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1957 NCAA University Division
basketball tournament
Season1956–57
Teams23
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsNorth Carolina Tar Heels (1st title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-upKansas Jayhawks (4th title game,
4th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachFrank McGuire (1st title)
MOPWilt Chamberlain (Kansas)
Attendance108,891
Top scorerLennie Rosenbluth (North Carolina)
(140 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1956 1958»

The 1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 23 teams to determine the national champion of men's college basketball in the NCAA University Division, which was replaced in 1973 by NCAA 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 the College Division (which would be replaced by NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III in 1973).

The 19th edition of the NCAA tournament 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 became the fourth player to be named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player despite not playing for the championship team.

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 11 and 6 respectively.[1]

Locations

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

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

* – Denotes overtime period

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 Third place
  North Carolina 87
  North Carolina 90 Canisius 82
  Yale 74 Lafayette 76

Mideast region

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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
  Saint Louis 66
  Oklahoma City 75
  Oklahoma City 76
  Loyola (LA) 55
  Oklahoma City 61
  Kansas 81
  Kansas 73 Third place
  SMU 65*
SMU 78
Saint Louis 68

West region

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

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

See also

References

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