| 1955 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 24 | ||
| Finals Site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Champions | San Francisco (1st title) | ||
| Runner-Up | La Salle (2nd title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Colorado (2nd Final Four) Iowa (1st Final Four) |
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| Winning Coach | Phil Woolpert (1st title) | ||
| MOP | Bill Russell San Francisco | ||
| Attendance | 116,983 | ||
| Top scorer | Bill Russell San Francisco (118 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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The 1955 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1955, and ended with the championship game on March 19 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 28 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
San Francisco, coached by Phil Woolpert, won the national title with a 77-63 victory in the final game over La Salle, coached by Ken Loeffler. Bill Russell of San Francisco was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
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Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | Evanston, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lexington, Kentucky, New York City, New York |
| West | Corvallis, Oregon, Manhattan, Kansas | El Reno, Oklahoma, San Francisco, California |
| Finals | Kansas City, Missouri |
Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | n/a | Canisius | Joseph Curran | Elite Eight | La Salle | L 99-64 |
| East | n/a | Duke | Harold Bradley | First round | Villanova | L 74-73 |
| East | n/a | Iowa | Bucky O'Connor | Fourth Place | Colorado | L 75-54 |
| East | n/a | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Regional Third Place | Penn State | W 84-59 |
| East | n/a | La Salle | Ken Loeffler | Runner Up | San Francisco | L 77-63 |
| East | n/a | Marquette | Jack Nagle | Elite Eight | Iowa | L 86-81 |
| East | n/a | Memphis State | Eugene Lambert | First round | Penn State | L 59-55 |
| East | n/a | Miami, Ohio | Bill Rohr | First round | Marquette | L 90-79 |
| East | n/a | Penn State | John Egli | Regional Fourth Place | Kentucky | L 84-59 |
| East | n/a | Princeton | Franklin Cappon | Regional Fourth Place | Villanova | L 64-57 |
| East | n/a | Villanova | Alex Severance | Regional Third Place | Princeton | W 64-57 |
| East | n/a | West Virginia | Fred Schaus | First Round | La Salle | L 95-61 |
| East | n/a | Williams | Alex Shaw | First Round | Canisius | L 73-60 |
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| West | n/a | Bradley | Bob Vanatta | Elite Eight | Colorado | L 93-81 |
| West | n/a | Colorado | Bebe Lee | Third Place | Iowa | W 75-54 |
| West | n/a | Idaho State | Steve Belko | First round | Seattle | L 80-63 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma City | Doyle Parrack | First round | Bradley | L 69-65 |
| West | n/a | Oregon State | Slats Gill | Elite Eight | San Francisco | L 57-56 |
| West | n/a | San Francisco | Phil Woolpert | Champion | La Salle | W 77-63 |
| West | n/a | Seattle | Al Brightman | Regional Fourth Place | Utah | L 108-85 |
| West | n/a | SMU | Doc Hayes | Regional Fourth Place | Tulsa | L 68-67 |
| West | n/a | Tulsa | Clarence Iba | Regional Third Place | SMU | W 68-67 |
| West | n/a | Utah | Jack Gardner | Regional Third Place | Seattle | W 108-85 |
| West | n/a | West Texas State | Gus Miller | First round | San Francisco | L 89-66 |
Bracket
East region
| First round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | |||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Miami-OH | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn St. | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn St. | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| Memphis St. | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 99 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
West region
| First round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | |||||||||||||||
| SMU | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 93 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oregon St. | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Idaho St. | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oregon St. | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| West Texas St. | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
National Championship
| National Championship Game | |||
| La Salle | 63 | ||
| San Francisco | 77 | ||
See also
External links
- 1955 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
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