1940–41 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
1940–41 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball | |
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Big Six Regular Season Champion | |
Fifth District NCAA Qualifying Game | |
Conference | Big Six Conference |
Record | 15–4 (7–3 Big Six) |
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Home arena | State Gymnasium |
Seasons |
The 1940–41 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State College in the 1940–41 college basketball season. The team was led by 13th-year head coach Louis Menze. In 1939–40, the Cyclones finished 9-9 overall (2-8 in the Big Six Conference). The team's captains were Al Budolfson and Gordon Nicholas. The Cyclones shared the Big Six conference championship with the Kansas Jayhawks. This marked the first time that Iowa State had ever qualified for the postseason; they would face Creighton in a district qualifying game for the 1941 NCAA Tournament, where they would fall, 57-48.[1]
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 15 | – | 4 | .789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
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Player stats
Note: PPG = Points per Game
Player | Class | Pos | PPG |
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Gordon Nicholas | Sr | C | 9.7 |
Al Budolfson | Jr | F | 8.1 |
Dale DeKoster | Sr | G | 7.3 |
Carol Schneider | Jr | G | 7.0 |
Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
December 4, 1940* 7:15 pm | Cornell | W 37–22 | 1–0 | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
December 7, 1940* | Coe | W 28–23 | 2–0 | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
December 9, 1940* | at Minnesota | W 37–36 | 3–0 | Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
December 14, 1940* | at Bradley Tech | W 31–28 | 4–0 | Peoria Armory Peoria, IL | |||||||
December 21, 1940* | Grinnell | W 43–37 | 5–0 | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
December 31, 1940* | Drake Iowa Big Four | W 45–26 | 6–0 | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
January 4, 1941* 8:15 pm | at Drake Iowa Big Four | W 36–30 | 7–0 | Drake Fieldhouse Des Moines, IA | |||||||
January 6, 1941* 7:15 pm | Montana | W 41–27 | 8–0 | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
January 13, 1941 | at Kansas | L 41–44 | 8–1 (0–1) | Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS | |||||||
January 18, 1941 | Missouri | W 40–37 | 9–1 (1–1) | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
January 25, 1941 7:30 pm | Nebraska | L 35–38 | 9–2 (1–2) | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
February 1, 1941 | at Nebraska | L 36–41 | 9–3 (1–3) | Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE | |||||||
February 8, 1941 | at Oklahoma | W 35–33 | 10–3 (2–3) | OU Field House Norman, OK | |||||||
February 10, 1941 | at Kansas State | W 50–41 | 11–3 (3–3) | Nichols Hall Manhattan, KS | |||||||
February 17, 1941 | Oklahoma | W 44–30 | 12–3 (4–3) | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
February 24, 1941 | at Missouri | W 49–29 | 13–3 (5–3) | Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO | |||||||
March 1, 1941 | Kansas State | W 36–33 | 14–3 (6–3) | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
March 3, 1941 | Kansas | W 41–29 | 15–3 (7–3) | State Gymnasium Ames, IA | |||||||
Postseason | |||||||||||
March 18, 1941* 9:00 pm | vs. Creighton Fifth District NCAA Qualifying Game | L 48–57 | 15–4 | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |
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References
- ^ Green, Mike (August 8, 2017). "Cyclone Stars From The 1940s Highlight Reunion". Cyclone Sidebar. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ (1) December 4, 1940 (Page 16 of 22). Des Moines Register (1871-2008) 1940 Dec 04(166):16.
- ^ "Iowa State Men's Basketball All-Time Results" (PDF). Iowa State University Athletic Department. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/isuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2020/4/23/2020_21_Results2.pdf
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