1955-1956 Season Summary for Iowa Hawkeyes | Basketball - Summary of Iowa football and basketball games

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1955-1956 Iowa Basketball Year in Review

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Big Ten Champions and NCAA Regional Champions (Final Four)
Summary: The "Fabulous Five" made up of Carl Cain, Bill Logan, Sharm Scheuerman, Bill Schoof and Bill Seaberg, ended the season as NCAA runners‑up, dropping an 83‑71 decision to No. 1‑ranked San Francisco. It was their second consecutive trip to the Final Four. Iowa lost its Big Ten opener before winning 13 consecutive games to take a second straight conference title. Cain was a first team All‑American and Logan led the team in scoring and rebounding.

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Bucky O'Connor

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RESULTS

Date	Opponent / Score	Hilites	Full Game
12/3/1955	Iowa vs Nebraska W 60 - 51
12/9/1955	#4 Iowa vs Southern Methodist W 80 - 62
12/12/1955	#4 Iowa @ Colorado L 57 - 60
12/17/1955	#4 Iowa vs Loyola Marymount W 84 - 61
12/27/1955	#6 Iowa @ Washington L 71 - 76
12/29/1955	Iowa @ Stanford L 52 - 54
12/30/1955	Iowa @ California L 45 - 70
1/7/1956	Iowa vs #20 Michigan State L 64 - 65
1/9/1956	Iowa @ #10 Ohio State W 88 - 73
1/14/1956	Iowa vs Minnesota W 84 - 62
1/21/1956	#20 Iowa @ Michigan W 78 - 67
1/23/1956	#20 Iowa @ Purdue W 67 - 63
2/4/1956	#19 Iowa vs Wichita State W 98 - 86
2/6/1956	#19 Iowa @ Wisconsin W 78 - 74
2/11/1956	#17 Iowa @ Northwestern W 70 - 65
2/13/1956	#17 Iowa vs Purdue W 88 - 75
2/18/1956	#15 Iowa vs Wisconsin W 80 - 66
2/20/1956	#15 Iowa @ Indiana W 87 - 83
2/25/1956	#13 Iowa @ Minnesota W 83 - 73
2/27/1956	#13 Iowa vs Northwestern W 86 - 68
3/3/1956	#10 Iowa vs #2 Illinois W 96 - 72
3/5/1956	#10 Iowa vs Indiana W 84 - 73
3/16/1956	#5 Iowa vs Morehead State W 97 - 83
3/17/1956	#5 Iowa vs #9 Kentucky W 89 - 77
3/22/1956	#5 Iowa vs #15 Temple W 83 - 76
3/23/1956	#4 Iowa vs #1 San Francisco L 71 - 83

Total Wins	Total Losses	Total Ties	Win %
20	6	0	76.92%

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1955-1956 IOWA BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF

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Bucky O'Connor

Bucky O'Connor
Head Coach

1955-1956 IOWA BASKETBALL PLAYER ROSTER

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Carl Cain

Carl Cain (G)

Freeport, Illinois [High]

Robert George

Robert George

Dave Gunther

Dave Gunther (F)

Le Mars, Iowa [High]

Lester 'Les' Hawthorne

Lester 'Les' Hawthorne

William 'Bill' Logan

William 'Bill' Logan (F)

Augustine 'Augie' Martel

Augustine 'Augie' Martel

Jim McConnell

Jim McConnell

Thomas Payne

Thomas Payne

Milton 'Sharm' Scheuerman

Milton 'Sharm' Scheuerman

Rock Island, Illinois [High]

Bill Schoof

Bill Schoof

Chicago Heights, Illinois [Bloom]

William 'Bill' Seaberg

William 'Bill' Seaberg (G)

Moline, Illinois [High]

Frank Sebolt

Frank Sebolt

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