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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.


Locations

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Region Site Other Locations
East Evanston, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lexington, Kentucky, New York City, New York
West Corvallis, Oregon, Manhattan, Kansas El Reno, Oklahoma, San Francisco, California
Finals Kansas City, Missouri

Teams

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Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a Canisius Joseph Curran Elite Eight La Salle L 99-64
East n/a Duke Harold Bradley Round of 32 Villanova L 74-73
East n/a Iowa Bucky O'Connor Fourth Place Colorado L 75-54
East n/a Kentucky Adolph Rupp Regional Third Place Pennsylvania State W 84-59
East n/a La Salle Ken Loeffler Runner Up San Francisco L 77-63
East n/a Marquette Jack Nagle Elite Eight Iowa L 86-81
East n/a Memphis Eugene Lambert Round of 32 Pennsylvania State L 59-55
East n/a Miami, Ohio Bill Rohr Round of 32 Marquette L 90-79
East n/a Pennsylvania State John Egli Regional Fourth Place Kentucky L 84-59
East n/a Princeton Franklin Cappon Regional Fourth Place Villanova L 64-57
East n/a Villanova Alex Severance Regional Third Place Princeton W 64-57
East n/a West Virginia Fred Schaus Round of 32 La Salle L 95-61
East n/a Williams Alex Shaw Round of 32 Canisius L 73-60
West
West n/a Bradley Bob Vanatta Elite Eight Colorado L 93-81
West n/a Colorado Bebe Lee Third Place Iowa W 75-54
West n/a Idaho State Steve Belko Round of 32 Seattle L 80-63
West n/a Oklahoma City Doyle Parrack Round of 32 Bradley L 69-65
West n/a Oregon State Stats Gill Elite Eight San Francisco L 57-56
West n/a San Francisco Phil Woolpert Champion La Salle W 77-63
West n/a Seattle Al Brightman Regional Fourth Place Utah L 108-85
West n/a SMU Doc Hayes Regional Fourth Place Tulsa L 68-67
West n/a Tulsa Clarence Iba Regional Third Place SMU W 68-67
West n/a Utah Jack Gardner Regional Third Place Seattle W 108-85
West n/a West Texas A&M Gus Miller Round of 32 San Francisco L 89-66

Bracket

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                           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                        


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