1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1956, and ended with the championship game on March 24 in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 29 games were played.

This was the first NCAA tournament in which the four regionals were given distinct names, although the concept of four regional winners advancing to a single site for the "Final Four" had been introduced in 1952.

San Francisco, coached by Phil Woolpert, won the national title with a 83-71 victory in the final game over Iowa, coached by Bucky O'Connor. Hal Lear of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East Region 3.2 Mideast Region 3.3 Midwest Region 3.4 West Region 3.5 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	New York City, New York
Far West	Corvallis, Oregon	Seattle, Washington
Midwest	Iowa City, Iowa	Fort Wayne, Indiana
West	Lawrence, Kansas	Wichita, Kansas
Finals	Evanston, Illinois

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Canisius	Joseph Curran	Elite Eight	Temple	L 60-58
East	n/a	UConn	Hugh Greer	Regional Fourth Place	Dartmouth	L 85-64
East	n/a	Dartmouth	Doggie Julian	Regional Third Place	UConn	W 85-64
East	n/a	Holy Cross	Roy Leenig	Round of 32	Temple	L 74-72
East	n/a	Manhattan	Ken Norton	Round of 32	UConn	L 84-75
East	n/a	North Carolina State	Everett Case	Round of 32	Canisius	L 79-78
East	n/a	Temple	Harry Litwack	Third Place	SMU	W 90-81
East	n/a	West Virginia	Fred Schaus	Round of 32	Dartmouth	L 61-59
Far West
Far West	n/a	Idaho State	Steve Belko	Round of 32	Seattle	L 68-66
Far West	n/a	San Francisco	Phil Woolpert	Champion	Iowa	W 83-71
Far West	n/a	Seattle	Al Brightman	Regional Fourth Place	UCLA	L 94-70
Far West	n/a	UCLA	John Wooden	Regional Third Place	Seattle	W 94-70
Far West	n/a	Utah	Jack Gardner	Elite Eight	San Francisco	L 92-77
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Round of 32	Wayne State	L 72-63
Midwest	n/a	Iowa	Bucky O'Connor	Runner Up	San Francisco	L 83-71
Midwest	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Elite Eight	Iowa	L 89-77
Midwest	n/a	Marshall	Jule Rivlin	Round of 32	Morehead State	L 107-92
Midwest	n/a	Morehead State	Robert Laughlin	Regional Third Place	Wayne State	W 95-84
Midwest	n/a	Wayne State	Joel Mason	Regional Fourth Place	Morehead State	L 95-84
West
West	n/a	Houston	Alden Pasche	Regional Fourth Place	Kansas State	L 89-70
West	n/a	Kansas State	Tex Winter	Regional Third Place	Houston	W 89-70
West	n/a	Memphis State	Eugene Lambert	Round of 32	Oklahoma City	L 97-81
West	n/a	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	Elite Eight	SMU	L 84-63
West	n/a	SMU	Doc Hayes	Fourth Place	Temple	L 90-81
West	n/a	Texas Tech	Polk Robison	Round of 32	SMU	L 68-67

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East Region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Connecticut	84
		Manhattan	75
							Connecticut	59
							Temple	65
		Temple	74
		Holy Cross	72
												Temple	60
												Canisius	58
		Dartmouth	61
		West Virginia	59
							Dartmouth	58
							Canisius	66
		Canisius	79
		N.C. State	78

[edit] Mideast Region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Iowa	97
							Morehead St	83
		Morehead St	107
		Marshall	92
												Iowa	89
												Kentucky	77
							Kentucky	84
							Wayne St-MI	64
		Wayne St-MI	72
		DePaul	63

[edit] Midwest Region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Houston	74
							SMU	89
		SMU	68
		Texas Tech	67
												SMU	84
												Oklahoma City	63
							Kansas St	93
							Oklahoma City	97
		Oklahoma City	97
		Memphis St	81

[edit] West Region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Utah	81
							Seattle	72
		Seattle	68
		Idaho St	66
												Utah	77
												San Francisco	92
							San Francisco	72
							UCLA	61

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship
		Temple	76
		Iowa	83
							Iowa	71
							San Francisco	83
		SMU	68
		San Francisco	86

[edit] External links

• 1956 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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