1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Season	1956–57
Teams	23
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	North Carolina (1st title, 2nd title game, 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Kansas (4th title game, 4th Final Four)
Semifinalists	Michigan State (1st Final Four) San Francisco (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 Men's Division I Tournaments «1956 1958»

The 1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It 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 was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

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

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	Kansas City, Missouri

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Canisius	Joseph Curran	Regional Third Place	Lafayette	W 82-76
East	n/a	Connecticut	Hugh Greer	First round	Syracuse	L 82-76
East	n/a	Lafayette	George Davidson	Regional Fourth Place	Canisius	L 82-76
East	n/a	North Carolina	Frank McGuire	Champion	Kansas	W 54-53
East	n/a	Syracuse	Marc Guley	Regional Runner-up	North Carolina	L 67-58
East	n/a	West Virginia	Fred Schaus	First round	Canisius	L 64-56
East	n/a	Yale	Joe Vancisin	First round	North Carolina	L 90-74
Mideast
Mideast	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Regional Runner-up	Michigan State	L 80-68
Mideast	n/a	Miami (OH)	Bill Rohr	First round	Notre Dame	L 89-77
Mideast	n/a	Michigan State	Forddy Anderson	Fourth Place	San Francisco	L 67-60
Mideast	n/a	Morehead State	Bobby Laughlin	First round	Pittsburgh	L 86-85
Mideast	n/a	Notre Dame	John Jordan	Regional Third Place	Pittsburgh	W 86-85
Mideast	n/a	Pittsburgh	Bob Timmons	Regional Fourth Place	Notre Dame	L 86-85
Midwest
Midwest	n/a	Kansas	Dick Harp	Runner Up	North Carolina	L 54-53
Midwest	n/a	Loyola (LA)	Jim McCafferty	First round	Oklahoma City	L 76-55
Midwest	n/a	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	Regional Runner-up	Kansas	L 81-61
Midwest	n/a	SMU	Doc Hayes	Regional Third Place	Saint Louis	W 78-68
Midwest	n/a	Saint Louis	Eddie Hickey	Regional Fourth Place	SMU	L 78-68
West
West	n/a	BYU	Stan Watts	Regional Third Place	Idaho State	W 65-54
West	n/a	California	Pete Newell	Regional Runner-up	San Francisco	L 50-46
West	n/a	Hardin-Simmons	Bill Scott	First round	Idaho State	L 68-57
West	n/a	Idaho State	John Grayson	Regional Fourth Place	BYU	L 65-54
West	n/a	San Francisco	Phil Woolpert	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
							North Carolina	87
		North Carolina	90
		Yale	74

Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Kentucky	98
							Pittsburgh	92
		Pittsburgh	86
		Morehead St.	85
												Kentucky	68
												Michigan St.	80
		Notre Dame	89
		Miami-OH	77
							Notre Dame	83
							Michigan St.	85

Midwest region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

St. Louis

66

Oklahoma City

75

Oklahoma City

76

Loyola-LA

55

Oklahoma City

61

Kansas

81

Kansas

73

SMU

65*

West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							California	86
							BYU	59
												California	46
												San Francisco	50
		Idaho St.	68
		Hardin-Simmons	57
							Idaho St.	51
							San Francisco	66

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship Game
	E	North Carolina	74
	ME	Michigan St.	70***
						E	North Carolina	54
						MW	Kansas	53***
	MW	Kansas	80
	W	San Francisco	56

National Third Place Game

	National Third Place Game [2]
	W	San Francisco	67
	ME	Michigan St.	60

Regional Third Place Games

East Regional Third Place       Canisius 82 Lafayette 76

Mideast Regional Third Place       Notre Dame 86 Pittsburgh 85

Midwest Regional Third Place       SMU 78 St. Louis 68

West Regional Third Place       BYU 65 Idaho St. 54

See also

• 1957 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

1. Mike Douchant - Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002
2. "1954 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". Retrieved October 14, 2011.