1956–57 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1956–57 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1956–57 record	13–9 (8–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	William Perigo
Assistant coach	Dave Strack
Assistant coach	Matt Patanelli
MVP	Ron Kramer
Captain	Ron Kramer
Home arena	Fielding H. Yost Field House

	Conf				Overall
1956–57 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Indiana	10	–	4	.714	14	–	8	.636
#11 Michigan State	10	–	4	.714	16	–	10	.615
Minnesota	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
Purdue	8	–	6	.571	15	–	7	.682
Michigan	8	–	6	.571	13	–	9	.591
Illinois	7	–	7	.500	14	–	8	.636
Iowa	4	–	10	.286	8	–	14	.364
Wisconsin	3	–	11	.214	5	–	17	.227
Northwestern	2	–	12	.143	6	–	16	.273

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956–57 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1956–57 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team played its home games at Fielding H. Yost Field House (renamed Yost Ice Arena in 1973) on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Under the direction of head coach William Perigo, the team finished tied for fifth in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] Future College Football Hall of Famer Ron Kramer established the school career scoring record with 1119. The record would last until 1961, when John Tidwell totaled 1386.^[2] Kramer served as team captain and earned team MVP for the third year in a row.^[3]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Five players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.^[4]^[5]^[6] Ferguson accumulated no statistics.

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1957	5	2	34	Ron Kramer	Detroit Pistons
1957	7	3	51	George Ferguson	Minneapolis Lakers
1958	7	6	53	Pete Tillotson	Syracuse Nationals
1959	4	2	24	George Lee	Detroit Pistons
1959	11	2	73	M. C. Burton	Detroit Pistons

Notes

↑ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 195.
↑ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 162.
↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10.
↑ "1957 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
↑ "1958 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
↑ "1959 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Venues	Waterman Gymnasium (1908–1923) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923–1967) Crisler Center (1967–present)

Rivalries	Duke Michigan State

Culture & lore	Maize Rage Fab Five (film) Scandal Michigan IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics