sixth year at the helm. The Wildcats finished with a record of 25–2 (14–0 Big 8), the No. 1 ranking in both major polls, but fell short of a second straight Final Four appearance after a loss to Cincinnati in the Midwest Regional final of the NCAA tournament.

The team played its home games at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kansas.

Roster

1958–59 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	4	Bill Guthridge	—	—	Jr	Parsons, Kansas
F	30	Bob Boozer	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Omaha, Nebraska
F	34	Wally Frank	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr

Head coach

Tex Winter

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
Dec 1, 1958*		Purdue	W 96–83	1–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 6, 1958*		Indiana	W 82–79 ^OT	2–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 12, 1958*	No. 3	at California	W 68–65	3–0	Harmon Gym Berkeley, California
Dec 13, 1958*	No. 3	at San Francisco	W 53–52	4–0	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, California
Dec 15, 1958*	No. 3	at BYU	L 68–77	4–1	Smith Fieldhouse Provo, Utah
Dec 19, 1958*	No. 3	No. 4 NC State	W 69–67	5–1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 20, 1958*	No. 3	vs. No. 14 Saint Joseph's	W 68–55	6–1	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 26, 1958*	No. 4	vs. Missouri Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 69–66	7–1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 29, 1958*	No. 4	Oklahoma Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 73–59	8–1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 30, 1958*	No. 3	vs. Colorado Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 67–66	9–1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Big Eight Regular season
Jan 5, 1959	No. 4	at Iowa State	W 59–56	10–1 (1–0)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
Jan 10, 1959	No. 4	Colorado	W 89–58	11–1 (2–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 12, 1959	No. 4	Oklahoma	W 90–45	12–1 (3–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Jan 17, 1959	No. 4	at Missouri	W 75–60	13–1 (4–0)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, Missouri
Jan 26, 1959	No. 3	Iowa State	W 78–55	14–1 (5–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 2, 1959	No. 3	at Nebraska	W 50–43	15–1 (6–0)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, Nebraska
Feb 7, 1959	No. 3	at Colorado	W 70–59	16–1 (7–0)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, Colorado
Feb 11, 1959	No. 3	Kansas Sunflower Showdown	W 82–72	17–1 (8–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 14, 1959*	No. 3	Oklahoma State	W 60–49	18–1 (9–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Feb 16, 1959	No. 3	at Oklahoma	W 75–55	19–1 (10–0)	McCasland Field House Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 21, 1959	No. 4	at Oklahoma State	W 62–50	20–1 (11–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma
Feb 27, 1959	No. 4	at Kansas Sunflower Showdown	W 87–77	21–1 (12–0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Mar 7, 1959*	No. 2	Missouri	W 108–69	22–1 (13–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
Mar 9, 1959*	No. 1	Nebraska	W 76–54	24–1 (14–0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, Kansas
NCAA Tournament
Mar 13, 1959*	No. 1	vs. DePaul Midwest Regional semifinal	W 102–70	25–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
Mar 14, 1959*	No. 1	vs. No. 5 Cincinnati Midwest Regional final	L 75–85	25–2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	Not released	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1
Coaches	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1

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Awards and honors

Bob Boozer – Consensus First-team All-American (2x), Big Eight Player of the Year (2x)
Tex Winter – Big Eight Coach of the Year

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Bob Boozer	Cincinnati Royals

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1958-59 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ "2018-19 Kansas State Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Kansas State University Athletics. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 670–671. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "1957-58 College Basketball Polls". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ "1959 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[1] sports-reference.com 1958-59 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[2] "2018-19 Kansas State Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Kansas State University Athletics. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[ESPN-3] *ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. pp. 670–671. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[4] "1957-58 College Basketball Polls". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[5] "1959 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

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Venues	Manhattan YMCA (1902–1911) Nichols Hall (1911–1950) Ahearn Field House (1950–1988) Bramlage Coliseum (1988–present)
Rivalries	Kansas
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Kansas Wildcats" "Wabash Cannonball" Wildcat Victory The Pride of Wildcat Land
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 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 appearances in italics