1955 NCAA Basketball Tournament

1955 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Teams 24
Finals site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions San Francisco (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-up La Salle (2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Phil Woolpert (1st title)
MOP Bill Russell San Francisco
Attendance 116,983
Top scorer Bill Russell San Francisco
(118 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1954 1956»

The 1955 NCAA 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.

Locations

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1955 tournament:

East-1 Region

First Round (March 8)
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
East-1 Regional (March 11 and 12)
The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

East-2 Region

First Round (March 9)
Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky
East-2 Regional (March 11 and 12)
McGaw Hall, Evanston, Illinois

West-1 Region

First Round (March 8)
Thunderbird Coliseum, El Reno, Oklahoma
West Regional (March 11 and 12)
Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas

West-2 Region

First Round (March 8)
Cow Palace, San Francisco, California
West-2 Regional (March 11 and 12)
Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon

Final Four

March 18 and 19
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Teams

Region Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East Canisius Joseph Curran Regional Runner-upLa SalleL 99–64
East Duke Harold Bradley First roundVillanovaL 74–73
East Iowa Bucky O'Connor Fourth PlaceColoradoL 75–54
East Kentucky Adolph Rupp Regional Third PlacePenn StateW 84–59
East La Salle Ken Loeffler Runner UpSan FranciscoL 77–63
East Marquette Jack Nagle Regional Runner-upIowaL 86–81
East Memphis State Eugene Lambert First roundPenn StateL 59–55
East Miami (OH) Bill Rohr First roundMarquetteL 90–79
East Penn State John Egli Regional Fourth PlaceKentuckyL 84–59
East Princeton Franklin Cappon Regional Fourth PlaceVillanovaL 64–57
East Villanova Alex Severance Regional Third PlacePrincetonW 64–57
East West Virginia Fred Schaus First RoundLa SalleL 95–61
East Williams Alex Shaw First RoundCanisiusL 73–60
West
West Bradley Bob Vanatta Regional Runner-upColoradoL 93–81
West Colorado Bebe Lee Third PlaceIowaW 75–54
West Idaho State Steve Belko First roundSeattleL 80–63
West Oklahoma City Doyle Parrack First roundBradleyL 69–65
West Oregon State Slats Gill Regional Runner-upSan FranciscoL 57–56
West San Francisco Phil Woolpert ChampionLa SalleW 77–63
West Seattle Al Brightman Regional Fourth PlaceUtahL 108–85
West SMU Doc Hayes Regional Fourth PlaceTulsaL 68–67
West Tulsa Clarence Iba Regional Third PlaceSMUW 68–67
West Utah Jack Gardner Regional Third PlaceSeattleW 108–85
West West Texas State Gus Miller First roundSan FranciscoL 89–66

Bracket

East-1 Region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
       
    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  

East-2 Region

  First Round     Regional Semifinals     Regional Finals
                           
      Kentucky 71  
  Marquette 90     Marquette 79    
  Miami-OH 79         Marquette 81
      Iowa 86
      Iowa 82    
  Penn St. 59     Penn St. 53  
  Memphis St. 55  

West-1 Region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
       
    SMU 79  
      Bradley 81  
  Bradley 69
    Oklahoma City 65  
      Bradley 81
    Colorado 93
         
       
  Colorado 69
      Tulsa 59  
     

West-2 Region

  First Round     Regional Semifinals     Regional Finals
                           
      Oregon St. 83  
  Seattle 80     Seattle 71    
  Idaho St. 63         Oregon St. 56
      San Francisco 57
      Utah 59    
  San Francisco 89     San Francisco 78  
  West Texas St. 66  

Final Four

National Semifinal National Championship
      
Iowa 73
La Salle 76
La Salle 63
San Francisco 77
Colorado 50
San Francisco 62

National Third Place Game

National Third Place Game[1]
   
  Iowa 54
  Colorado 75

Regional Third Place Games

East-1 Regional Third Place
   
Kentucky 84
Penn St. 59

East-2 Regional Third Place
   
Villanova 64
Princeton 57

West-1 Regional Third Place
   
Tulsa 68
SMU 67

West-2 Regional Third Place
   
Utah 108
Seattle 85

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
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