For the first time in program history, the Iowa State men's basketball team is ranked No ... That honor went to Iowa State's Gary Thompson. Thompson, a 5-foot-10-inch guard from Roland, Iowa ...

CYCLONES ARE CELEBRATING A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE MEN’S BASKETBALL ... Thompson to its All-American first team that year. Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas center, kicks up a long leg as three Iowa ...

led by future basketball Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain, who, despite leading the conference in points and rebounds per game, was not the 1956-57 Big Seven Player of the Year. That honor went to Iowa ...