Season 1956–57 Teams 23 | Dates 11 Mar 1957 – 23 Mar 1957 Attendance 108,891 | |
Champions North Carolina (1st title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four) Runner-up Kansas (4th title game,
4th Final Four) Semifinalists Michigan State (1st Final Four)
San Francisco (3rd Final Four) Winning coach Frank McGuire (1st title) MOP Wilt Chamberlain Kansas Champion North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball Finals site Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Similar 1973 NCAA Men's Div, 1977 NCAA Men's Div, 1981 NCAA Men's Div | ||
The 1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It 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.
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 was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
References
1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA