1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1957 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 23
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions North Carolina (1st title)
Runner-Up Kansas (4th title game)
Semifinalists Michigan State (1st Final Four)
San Francisco (3rd Final Four)
Winning Coach Frank McGuire (1st title)
MOP Wilt Chamberlain Kansas
Attendance 108,891
Top scorer Lennie Rosenbluth North Carolina
(140 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
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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.

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[edit] Tournament notes

North Carolina won two consecutive triple overtime games to win the championship. The North Carolina - Michigan State semi final game and North Carolina - Kansas final game both made USA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time at 6 and 11 respectively. [1]


[edit] Locations

Region Site Other Locations
East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New York City, New York
Mideast Lexington, Kentucky Columbus, Ohio
Midwest Dallas, Texas Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
West Corvallis, Oregon Pocatello, Idaho
Finals Kansas City, Missouri

[edit] Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a Canisius Joseph Curran Regional Third Place Lafayette W 82-76
East n/a UConn Hugh Greer First round Syracuse L 82-76
East n/a Lafayette George Davidson Regional Fourth Place Canisius L 82-76
East n/a North Carolina Frank McGuire Champion Kansas W 54-53
East n/a Syracuse Marc Guley Elite Eight North Carolina L 67-58
East n/a West Virginia Fred Schaus First round Canisius L 64-56
East n/a Yale Joe Vancisin First round North Carolina L 90-74
Mideast
Mideast n/a Kentucky Adolph Rupp Elite Eight Michigan State L 80-68
Mideast n/a Miami, Ohio Bill Rohr First round Notre Dame L 89-77
Mideast n/a Michigan State Forddy Anderson Fourth Place San Francisco L 67-60
Mideast n/a Morehead State Robert Laughlin First round Pittsburgh L 86-85
Mideast n/a Notre Dame John Jordan Regional Third Place Pittsburgh W 86-85
Mideast n/a Pittsburgh Bob Timmons Regional Fourth Place Notre Dame L 86-85
Midwest
Midwest n/a Kansas Dick Harp Runner Up North Carolina L 54-53
Midwest n/a Loyola, Louisiana Jim McCafferty First round Oklahoma City L 76-55
Midwest n/a Oklahoma City Abe Lemons Elite Eight Kansas L 81-61
Midwest n/a SMU Doc Hayes Regional Third Place Saint Louis W 78-68
Midwest n/a Saint Louis Eddie Hickey Regional Fourth Place SMU L 78-68
West
West n/a BYU Stan Watts Regional Third Place Idaho State W 65-54
West n/a California Pete Newell Elite Eight San Francisco L 50-46
West n/a Hardin-Simmons Bill Scott First round Idaho State L 68-57
West n/a Idaho State John Grayson Regional Fourth Place BYU L 65-54
West n/a San Francisco Phil Woolpert Third Place Michigan State W 67-60

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Lafayette 71  
       Syracuse 75  
   Syracuse 82
     Connecticut 76  
       Syracuse 58
     North Carolina 67
     Canisius 64  
   West Virginia 56  
   Canisius 75
       North Carolina 87  
   North Carolina 90
     Yale 74  

[edit] Mideast region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     Kentucky 98  
       Pittsburgh 92  
   Pittsburgh 86
     Morehead St. 85  
       Kentucky 68
     Michigan St. 80
     Notre Dame 89  
   Miami-OH 77  
   Notre Dame 83
       Michigan St. 85  
      

[edit] Midwest region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     St. Louis 66  
       Oklahoma City 75  
   Oklahoma City 76
     Loyola-LA 55  
       Oklahoma City 61
     Kansas 81
          
        
   Kansas 73
       SMU 65*  
      

[edit] West region

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
     California 86  
       BYU 59  
      
          
       California 46
     San Francisco 50
     Idaho St. 68  
   Hardin-Simmons 57  
   Idaho St. 51
       San Francisco 66  
      

[edit] Final Four

  National Semifinals National Finals
                 
   North Carolina 74  
   Michigan St. 70***  
       North Carolina 54
     Kansas 53***
   Kansas 80
   San Francisco 56  

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mike Douchant - Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002

[edit] See also

  • 1957 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

[edit] External links

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