1957–58 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

The 1957–58 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1957–58 college basketball season. The Razorbacks played their home games in Barnhill Arena (then known as Razorback Fieldhouse) in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Arkansas competed in the Southwest Conference. It was former Razorback All-American Glen Rose's sixth season in his second stint as head coach of the Hogs and fifteenth season overall as Arkansas's coach.^[1] The Razorbacks tied for the Southwest Conference championship with a record of 9–5 against SWC teams and 17–10 overall.^[2][3] Arkansas earned the SWC's bid to the NCAA Tournament, but lost both its second-round game and regional consolation match.^[4][5] The Oklahoma State team that beat Arkansas in the Sweet Sixteen featured future Razorback head coach Eddie Sutton at point guard.^[6]

1957–58 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
Southwest Conference Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	17–10 (9–5 SWC)
Head coach	Glen Rose (6th consecutive season; 15th overall season)
Home arena	Razorback Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1956–57 1958–59 →

1957–58 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Arkansas	9	–	5		.643			17	–	10		.630
SMU	9	–	5		.643			15	–	10		.600
TCU	8	–	6		.571			17	–	7		.708
Texas Tech	8	–	6		.571			15	–	8		.652
Rice	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Texas A&M	7	–	7		.500			11	–	13		.458
Texas	5	–	9		.357			10	–	13		.435
Baylor	3	–	11		.214			5	–	19		.208
Rankings from AP Poll

1958 was Arkansas's fourteenth SWC Championship and its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance.^[7] Glen Rose won his fifth SWC championship as coach of the Razorbacks and the only conference championship of his second tenure as head coach.^[8] Arkansas was ranked in the AP Poll for the second time in program history on January 20, 1958.^[9] The Hogs were ranked for consecutive weeks for the first time ever when they were ranked for three straight weeks before losing to Rice and falling out of the polls.^[10] Senior Fred Grim was named First Team All-SWC, First Team All-District, and AP All-American Honorable Mention.^[11] Grim was drafted in the fifth round of the 1958 NBA draft by the Syracuse Nationals.^[12]

Roster

Roster retrieved from HogStats.com.^[13]

1957–58 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 12 Fred Grim 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Green Forest High School Green Forest, Arkansas G 24 Larry Grisham 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Jonesboro High School Oklahoma State Jonesboro, Arkansas F 34 Harry Thompson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Mount Pleasant High School Mount Pleasant, Arkansas G 11 Tommy Rankin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Jonesboro High School Jonesboro, Arkansas C 25 Jay Carpenter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr N/A Jefferson City, Missouri F 21 Wayne Dunn 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Hampton High School Hampton, Arkansas F 22 Lawrence Stolzer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Little Rock Central High School Little Rock Junior College Little Rock, Arkansas G 10 Dick Rittman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Subiaco Academy Mississippi Stuttgart, Arkansas G 30 Ora Lee Boss 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Green Forest High School Green Forest, Arkansas F 32 Zane Hankins 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Newport High School Newport, Arkansas C 21 Willis Edmiston 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Lincoln High School Lincoln, Arkansas	Head coach Glen Rose (Arkansas) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: July 15, 2021

Schedule and Results

Schedule retrieved from HogStats.com.^[14]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 2, 1957*		at Oklahoma	L 52–64	0–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, Oklahoma
December 4, 1957*		New Mexico A&M	W 59–50	1–1	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 7, 1957*		at Tulsa	W 79–61	2–1	Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion  Tulsa, Oklahoma
December 13, 1957*		Mississippi	W 61–58	3–1	Robinson Auditorium  Little Rock, Arkansas
December 16, 1957*		No. 5 Kansas State	L 48–63	3–2	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 20, 1957*		Missouri	W 55–45	4–2	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
December 26, 1957*		vs. Texas SWC Tournament	W 83–67	5–2	Houston, Texas
December 27, 1957*		vs. Rice SWC Tournament	L 49–50	5–3	Houston, Texas
December 28, 1957*		vs. Texas Tech SWC Tournament	W 71–67	6–3	Houston, Texas
January 4, 1958		at Texas	W 57–55	7–3 (1–0)	Gregory Gymnasium  Austin, Texas
January 6, 1958		at Baylor	W 68–53	8–3 (2–0)	Heart O' Texas Fair Coliseum  Waco, Texas
January 10, 1958		TCU	W 65–49	9–3 (3–0)	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 13, 1958		Texas Tech	W 58–55	10–3 (4–0)	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 23, 1958*	No. 20	Tulsa	W 50–43	11–3 (4–0)	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 28, 1958	No. 17	Texas A&M	W 67–51	12–3 (5–0)	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 1, 1958	No. 17	at SMU	L 46–49	12–4 (5–1)	Moody Coliseum  Dallas, Texas
February 3, 1958	No. 17	at TCU	W 56–46	13–4 (6–1)	Fort Worth High School  Fort Worth, Texas
February 8, 1958	No. 18	Rice	L 59–63	13–5 (6–2)	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 11, 1958		SMU	W 65–63	14–5 (7–2)	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
February 15, 1958		at Texas Tech	L 48–69	14–6 (7–3)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum  Lubbock, Texas
February 22, 1958		at Texas A&M	L 57–66	14–7 (7–4)	G. Rollie White Coliseum  College Station, Texas
February 24, 1958		at Rice	L 59–61	14–8 (7–5)	Tudor Fieldhouse  Houston, Texas
March 1, 1958		Baylor	W 79–55	15–8 (8–5)	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
March 4, 1958		Texas	W 74–60	16–8 (9–5)	Razorback Fieldhouse  Fayetteville, Arkansas
March 11, 1958*		vs. SMU District VI Playoff	W 61–55	17–8 (9–5)	Shreveport, Louisiana
NCAA Tournament
March 14, 1958*		vs. No. 18 Oklahoma State Sweet Sixteen	L 40–65	17–9 (9–5)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
March 15, 1958*		vs. No. 3 Cincinnati Regional Consolation Game	L 62–97	17–10 (9–5)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, Kansas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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