1936–37 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team

The 1936–37 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represented Iowa State University during the 1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Louis Menze, who was in his ninth season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the State Gymnasium in Ames, Iowa.

1936–37 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	3–15 (0–10 Big Six)
Head coach	Louis Menze (9th season)
Assistant coach	Joseph Truskowski
Home arena	State Gymnasium

1936–37 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kansas	8	–	2		.800			15	–	4		.789
Nebraska	8	–	2		.800			13	–	7		.650
Oklahoma	7	–	3		.700			12	–	4		.750
Kansas State	5	–	5		.500			9	–	9		.500
Missouri	2	–	8		.200			7	–	9		.438
Iowa State	0	–	10		.000			3	–	15		.167

They finished the season 3–15, 0–10 in Big Six play to finish in sixth place.

Roster

1936–37 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G Don Atkinson — — F Bob Blahnik — — Jr F Lavern Diekman — — F Jack Flemming (C) — — Sr Spirit Lake, Iowa G George Gibson — — G Chuck Heileman — 190 lb (86 kg) F Maurice Johnson — — Sr LeGrand, Iowa F Bob Kliebenstein — — G Don Perkins — — C Fred Poole — — F Harry Roschlau — — C Burton Thomson — — Sr	Head coach Louis Menze Assistant coach(es) Joseph Truskowski Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 4, 1936*		Central	W 37–30	1–0	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
December 11, 1936*		Grinnell	W 39–26	2–0	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
December 18, 1936*		Denver	L 31–36	2–1	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
December 30, 1936*		Utah	W 40–27	3–1	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
January 2, 1937*		at Minnesota	L 16–49	3–2	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 4, 1937*		at Creighton	L 28–33	3–3	University Gym  Omaha, Nebraska
January 9, 1937		Kansas State	L 31–44	3–4 (0–1)	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
January 13, 1937		Missouri	L 28–31	3–5 (0–2)	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
January 16, 1937		at Nebraska	L 33–45	3–6 (0–3)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, Nebraska
January 20, 1937		at Missouri	L 37–39	3–7 (0–4)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, Missouri
January 23, 1937* 8:15 pm		at Drake Iowa Big Four	L 20–35	3–8	Drake Fieldhouse  Des Moines, Iowa
January 30, 1937*		Drake Iowa Big Four	L 32–36	3–9	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
February 5, 1937		Kansas	L 26–36	3–10 (0–5)	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
February 13, 1937		at Kansas	L 26–36	3–11 (0–6)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, Kansas
February 15, 1937		at Oklahoma	L 22–28	3–12 (0–7)	OU Field House  Norman, Oklahoma
February 22, 1937		at Kansas State	L 22–28	3–13 (0–8)	Nichols Hall  Manhattan, Kansas
February 27, 1937		Oklahoma	L 42–48	3–14 (0–9)	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
March 3, 1937		Nebraska	L 31–48	3–15 (0–10)	State Gymnasium  Ames, Iowa
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.