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    1957 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

    

Play In Round        Sweet 16   Elite 8   Final 4

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box

 

Teams [edit]

Region Team Coach
East    
East Canisius Joseph Curran
East Connecticut Hugh Greer
East Lafayette George Davidson
East North Carolina Frank McGuire
East Syracuse Marc Guley
East West Virginia Fred Schaus
East Yale Joe Vancisin
Mideast    
Mideast Kentucky Adolph Rupp
Mideast Miami, Ohio Bill Rohr
Mideast Michigan State Forddy Anderson
Mideast Morehead State Robert Laughlin
Mideast Notre Dame John Jordan
Mideast Pittsburgh Bob Timmons
Midwest    
Midwest Kansas Dick Harp
Midwest Loyola, Louisiana Jim McCafferty
Midwest Oklahoma City Abe Lemons
Midwest SMU Doc Hayes
Midwest Saint Louis Eddie Hickey
West    
West BYU Stan Watts
West California Pete Newell
West Hardin-Simmons Bill Scott
West Idaho State John Grayson
West San Francisco Phil Woolpert

The 1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's college basketball in the NCAA University Division, 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).

Play In Round March 11, 1957

East  REGIONALMadison Square Garden
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Syracuse  Connecticut 82-76  
Canisius  West Virginia 64-56  
    North Carolina  Yale 90-74  

 Midwest  REGIONALCapitol Hill High School ArenaOklahoma City,
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Oklahoma City Loyola (La.) 76-55

Mideast  REGIONALSt. John ArenaColumbus, Ohio
Favorite Site Team Team  Score Star Efforts
    Pittsburgh  Morehead State 86-85  
Notre Dame  Miami (Ohio)   89-77  

West REGIONALSU GymnasiumPocatello, Idaho
Favorite Site Team Team

 Score

Star Efforts
Idaho State Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 68-57

Sweet 16

Region Site Other Locations
East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New York City, New York
Mideast Lexington, Kentucky Columbus, Ohio
Midwest Dallas, Texas Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
West Corvallis, Oregon Pocatello, Idaho
Finals    

 East REGIONAL at The PalestraPhiladelphia,
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Syracuse 
Lafayette 75-71  
North Carolina    Canisius 87-75  

 Midwest   REGIONAL atSMU ColiseumDallas,
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
Oklahoma City  St. Louis 75-66  
Kansas  Southern Methodist 73-65 (OT)  

Mideast  REGIONAL at  Memorial ColiseumLexington, Kentucky
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  Kentucky  Pittsburgh 98-92  
  Michigan State  Notre Dame 85-83  

 West  REGIONAL at  Oregon State ColiseumCorvallis, Oregon
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  San Francisco  Idaho State 66-51  
  California  Brigham Young 86-59  

Elite 8

 East  REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
  North Carolina Syracuse

67-58

  

   Midwest  REGIONAL at
Favorite Team Team

Score

 Star Efforts

Kansas 

Oklahoma City

81-61

  

Mideast REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
  Michigan State  Kentucky

80-68

 West REGIONAL at

Favorite Team Team Score Star Efforts
  San Francisco  California

50-46

  

Regional Third Place
East:  Canisius 82, Lafayette 76
Mideast: Notre Dame 86, Pittsburgh 85
Midwest: Southern Methodist 78, St. Louis 68
West: Brigham Young 65, Idaho State 54

Final 4

at

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts

North Carolina 

Michigan State

74-70(3 OT)

  
  Kansas  San Francisco

80-56

  

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

at Kansas City, Missouri- March 23

National Third Place
San Francisco 67, Michigan State 60


 
Favorite Team Team  Score Star Efforts
North Carolina  Kansas 54-53 (3OT)  
Top 10 Teams
Rank School W-L NCAA Result
1. North Carolina 32-0 NCAA 1st Place
2. Kansas 24-3 NCAA 2nd Place
3 Kentucky 23-5 Lost NCAA regionals
4. SMU 22-4 Lost NCAA regionals
5. Seattle 24-3 Lost NIT quarterfinals
6. Louisville 21-5 Probation
7. West Virginia 25-5 Lost NCAA regionals
8. Vanderbilt 17-5 DNP
9. Oklahoma City 9-19 Lost NCAA regionals
10. St. Louis 19-9 Lost NCAA regionals

North Carolina leaders: F Lennie Rosenbluth, Sr.; F Pete Brennan, Jr.; C Joe Quigg, Jr.; G Tommy Kearns, Jr.; G Bob Cunningham, Jr.

 

 

All-America Team
Pos Name Cl. School
F Lennie Rosenbluth Sr. North Carolina
C Wilt Chamberlain So. Kansas
C Jim Krebs Sr. SMU
C Charlie Tyra Sr. Louisville
G Chet Forte Sr. Columbia
G-F Rod Hundley Sr. West Virginia
All NCAA Tournament Team
Pos Name Cl. School
Pete Brannan Jr. F North Carolina
Lennie Rosenbluth Sr. F North Carolina
Wilt Chamberlain  (MVP) So. C Kansas
Johnny Green So. C Michigan State
Gene Brown Sr. G San Francisco
Team Offense

Connecticut, 87.3

Team Defense

Oklahoma State, 54.6

Individual Scoring
Name School Avg.
1. Grady Wallace South Carolina 31.2
2. Joe Gibbon Mississippi 30.0
3. Elgin Baylor Seattle 29.7
4. Wilt Chamberlain Kansas 29.6
5. Chet Forte Columbia 28.9
6. Jim Ashmore Mississippi State 28.3
Individual Rebounding
Name School Avg.
1. Elgin Baylor Seattle .235
2. Alex “Boo” Ellis Niagara .234
3. Charlie Tyra Louisville .229
Notes
  • Illinois ended San Francisco’s 60-game win streak, 62-33.
  • Wilt Chamberlain scored 52 points in his varsity debut.
  • NIT 1st Place: Bradley (22-7) def. Memphis State

 

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