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1957-58 Independent Season Summary

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Record: 695-479, .592 W-L% (3rd of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Temple

NCAA Tournament: 6 (Boston College, Idaho State, Loyola (LA), Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Seattle and Temple)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 5 (Memphis, Notre Dame, Seattle, Syracuse and Temple)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Dayton, Notre Dame, Seattle and Temple)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
West Virginia Tech 22 1 .957
Temple* RF 27 3 .900
Dayton  25 4 .862
Notre Dame*  24 5 .828
Saint Francis (PA)  20 5 .800
Seattle* F 23 6 .793
Idaho State 22 6 .786
Boston University  15 5 .750
Iona  18 6 .750
Providence  18 6 .750
Air Force  17 6 .739
Pittsburgh*  18 7 .720
Boston College*  15 6 .714
Fresno State  19 8 .704
Montana State  18 8 .692
Memphis  15 7 .682
Bucknell  16 8 .667
Loyola (IL)  16 8 .667
Saint Joseph's  18 9 .667
Holy Cross  16 9 .640
La Salle  16 9 .640
Loyola (LA)*  16 9 .640
Miami (FL)  14 8 .636
Xavier  19 11 .633
Portland  18 11 .621
Gonzaga  16 10 .615
Lafayette  16 10 .615
Butler  15 10 .600
Kentucky Wesleyan  14 10 .583
Oklahoma City  14 12 .538
Syracuse  11 10 .524
Washington (MO)  11 10 .524
Villanova  12 11 .522
Army  13 12 .520
Detroit Mercy  13 12 .520
Louisville  13 12 .520
Marquette  11 11 .500
Muhlenburg  12 12 .500
Navy  10 10 .500
Georgetown  10 11 .476
Duquesne  10 12 .455
Lehigh  8 10 .444
Penn State  8 11 .421
Delaware  8 12 .400
DePaul  8 12 .400
Florida State  9 16 .360
Valparaiso  7 14 .333
Rutgers  7 15 .318
Colgate  6 16 .273
Seton Hall  7 19 .269
Siena  5 15 .250

AP Poll Summary

School 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
Temple 10     13 12 12 11 11 10 7 6 5 5 5
Notre Dame 15                 17 10 8 7 8
Dayton             17 16 14 14 11 10 8 11
Seattle 14 12 15   20       16 16 17 18 19 18
La Salle       20                    
Memphis 20       18                  
Syracuse 17                          

NCAA Tournament

Regional Third Place
Idaho State lost (57-51) versus San Francisco (West Regional)

National Third Place
Temple won (67-57) versus Kansas State

First Round
Boston College lost (86-63) versus Maryland (East Regional)
Idaho State won (72-68) versus Arizona State (West Regional)
Loyola (LA) lost (59-42) versus Oklahoma State (Midwest Regional)
Notre Dame won (94-61) versus Tennessee Tech (Mideast Regional)
Pittsburgh lost (82-77) versus Miami (OH) (Mideast Regional)
Seattle won (88-51) versus Wyoming (West Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Idaho State lost (54-43) versus California (West Regional)
Notre Dame won (94-87) versus Indiana (Mideast Regional)
Seattle won (69-67) versus San Francisco (West Regional)
Temple won (71-67) versus Maryland (East Regional)

Regional Final
Notre Dame lost (89-56) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Seattle won (66-62) versus California (West Regional)
Temple won (69-50) versus Dartmouth (East Regional)

National Semifinal
Seattle won (73-51) versus Kansas State
Temple lost (61-60) versus Kentucky

National Final
Seattle lost (84-72) versus Kentucky