1940–41 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1940–41 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Big Six Regular Season Co-Champions
Fifth District NCAA Qualifying Game
Conference	Big Six
1940–41 record	15-4 (7-3 Big Six)
Head coach	Louis Menze
Home arena	State Gymnasium

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]

Player stats

Note: PPG = Points per Game

Player	Class	Pos	PPG
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	Opponent*	Location	Result	Overall	Conference
Big 6 Conference Standing: 1st
Regular Season Games
December 4, 1940	Cornell	Ames, IA	W 37-22	1–0
December 7, 1940	Coe	Ames, IA	W 28-23	2–0
December 9, 1940	at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	W 37-36	3–0
December 14, 1940	at Bradley	Peoria, IL	W 31-28	4–0
December 21, 1940	Grinnell	Ames, IA	W 43-37	5–0
December 31, 1940	Drake	Ames, IA	W 45-26	6–0
January 4, 1941	at Drake	Des Moines, IA	W 36-30	7–0
January 6, 1941	Montana State	Ames, IA	W 41-27	8–0
January 13, 1941	at Kansas	Lawrence, KS	L 44-41	8–1	0–1
January 18, 1941	Missouri	Ames, IA	W 40-37	9–1	1–1
January 25, 1941	Nebraska	Ames, IA	L 38-35	9–2	1–2
February 1, 1941	at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	L 41-36	9–3	1–3
February 8, 1941	at Oklahoma	Norman, OK	W 35-33	10–3	2–3
February 10, 1941	at Kansas State	Manhattan, KS	W 50-41	11–3	3–3
February 17, 1941	Oklahoma	Ames, IA	W 44-30	12–3	4–3
February 24, 1941	at Missouri	Columbia, MO	W 49-29	13–3	5–3
March 1, 1941	Kansas State	Ames, IA	W 36-33	14–3	6–3
March 3, 1941	Kansas	Ames, IA	W 41-29	15–3	7–3
Fifth District NCAA Qualifying Game
March 18, 1941	Creighton	Kansas City, MO	L 57-48	15–4
Rank according to ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. ^#All times are in CST. Conference games in BOLD*.

References

Green, Mike (2017-08-08). "Cyclone Stars From The 1940s Highlight Reunion". Cyclone Sidebar. Retrieved 2020-07-01.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/isuni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2020/4/23/2020_21_Results2.pdf

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[1] Green, Mike (2017-08-08). "Cyclone Stars From The 1940s Highlight Reunion". Cyclone Sidebar. Retrieved 2020-07-01.

Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band
People	Head coaches Notable players Statistical leaders
Hosted Tournaments	Cyclone Challenge ISU Holiday Classic
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

1940–41 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
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