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The 1954 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, 1954, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 28 games were played.

La Salle, coached by Ken Loeffler, won the national title with a 92-76 victory in the final game over Bradley, coached by Forddy Anderson. Tom Gola of La Salle was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


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[edit] Locations

Region Site Other Locations
East Iowa City, Iowa, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Buffalo, New York, Durham, North Carolina, Fort Wayne, Indiana
West Corvallis, Oregon, Stillwater, Oklahoma Peoria, Illinois
Finals Kansas City, Missouri

[edit] Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a UConn Hugh Greer Round of 32 Navy L 85-80
East n/a Cornell Royner Greene Regional Fourth Place North Carolina State L 65-54
East n/a Fordham John Bach Round of 32 La Salle L 76-74
East n/a George Washington Bill Reinhart Round of 32 North Carolina State L 75-73
East n/a Indiana Branch McCracken Regional Third Place LSU W 73-62
East n/a La Salle Ken Loeffler Champion Bradley W 92-76
East n/a LSU Harry Rabenhorst Regional Fourth Place Indiana L 73-62
East n/a Loyola, Louisiana Jim McCafferty Round of 32 Notre Dame L 80-70
East n/a Navy Ben Carnevale Elite Eight La Salle L 64-48
East n/a North Carolina State Everett Case Regional Third Place Cornell W 65-54
East n/a Notre Dame John Jordan Elite Eight Pennsylvania State L 71-63
East n/a Pennsylvania State Elmer Gross Third Place USC W 70-61
East n/a Toledo Jerry Bush Round of 32 Pennsylvania State L 62-50
West
West n/a Bradley Forddy Anderson Runner Up La Salle L 92-76
West n/a Colorado Bebe Lee Regional Fourth Place Rice L 78-55
West n/a Colorado State Bill Strannigan Regional Fourth Place Idaho State L 62-57
West n/a Idaho State Steve Belko Regional Third Place Colorado State W 62-57
West n/a Oklahoma City Doyle Parrack Round of 32 Bradley L 61-55
West n/a Oklahoma A&M Henry Iba Elite Eight Bradley L 71-57
West n/a Rice Don Suman Regional Third Place Colorado W 78-55
West n/a Santa Clara Bob Feerick Elite Eight USC L 66-65
West n/a Seattle Al Brightman Round of 32 Idaho State L 77-75
West n/a USC Forrest Twogood Fourth Place Pennsylvania State L 70-61
West n/a Texas Tech Polk Robison Round of 32 Santa Clara L 73-64

[edit] Bracket

                           LSU             70                                               
   Penn St          62    Penn St          78    Penn St          71                        
   Toledo           50                                                                      
                          Indiana          64    Notre Dame       63                Penn St 
   Notre Dame       80    Notre Dame       65                                               
   Loyola-LA        70                                   EAST REGION                        
                          Cornell          67                                               
   Navy             85    Navy             69    Navy             48               La Salle 
   Connecticut      80                                                                      
   N.C. State       75                                                                      
   George Washingt  73    N.C. State       81    La Salle         64                        
    La Salle        76     La Salle        88                                               
    Fordham         74                                                                      



                           Colorado        64                                               
   Bradley          61    Bradley          76    Bradley          71                        
   Oklahoma City    55                                                                      
                          Oklahoma A&M     51    Oklahoma A&M     57                Bradley 
                          Rice             45                                               
                                                         WEST REGION                        
                          Southern Califo  73                                               
   Idaho St         77    Idaho St         59    Southern Califo  66    Southern California 
   Seattle          75                                                                      
                          Colorado St      50    Santa Clara      65                        
   Santa Clara      73    Santa Clara      73                                               
   Texas Tech       64                                                                      



     Penn St        54                        
     La Salle       69      La Salle       92 
     Bradley        74      Bradley        76 
     Southern Cali  72


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