1957 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament

The 1957 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's college basketball in the NCAA University Division, known since 1973 as NCAA Division I. The 1956–57 school year was the first in which NCAA members were formally divided into separate competitive levels, with larger and more competitive athletic programs placed in the University Division and smaller programs placed in the College Division (which would itself be divided into Divisions II and III in 1973). The 19th edition of the tournament 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.

1957 NCAA University Division
Basketball Tournament
Season195657
Teams23
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsNorth Carolina Tar Heels (1st title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-upKansas Jayhawks (4th title game,
4th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachFrank McGuire (1st title)
MOPWilt Chamberlain (Kansas)
Attendance108,891
Top scorerLennie Rosenbluth North Carolina
(140 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1956 1958»

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 became the 4th player to be named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player despite not playing for the championship team.

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

RoundRegionSiteVenue
First Round East New York, New York Madison Square Garden
Mideast Columbus, Ohio St. John Arena
Midwest Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Capitol Hill High School Arena
West Pocatello, Idaho ISU Gymnasium
Regionals East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Palestra
Mideast Lexington, Kentucky Memorial Coliseum
Midwest Dallas, Texas SMU Coliseum
West Corvallis, Oregon Oregon State Coliseum
Final Four Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Auditorium

For the seventh time, Kansas City and the Municipal Auditorium hosted the Final Four. This tied the record, with Madison Square Garden, of hosting the most Final Fours in a single arena all-time, a record it would break in 1961 and which it still holds today. Once again, four new sites were used for the tournament. In the Midwest Regional, Southern Methodist University and the city of Dallas hosted tournament games for the first time at the SMU Coliseum, in its first year of operation. This marked the first games ever in the state of Texas, and the first in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Three of the first round sites were also new. In Columbus, another new building, St. John Arena on the campus of Ohio State University, hosted games for the first time, the first games held in the state of Ohio. The state of Idaho became the first of the western mountain states to host games, at Reed Gymnasium on the campus of Idaho State College in Pocatello. And for the second time in three years, Oklahoma City University hosted the first round at a high school gymnasium, this time at the Capitol Hill High School Gym, a 4,000 seat gym in the southern part of the city. The city would not host games again for twenty years, until the Myriad Convention Center began hosting tournament games. This would also be the only time Reed Gym would host games; subsequent games in Pocatello would be hosted at the Minidome, its successor as home to the Bengals men's basketball team.

Teams

RegionTeamCoachFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
EastCanisiusJoseph CurranRegional Third PlaceLafayetteW 82–76
EastConnecticutHugh GreerFirst roundSyracuseL 82–76
EastLafayetteGeorge DavidsonRegional Fourth PlaceCanisiusL 82–76
EastNorth CarolinaFrank McGuireChampionKansasW 54–53
EastSyracuseMarc GuleyRegional Runner-upNorth CarolinaL 67–58
EastWest VirginiaFred SchausFirst roundCanisiusL 64–56
EastYaleJoe VancisinFirst roundNorth CarolinaL 90–74
Mideast
MideastKentuckyAdolph RuppRegional Runner-upMichigan StateL 80–68
MideastMiami (OH)Bill RohrFirst roundNotre DameL 89–77
MideastMichigan StateForddy AndersonFourth PlaceSan FranciscoL 67–60
MideastMorehead StateBobby LaughlinFirst roundPittsburghL 86–85
MideastNotre DameJohn JordanRegional Third PlacePittsburghW 86–85
MideastPittsburghBob TimmonsRegional Fourth PlaceNotre DameL 86–85
Midwest
MidwestKansasDick HarpRunner UpNorth CarolinaL 54–53
MidwestLoyola (LA)Jim McCaffertyFirst roundOklahoma CityL 76–55
MidwestOklahoma CityAbe LemonsRegional Runner-upKansasL 81–61
MidwestSMUDoc HayesRegional Third PlaceSaint LouisW 78–68
MidwestSaint LouisEddie HickeyRegional Fourth PlaceSMUL 78–68
West
WestBYUStan WattsRegional Third PlaceIdaho StateW 65–54
WestCaliforniaPete NewellRegional Runner-upSan FranciscoL 50–46
WestHardin–SimmonsBill ScottFirst roundIdaho StateL 68–57
WestIdaho StateJohn GraysonRegional Fourth PlaceBYUL 65–54
WestSan FranciscoPhil WoolpertThird PlaceMichigan StateW 67–60

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

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 State 85  
      Kentucky 68
    Michigan State 80
    Notre Dame 89  
  Miami (OH) 77  
  Notre Dame 83
      Michigan State 85  
     

Midwest region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
       
    Saint 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 State 68  
  Hardin–Simmons 57  
  Idaho State 51
      San Francisco 66  
     

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship Game
      
E North Carolina 74
ME Michigan State 70***
E North Carolina 54
MW Kansas 53***
MW Kansas 80
W San Francisco 56

National Third Place Game

National Third Place Game[2]
   
W San Francisco 67
ME Michigan State 60

Regional Third Place Games

See also

References

  1. Mike Douchant – Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002
  2. "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.
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