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1951–52 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
1951–52 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Record	10–11 (4–8 Big Seven)
Head coach	Clay Sutherland (5th season);
Home arena	Iowa State Armory
	Seasons ← 1950–51 1952–53 →

1951–52 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Kansas	11	–	1	.917	28	–	3	.903
No. 3 Kansas State	10	–	2	.833	19	–	5	.792
Missouri	6	–	6	.500	14	–	10	.583
Iowa State	4	–	8	.333	10	–	11	.476
Colorado	4	–	8	.333	8	–	16	.333
Oklahoma	4	–	8	.333	7	–	17	.292
Nebraska	3	–	9	.250	7	–	17	.292

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1951–52 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1951–52 NCAA men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Clay Sutherland, who was in his fifth season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the Iowa State Armory in Ames, Iowa.

They finished the season 10–11, 4–8 in Big Seven play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

The February 11 home game against Kansas marked the first ever live telecast of an Iowa State basketball home game. WOI-TV broadcast the game in central Iowa.^[2]

Roster

1951–52 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	Barney Alleman	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Ankeny, Iowa
G	Virg Byerly	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—		Boone, Iowa
F	Jerry Davis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—		Ottumwa, Iowa
C	Delmar Diercks	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—		Mason City, Iowa
C	Chuck Duncan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr	Atlantic, Iowa
F	Howie Franks	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—		Fort Dodge, Iowa
F	George Hess	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—
F	Howie Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—		Shenandoah, Iowa
F	Paul Koch	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—
G	Sam Long	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	—		Ottumwa, Iowa
G	Jack Luhrig	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—
F	Clare Russie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—		Marshalltown, Iowa
F	Jim Stange (C)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—
G	Carl VanCleave	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—		Montezuma, Iowa
G	Dan Youngblade	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—

Head coach

Clay Sutherland

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1, 1951* 7:30 pm	South Dakota	W 54–50	1–0	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
December 3, 1951* 7:30 pm	at Morningside	W 65–63	2–0	Allee Gymnasium Sioux City, Iowa
December 7, 1951* 7:30 pm	at Creighton	W 57–49	3–0	University Gym Omaha, Nebraska
December 10, 1951* 7:30 pm	Drake Iowa Big Four	W 51–46	4–0	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
December 22, 1951* 8:15 pm	at Drake Iowa Big Four	L 57–68	4–1	Drake Fieldhouse Des Moines, Iowa
December 27, 1951* 9:45 pm	vs. Missouri Big Seven Holiday Tournament Quarterfinals	L 42–49	4–2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
December 28, 1951* 4:00 pm	vs. No. 13 Stanford Big Seven Holiday Tournament Consolation Semifinals	L 102–103	4–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
December 29, 1951* 2:00 pm	vs. Nebraska Big Seven Holiday Tournament Seventh Place	W 75–66	5–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
January 5, 1952 7:30 pm	Missouri	W 57–55	6–3 (1–0)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
January 12, 1952 9:00 pm	at Colorado	L 52–67	6–4 (1–1)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, Colorado
January 19, 1952 7:30 pm	at No. 9 Kansas State	L 58–76	6–5 (1–2)	Ahearn Fieldhouse Manhattan, Kansas
January 28, 1952 7:30 pm	Nebraska	W 78–72	7–5 (2–2)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
February 2, 1952 8:00 pm	at No. 4 Kansas	L 68–86	7–6 (2–3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, Kansas
February 4, 1952 7:30 pm	at Oklahoma	L 45–49	7–7 (2–4)	OU Field House Norman, Oklahoma
February 11, 1952 7:20 pm, WOI	No. 6 Kansas	L 50–55	7–8 (2–5)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
February 16, 1952* 7:30 pm	Creighton	W 59–58 ^OT	8–8	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
February 23, 1952 7:30 pm, WOI	Oklahoma	W 59–48	9–8 (3–5)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
February 25, 1952 8:00 pm	at Nebraska	L 53–75	9–9 (3–6)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, Nebraska
February 29, 1952	at Missouri	L 49–53	9–10 (3–7)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, Missouri
March 3, 1952 7:30 pm	No. 3 Kansas State	L 66–88	9–11 (3–8)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
March 8, 1952 7:30 pm	Colorado	W 69–62	10–11 (4–8)	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.