1955 NCAA basketball tournament

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 (Hosts: Fordham University, Columbia University)


 * East-1 Regional (March 11 and 12)
 * The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pennsylvania)

East-2 Region

 * First round (March 9)
 * Memorial Coliseum, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)


 * East-2 Regional (March 11 and 12)
 * McGaw Memorial Hall, Evanston, Illinois (Host: Northwestern University)

West-1 Region

 * First round (March 8)
 * Thunderbird Coliseum, El Reno, Oklahoma (Host: Oklahoma City University)


 * West Regional (March 11 and 12)
 * Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas (Host: Kansas State University)

West-2 Region

 * First round (March 8)
 * Cow Palace, San Francisco, California (Hosts: University of San Francisco, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley)


 * West-2 Regional (March 11 and 12)
 * Oregon State Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon (Host: Oregon State University)

Final Four

 * March 18 and 19:
 * Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)