1950–51 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team

1950–51 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball
1950–51 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament, Final Four; MVC Season Champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	29–6 (12–2 MVC)
Head coach	Henry Iba;
Home arena	Gallagher Hall
	Seasons ← 1949–50 1951–52 →

1950–51 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma A&M	12	–	2	.857	29	–	6	.829
No. 6 Bradley	11	–	3	.786	32	–	6	.842
No. 10 Saint Louis	11	–	3	.786	22	–	8	.733
Detroit	7	–	7	.500	17	–	14	.548
Wichita Municipal	5	–	9	.357	9	–	16	.360
Drake	4	–	10	.286	11	–	14	.440
Tulsa	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370
Houston	2	–	12	.143	11	–	17	.393

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950–51 Oklahoma A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Oklahoma A&M College, now known as Oklahoma State University,^[1] in NCAA competition in the 1950–51 season.

NCAA tournament

West
- Oklahoma A&M 50, Montana State 46
- Oklahoma A&M 61, Washington 57
Final Four
- Kansas State 68, Oklahoma A&M 44
Third Place Game
- Illinois 61, Oklahoma A&M 46

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Rankings

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
4	40	Gale McArthur	Minneapolis Lakers

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References

^ When Oklahoma A&M changed its name to Oklahoma State in 1957, it also adopted a new athletic nickname. Men's teams are now "Cowboys" and women's teams are now "Cowgirls".
^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ "1951 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

[1] When Oklahoma A&M changed its name to Oklahoma State in 1957, it also adopted a new athletic nickname. Men's teams are now "Cowboys" and women's teams are now "Cowgirls".

[2] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[3] "1951 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2009.

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v t e Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
Venues	Armory–Gymnasium (1919–1938) Gallagher-Iba Arena (1938–present)
Rivalries	Oklahoma
Culture & lore	Bullet Pistol Pete 2001 team plane crash 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics