1955–56 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

1955–56 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball

Metropolitan New York Conference Regular Season Champions
NIT Consolation Game vs. St. Joseph's, L 82–93
Conference	Metropolitan New York Conference
1955–56 record	21–4 (4–0 MTNY)
Head coach	Daniel Lynch (8th year)

1955–56 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
St. Francis (NY)	4	–	0	1.000	21	–	4	.840
Manhattan	4	–	1	.800	16	–	8	.667
Brooklyn	2	–	2	.500	11	–	7	.611
NYU	2	–	2	.500	10	–	8	.556
St. John's	3	–	3	.500	12	–	12	.500
Fordham	2	–	2	.500	11	–	12	.478
CCNY	0	–	7	.000	4	–	14	.222


As of November 27, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955–1956 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his eighth year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference continuously since 1945, although the team first joined the conference in its inaugural year, 1933.

The Terriers were led by Al Innis, Dan Mannix, Walt Adamushko, and Tony D'Elia in the 1955–56 season and were ranked as high as 13th nationally.^[1] The team at one point won 18 straight games and upset Niagara to reach the NIT Semi-Finals, before falling to Dayton.^[1] Also of note, Al Inniss set the St. Francis single-game rebounding record with 37 against Lafayette in the First Round of the National Invitational Tournament.

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record
Regular Season
*	Loyola (Baltimore)	W 85–65	1–0
*	Adelphi	W 104–83	2–0
*	Fairfield	W 85–47	3–0
*	Providence	W 91–67	4–0
December 14, 1955*	at St. Bonaventure	W 79–77	5–0
*	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 100–75	6–0
*	Yeshiva	W 93–68	7–0
*	Queens	W 87–63	8–0
	CCNY	W 76–56	9–0 (1–0)
January 14, 1956*	Siena	W 83–61	10–0
January 21, 1956	vs. St. John's	W 76–73	11–0 (2–0)
January 26, 1956*	at Seton Hall	W 81–78	12–0
*	Ithaca	W 101–49	13–0
*	Saint Peter's	W 92–82	14–0
February 4, 1956*	at Creighton	W 99–75	15–0
*	Bridgeport	W 84–77	16–0
February 14, 1956	at Manhattan	W 98–75	17–0 (3–0)
	Brooklyn College	W 98–75	18–0 (4–0)
February 18, 1956*	at St. Joseph's (PA)	L 76–80	18–1
February 23, 1956*	vs. Iona	L 86–97	18–2
February 25, 1956*	at Siena	W 71–70	19–2
National Invitation Tournament
March 17, 1956*	Lafayette First Round	W 85–74	20–2
*	Niagara Quarterfinals	W 74–72	21–2
*	Dayton Semifinals	L 58–89	21–3
*	St. Joseph's (PA) Consolation Game	L 82–93	21–4
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

^[2]^[3]

Rankings

Ranking Movement^[4]
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll	Dec. 6	Dec. 13	Dec. 20	Dec. 27	Jan. 3	Jan. 10	Jan. 17	Jan. 24	Jan. 31	Feb. 7	Feb. 14	Feb. 21	Feb. 28	Mar. 3	Final
AP								15	13	16	13	16

NIT results

Below is the tournament bracket.^[5]

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

	Duquesne	69
	Oklahoma A&M	61		Duquesne	72
				Louisville	84
							Louisville	89
							St. Joeseph's	79
				St. Joseph's	74
	Seton Hall	96		Seton Hall	65
	Marquette	78								Louisville	93
	St. Francis	85								Dayton	80
	Lafayette	74		St. Francis	74
				Niagara	72
							St. Francis	58
							Dayton	89
				Dayton	72				Third-place game
	Xavier	84		Xavier	68						St. Joseph's	93
	Saint Louis	80								St. Francis	82

References

1 2 ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. ESPN. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
↑ "1955-56 St. Francis (NY) Men's Basketball Schedule". fanbase.com. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
↑ James T. Quinn. "Siena hosts St. Francis Tonight". The Times Record, Troy NY, Saturday Evening. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
↑ "2012 Men's Basketball Records- Division I" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
↑ Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09

External links

St. Francis Terriers men's basketball official website

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball

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