1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Basketball Tournament |
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| Season | 1956–57 | ||
| Teams | 23 | ||
| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Champions | North Carolina (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | Kansas (4th title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Michigan State (1st Final Four) San Francisco (3rd Final Four) |
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| Winning coach | Frank McGuire (1st title) | ||
| MOP | Wilt Chamberlain Kansas | ||
| Attendance | 108,891 | ||
| Top scorer | Lennie Rosenbluth North Carolina (140 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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The 1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1957, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 27 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
North Carolina, coached by Frank McGuire, won the national title with a 54-53 triple-overtime victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Dick Harp. Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
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Tournament notes
North Carolina won two consecutive triple overtime games to win the championship. The North Carolina - Michigan State semi final game and North Carolina - Kansas final game both made USA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time at 11 and 6 respectively.[1]
Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | New York City, New York |
| Mideast | Lexington, Kentucky | Columbus, Ohio |
| Midwest | Dallas, Texas | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| West | Corvallis, Oregon | Pocatello, Idaho |
| Finals | Kansas City, Missouri |
Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | Canisius | Joseph Curran | Regional Third Place | Lafayette | W 82-76 |
| East | n/a | Connecticut | Hugh Greer | First round | Syracuse | L 82-76 |
| East | n/a | Lafayette | George Davidson | Regional Fourth Place | Canisius | L 82-76 |
| East | n/a | North Carolina | Frank McGuire | Champion | Kansas | W 54-53 |
| East | n/a | Syracuse | Marc Guley | Regional Runner-up | North Carolina | L 67-58 |
| East | n/a | West Virginia | Fred Schaus | First round | Canisius | L 64-56 |
| East | n/a | Yale | Joe Vancisin | First round | North Carolina | L 90-74 |
| Mideast | ||||||
| Mideast | n/a | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Regional Runner-up | Michigan State | L 80-68 |
| Mideast | n/a | Miami, Ohio | Bill Rohr | First round | Notre Dame | L 89-77 |
| Mideast | n/a | Michigan State | Forddy Anderson | Fourth Place | San Francisco | L 67-60 |
| Mideast | n/a | Morehead State | Robert Laughlin | First round | Pittsburgh | L 86-85 |
| Mideast | n/a | Notre Dame | John Jordan | Regional Third Place | Pittsburgh | W 86-85 |
| Mideast | n/a | Pittsburgh | Bob Timmons | Regional Fourth Place | Notre Dame | L 86-85 |
| Midwest | ||||||
| Midwest | n/a | Kansas | Dick Harp | Runner Up | North Carolina | L 54-53 |
| Midwest | n/a | Loyola, Louisiana | Jim McCafferty | First round | Oklahoma City | L 76-55 |
| Midwest | n/a | Oklahoma City | Abe Lemons | Regional Runner-up | Kansas | L 81-61 |
| Midwest | n/a | SMU | Doc Hayes | Regional Third Place | Saint Louis | W 78-68 |
| Midwest | n/a | Saint Louis | Eddie Hickey | Regional Fourth Place | SMU | L 78-68 |
| West | ||||||
| West | n/a | BYU | Stan Watts | Regional Third Place | Idaho State | W 65-54 |
| West | n/a | California | Pete Newell | Regional Runner-up | San Francisco | L 50-46 |
| West | n/a | Hardin-Simmons | Bill Scott | First round | Idaho State | L 68-57 |
| West | n/a | Idaho State | John Grayson | Regional Fourth Place | BYU | L 65-54 |
| West | n/a | San Francisco | Phil Woolpert | Third Place | Michigan State | W 67-60 |
Bracket
East region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Lafayette | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 75 | ||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 82 | ||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 76 | ||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 58 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Canisius | 64 | ||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 56 | ||||||||||||
| Canisius | 75 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 87 | ||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 90 | ||||||||||||
| Yale | 74 | ||||||||||||
Mideast region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Kentucky | 98 | ||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 92 | ||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 86 | ||||||||||||
| Morehead St. | 85 | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Michigan St. | 80 | ||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 89 | ||||||||||||
| Miami-OH | 77 | ||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 83 | ||||||||||||
| Michigan St. | 85 | ||||||||||||
Midwest region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| St. Louis | 66 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 75 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 76 | ||||||||||||
| Loyola-LA | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 61 | ||||||||||||
| Kansas | 81 | ||||||||||||
| Kansas | 73 | ||||||||||||
| SMU | 65* | ||||||||||||
West region
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| California | 86 | ||||||||||||
| BYU | 59 | ||||||||||||
| California | 46 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Idaho St. | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Idaho St. | 51 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 66 | ||||||||||||
Final Four
| National Semifinals | National Championship Game | ||||||||
| E | North Carolina | 74 | |||||||
| ME | Michigan St. | 70*** | |||||||
| E | North Carolina | 54 | |||||||
| MW | Kansas | 53*** | |||||||
| MW | Kansas | 80 | |||||||
| W | San Francisco | 56 | National Third Place Game | ||||||
| ME | Michigan State | 60 | |||||||
| W | San Francisco | 67 | |||||||
See also
References
- ^ Mike Douchant - Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002
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