Dates 8 Mar 1955 – 19 Mar 1955 Attendance 116,983 | Teams 24 | |
Champions San Francisco (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four) Runner-up La Salle (2nd title game,
2nd Final Four) Semifinalists Colorado (2nd Final Four)
Iowa (1st Final Four) Winning coach Phil Woolpert (1st title) MOP Bill Russell San Francisco Top scorer Bill Russell San Francisco
(118 points) Champion San Francisco Dons men's basketball Finals site Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri People also search for 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | ||
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, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
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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
East-2 Region
West-1 Region
West-2 Region
Final Four
References
1955 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA