User:Dantheox/NCAA 1955

The 1955 NCAA Men's Division I 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.

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.

Bracket
Kentucky       71    Marquette       90     Marquette       79     Marquette       81 Miami-OH       79    Iowa            82     Iowa            86                   Iowa    Penn St         59     Penn St         53 Memphis St     55 EAST REGION Princeton      46    La Salle        95     La Salle        73     La Salle        99               La Salle West Virginia  61    Canisius        73 Williams       60     Canisius        73     Canisius        64    Villanova       74     Villanova       71 Duke           73

SMU             79   Bradley          69    Bradley          81    Bradley          81 Oklahoma City   65   Colorado         69    Colorado         93               Colorado Tulsa           59 WEST REGION   Oregon St        83   Seattle          80    Seattle          71    Oregon St        56          San Francisco Idaho St        63 Utah            59    San Francisco    57   San Francisco    89    San Francisco    78 West Texas St   66

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