1954–55 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

1954–55 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	19–7 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bucky O'Connor
MVP	Bill Seaberg
Home arena	Iowa Field House

1954–55 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Iowa	11	–	3		.786			19	–	7		.731
No. 18 Illinois	10	–	4		.714			17	–	5		.773
No. 11 Minnesota	10	–	4		.714			15	–	7		.682
Michigan State	8	–	6		.571			13	–	9		.591
Northwestern	7	–	7		.500			12	–	10		.545
Purdue	5	–	9		.357			12	–	10		.545
Michigan	5	–	9		.357			11	–	11		.500
Wisconsin	5	–	9		.357			10	–	12		.455
Indiana	5	–	9		.357			8	–	14		.364
Ohio State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	12		.455
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954–55 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa in intercollegiate basketball during the 1954–55 season. The team finished the season with a 19–7 record (11-3 in Big Ten), won the Big Ten title, and made the school's first trip to the Final Four.

Roster

The group of juniors on this team – Sharm Scheuerman, Bill Logan, Carl Cain, Bill Seaberg and Bill Schoof – are known to Hawkeye fans as the "Fabulous Five."^[1]

1954–55 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown Henry Berry — — Jr – Chicago, IL F 21 Carl Cain 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Jr Freeport High School Freeport, IL Tom Choules — — Jr – Idaho Falls, ID Carter Crookham — — So – Oskaloosa, IA F 16 McKinley Davis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Sr – Freeport, IL C Douglas Duncan — — Sr – Salt Lake City, UT F/C 35 Bob George — — Jr – Deerfield, IL G Lester Hawthorne — — Jr – Saybrook, IL G 23 Roy Johnson — — Jr – Homewood, IL John Liston — — So – Knoxville, IL C 31 Bill Logan 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr – Keokuk, IA G 24 Augie Martel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) — So – Moline, IL Jerry Reichow — — Jr – Decorah, IA F Jerry Ridley — — Jr – Riverside, IL Richard Ritter — — Jr – Grinnell, IA G 46 Sharm Scheuerman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr Rock Island High School Moline, IL F 33 Bill Schoof 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Jr – Homewood, IL G 22 Bill Seaberg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr – Moline, IL Frank Sebolt — — So – Davenport, IA	Head coach Bucky O'Connor (Drake) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule/results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference
12/1/1954*		Washington (MO)	W 80–61	1–0	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
12/4/1954*		at Loyola (IL)	W 89–79	2–0	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
12/6/1954*	No. 4	Nebraska	W 84-61	3-0	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
12/11/1954*	No. 4	at Missouri	L 94–97	3–1	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
12/13/1954*	No. 13	Saint Mary's (CA)	W 68–49	4–1	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
12/17/1954*	No. 13	at Pennsylvania	L 75–87	4–2	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
12/18/1954*	No. 18	vs. Princeton	W 71–52	5–2	The Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
12/30/1954*	No. 19	Stanford	W 73–46	6–2	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
Conference
1/3/1955	No. 14	at Wisconsin	W 86–69	7–2 (1–0)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
1/8/1955	No. 14	No. 13 Minnesota	L 80–81	7–3 (1–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
1/10/1955	No. 19	Michigan State	W 94–81	8–3 (2–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
1/17/1955	No. 19	No. 7 Illinois	W 92–80	9–3 (3–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
1/22/1955	No. 19	at Northwestern	L 73–93	9–4 (3–2)	McGaw Hall  Evanston, IL
1/24/1955	No. 19	at Ohio State	W 79–66	10–4 (4–2)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum  Columbus, OH
2/5/1954		Purdue	W 76–67	11–4 (5–2)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/12/1955	No. 15	Indiana	W 90–75	12–4 (6–2)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/14/1955	No. 15	Ohio State	W 79–68[2]	13–4 (7–2)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/19/1955	No. 15	at Michigan State	W 78–69	14–4 (8–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
2/21/1955	No. 16	No. 13 Illinois	W 89–70[3]	15–4 (9–2)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
2/26/1955	No. 16	Michigan	W 96–84	16–4 (10–2)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/28/1955	No. 12	at No. 6 Minnesota	W 72–70	17–4 (11–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
3/7/1955	No. 12	at Michigan	L 58–74	17–5 (11–3)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
NCAA tournament
3/11/1955*	No. 5	vs. Penn State Regional semifinal	W 82–53[4]	18–5	McGaw Hall  Evanston, IL
3/12/1955*	No. 5	vs. No. 4 Marquette Regional Final	W 86–81	19–5	McGaw Hall  Evanston, IL
3/18/1955*	No. 5	vs. No. 3 La Salle National semifinal	L 73–76[5]	19–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
3/19/1955*	No. 5	vs. No. 15 Colorado National third-place game	L 54–75	19–7	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Main article: 1954–55 NCAA men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

• Carl Cain – Honorable Mention AP All-American

References

1. "Iowa basketball: A look back at the Fabulous Five". Hawk Central. August 31, 2010. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
2. "Hawks Stay in 2d With 79-68 Victory" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 15, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
3. "Hawks Trounce Illini, Still In Second" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. February 22, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
4. "Hot Hawkeyes Humiliate Penn State, 82-53" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 12, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
5. "Hawkeyes Lose to La Salle, 76-73" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. March 19, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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