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1957 NCAA University Division
basketball tournament

Season

1956–57

Teams

Finals site

Municipal Auditorium,
Kansas City, Missouri

Champions

North Carolina Tar Heels (1st title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)

Runner-up

Kansas Jayhawks (4th title game,
4th Final Four)

Semifinalists

Michigan State Spartans (1st Final Four)
San Francisco Dons (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 Division I men's tournaments
«1956	1958»

The1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament was asingle-elimination tournament involving 23 teams to determine the national champion of men'scollege basketball in theNCAA University Division, which was replaced in 1973 byNCAA Division I. The 1956–57 school year was the first in which NCAA members were formally divided into separate competitive levels, with larger and more competitive athletic programs placed in the University Division and smaller programs placed in theCollege Division (which would be replaced byNCAA Division II andNCAA Division III in 1973).

The 19th annual edition of theNCAA tournament began on March 11, 1957, and ended with thechampionship game on March 23, at theMunicipal Auditorium inKansas 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 byFrank McGuire, won the national title with a 54–53 triple-overtime victory in the final game overKansas, coached byDick Harp.Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas became the fourth player to be named the tournament'sMost Outstanding Player despite not playing for the championship team.

Tournament notes

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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 madeUSA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time at 11 and 6 respectively.^[1]

Locations

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Round	Region	Site	Venue
First Round	East	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden
	Mideast	Columbus, Ohio	St. John Arena
	Midwest	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Capitol Hill High School Arena
	West	Pocatello, Idaho	ISU Gymnasium
Regionals	East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Palestra
	Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Memorial Coliseum
	Midwest	Dallas, Texas	SMU Coliseum
	West	Corvallis, Oregon	Oregon State Coliseum
Final Four		Kansas City, Missouri	Municipal Auditorium

Teams

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Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Canisius	Joseph Curran	WNY3	Regional third place	Lafayette	W 82–76
East	Connecticut	Hugh Greer	Yankee	First round	Syracuse	L 82–76
East	Lafayette	George Davidson	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	Canisius	L 82–76
East	North Carolina	Frank McGuire	Atlantic Coast	Champion	Kansas	W 54–53
East	Syracuse	Marc Guley	Independent	Regional Runner-up	North Carolina	L 67–58
East	West Virginia	Fred Schaus	Southern	First round	Canisius	L 64–56
East	Yale	Joe Vancisin	Ivy League	First round	North Carolina	L 90–74
Mideast
Mideast	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Southeastern	Regional Runner-up	Michigan State	L 80–68
Mideast	Miami (OH)	Bill Rohr	Mid-American	First round	Notre Dame	L 89–77
Mideast	Michigan State	Forddy Anderson	Big Ten	Fourth Place	San Francisco	L 67–60
Mideast	Morehead State	Bobby Laughlin	Ohio Valley	First round	Pittsburgh	L 86–85
Mideast	Notre Dame	John Jordan	Independent	Regional third place	Pittsburgh	W 86–85
Mideast	Pittsburgh	Bob Timmons	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	Notre Dame	L 86–85
Midwest
Midwest	Kansas	Dick Harp	Big 7	Runner Up	North Carolina	L 54–53
Midwest	Loyola (LA)	Jim McCafferty	Independent	First round	Oklahoma City	L 76–55
Midwest	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	Independent	Regional Runner-up	Kansas	L 81–61
Midwest	SMU	Doc Hayes	Southwest	Regional third place	Saint Louis	W 78–68
Midwest	Saint Louis	Eddie Hickey	Missouri Valley	Regional Fourth Place	SMU	L 78–68
West
West	BYU	Stan Watts	Mountain States	Regional third place	Idaho State	W 65–54
West	California	Pete Newell	Pacific Coast	Regional Runner-up	San Francisco	L 50–46
West	Hardin–Simmons	Bill Scott	Border	First round	Idaho State	L 68–57
West	Idaho State	John Grayson	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	BYU	L 65–54
West	San Francisco	Phil Woolpert	West Coast Athletic	Third Place	Michigan State	W 67–60

Bracket

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* – Denotes overtime period

East region

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Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

				Lafayette	71

				Syracuse	75
	Syracuse	82

	Connecticut	76
							Syracuse	58

							North Carolina	67
	Canisius	64

	West Virginia	56
				Canisius	75	Third place

				North Carolina	87
	North Carolina	90				Canisius		82

	Yale	74				Lafayette		76

Mideast region

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Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

				Kentucky	98

				Pittsburgh	92
	Pittsburgh	86

	Morehead State	85
							Kentucky	68

							Michigan State	80
	Notre Dame	89

	Miami (OH)	77
				Notre Dame	83	Third place

				Michigan State	85
						Notre Dame		86

						Pittsburgh		85

Midwest region

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Saint Louis

Oklahoma City

Loyola (LA)

Oklahoma City

Kansas

Third place

SMU

65*

SMU

Saint Louis

West region

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Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

				California	86

				BYU	59



							California	46

							San Francisco	50
	Idaho State	68

	Hardin–Simmons	57
				Idaho State	51	Third place

				San Francisco	66
						BYU		65

						Idaho St.		54

Final Four

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National Semifinals			National Championship Game

E	North Carolina	74

ME	Michigan State	70***
			E	North Carolina	54

			MW	Kansas	53***
MW	Kansas	80

W	San Francisco	56	National Third Place Game


			W	San Francisco	67

			ME	Michigan State	60

References

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

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v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball 1956–57 NCAA champions
10Lennie Rosenbluth 11Ken Rosemond 32Bob Cunningham 33Danny Lotz 35Pete Brennan 40Tommy Kearns 41Joe Quigg Head coach Frank McGuire
Assistant coaches Buck Freeman