Basketball Tournament |
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Teams | 25 | ||
Finals site | McGaw Hall Evanston, Illinois |
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Champions | San Francisco (2nd title) | ||
Runner-up | Iowa (1st title game) | ||
Semifinalists | SMU (1st Final Four) Temple (1st Final Four) |
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Winning coach | Phil Woolpert (2nd title) | ||
MOP | Hal Lear Temple | ||
Attendance | 132,513 | ||
Top scorer | Hal Lear Temple (160 points) |
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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 a 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.
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Locations
Region | Site | Other Locations |
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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 |
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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 | 84 | ||||||||||||
Manhattan | 75 | ||||||||||||
Connecticut | 59 | ||||||||||||
Temple | 65 | ||||||||||||
Temple | 74 | ||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 72 | ||||||||||||
Temple | 60 | ||||||||||||
Canisius | 58 | ||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 61 | ||||||||||||
West Virginia | 59* | ||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 58 | ||||||||||||
Canisius | 66 | ||||||||||||
Canisius | 79 | ||||||||||||
N.C. State | 78**** |
Midwest Region
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Iowa | 97 | ||||||||||||
Morehead St. | 83 | ||||||||||||
Morehead St. | 107 | ||||||||||||
Marshall | 92 | ||||||||||||
Iowa | 89 | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | 77 | ||||||||||||
Kentucky | 84 | ||||||||||||
Wayne St-MI | 64 | ||||||||||||
Wayne St-MI | 72 | ||||||||||||
DePaul | 63 |
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]
See also
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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