1954 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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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.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 West region 3.3 Final Four 4 External links

[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	Penn State	L 71-63
East	n/a	Penn State	Elmer Gross	Third Place	USC	W 70-61
East	n/a	Toledo	Jerry Bush	Round of 32	Penn 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

[edit] East region

	First round					Second round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight
							LSU	70
							Penn St	78
		Penn St	62
		Toledo	50
												Penn St	71
											Notre Dame	63
							Indiana	64
							Notre Dame	65
		Notre Dame	80
		Loyola-LA	70
																	Penn St
																	La Salle
							Cornell	67
							Navy	69
		Navy	85
		Connecticut	80
												Navy	48
											La Salle	64
		N.C. State	75
		George Washington	73
							N.C. State	81
							La Salle	88
		La Salle	76
		Fordham	74*

[edit] West region

First round

Second round

Sweet Sixteen

Elite Eight

Colorado

64

Bradley

76

Bradley

61

Oklahoma City

55

Bradley

71

Oklahoma A&M

57

Oklahoma A&M

51

Rice

45

Bradley

Southern California

Southern California

73

Idaho St

59

Idaho St

77

Seattle

75*

Southern California

66

Santa Clara

65**

Colorado St

50

Santa Clara

73

Santa Clara

73

Texas Tech

64

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		Penn St	54
		La Salle	69
							La Salle	92
							Bradley	76
		Bradley	74
		Southern California	72

[edit] External links

• 1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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