1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1956 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

McGaw Hall
Evanston, Illinois

Champions

San Francisco (2nd title)

Runner-up

Iowa (1st title game)

Semifinalists

SMU (1st Final Four)
Temple (1st Final Four)

Winning coach

Phil Woolpert (2nd title)

MOP

Hal Lear Temple

Attendance

132,513

Top scorer

Hal Lear Temple
(160 points)

NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments

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The 1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1956, and ended with the championship game on March 24 on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 29 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.

This was the first NCAA tournament in which the four regionals were given distinct names, although the concept of four regional winners advancing to a single site for the "Final Four" had been introduced in 1952.

San Francisco, coached by Phil Woolpert, won the national title with an 83–71 victory in the final game over Iowa, coached by Bucky O'Connor. Hal Lear of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents

1 Locations
2 Teams
3 Bracket
4 Notes
5 See also
6 References

Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	New York City, New York
Far West	Corvallis, Oregon	Seattle, Washington
Midwest	Iowa City, Iowa	Fort Wayne, Indiana
West	Lawrence, Kansas	Wichita, Kansas
Finals	Evanston, Illinois

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Canisius	Joseph Curran	Regional Runner-up	Temple	L 60-58
East	n/a	Connecticut	Hugh Greer	Regional Fourth Place	Dartmouth	L 85-64
East	n/a	Dartmouth	Doggie Julian	Regional Third Place	Connecticut	W 85-64
East	n/a	Holy Cross	Roy Leenig	First round	Temple	L 74-72
East	n/a	Manhattan	Ken Norton	First round	Connecticut	L 84-75
East	n/a	North Carolina State	Everett Case	First round	Canisius	L 79-78
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	Third Place	SMU	W 90-81
East	n/a	West Virginia	Fred Schaus	First round	Dartmouth	L 61-59
Far West
Far West	n/a	Idaho State	Steve Belko	First round	Seattle	L 68-66
Far West	n/a	San Francisco	Phil Woolpert	Champion	Iowa	W 83-71
Far West	n/a	Seattle	Al Brightman	Regional Fourth Place	UCLA	L 94-70
Far West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Regional Third Place	Seattle	W 94-70
Far West	n/a	Utah	Jack Gardner	Regional Runner-up	San Francisco	L 92-77
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	DePaul	Ray Meyer	First round	Wayne State	L 72-63
Midwest	n/a	Iowa	Bucky O'Connor	Runner Up	San Francisco	L 83-71
Midwest	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Runner-up	Iowa	L 89-77
Midwest	n/a	Marshall	Jule Rivlin	First round	Morehead State	L 107-92
Midwest	n/a	Morehead State	Robert Laughlin	Regional Third Place	Wayne State	W 95-84
Midwest	n/a	Wayne State	Joel Mason	Regional Fourth Place	Morehead State	L 95-84
West
Midwest	n/a	Houston	Alden Pasche	Regional Fourth Place	Kansas State	L 89-70
West	n/a	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Regional Third Place	Houston	W 89-70
West	n/a	Memphis State	Eugene Lambert	First round	Oklahoma City	L 97-81
West	n/a	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	Regional Runner-up	SMU	L 84-63
West	n/a	SMU	Doc Hayes	Fourth Place	Temple	L 90-81
West	n/a	Texas Tech	Polk Robison	First round	SMU	L 68-67

Bracket

East Region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Connecticut

Manhattan

Connecticut

Temple

Holy Cross

Temple

Canisius

Dartmouth

West Virginia

59*

Dartmouth

Canisius

N.C. State

78****

Midwest Region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Iowa

Morehead St.

Morehead St.

107

Marshall

Iowa

Kentucky

Kentucky

Wayne St-MI

Wayne St-MI

DePaul

West Region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Houston	74

				SMU	89
	SMU	68

	Texas Tech	67
							SMU	84
							Oklahoma City	63


				Kansas St.	93

				Oklahoma City	97
	Oklahoma City	97

	Memphis St.	81

Far West Region

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Utah	81

				Seattle	72
	Seattle	68

	Idaho St.	66
							Utah	77
							San Francisco	92


				San Francisco	72

				UCLA	61

Final Four

National Semifinals			National Championship Game

E	Temple	76
ME	Iowa	83
			ME	Iowa	71
			W	San Francisco	83
MW	SMU	68
W	San Francisco	86	National Third Place Game
			E	Temple	90
			MW	SMU	81

Notes

Canisius's first-round victory over the second-ranked North Carolina State Wolfpack, considered by many to be among the top ten upsets in tournament history,^[1]^[2] set a record for most overtime periods in a Division I Men's tournament game with four, a record that still stands as of 2009 (tied once, in 1961).^[3]

Northwestern University previously hosted the first ever NCAA Men's Basketball Championship game on March 27, 1939 in the first Patten Gym. ^[4]

References

^ http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/ncaatourneyupset.html
^ Top 25 Upsets in NCAA Tournament History--#5, Prepticket.com. Accessed 2009-04-02. Archived 2009-05-04.
^ The Sports Network. "The Sports Network - Men's College Basketball". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cbask/mmad/2009/stat.aspx?f=teams_records. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament

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Structure	Selection process Venues Opening Round

Champions & awards	Champions Most Outstanding Player

Media & culture	Bracketology Final Four Broadcasters March Madness pools "One Shining Moment"

Records & statistics	All-time team records Bids by school Bids by school and conference Consecutive appearances Final Four appearances by school Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Elite Eight appearances by coach Upsets

v t e San Francisco Dons Men's Basketball 1955–56 NCAA Champions

Carl Boldt Gene Brown Mike Farmer K. C. Jones Hal Perry Mike Preaseau Bill Russell Head Coach Phil Woolpert

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