1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1957


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=23
FinalFourArena=Municipal Auditorium
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=North Carolina
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Kansas
GameCount=4th
Semifinal1=Michigan State
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=San Francisco
FinalFourCount2=3rd
Coach=Frank McGuire
CoachCount=1st
MOP=Wilt Chamberlain
MOPTeam=Kansas
Attendance=108,891
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Lennie Rosenbluth
TopScorerTeam=North Carolina
Points=140

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 6 and 11 respectively. [Mike Douchant - [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/basketball/men/02tourney/greatest-games.htm Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history] . The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002]

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Syracuse
RD1-score3=82
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Connecticut
RD1-score4=76
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Canisius
RD1-score5=64
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=West Virginia
RD1-score6=56
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=North Carolina
RD1-score7=90
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Yale
RD1-score8=74
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Lafayette
RD2-score1=71
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Syracuse
RD2-score2=75
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Canisius
RD2-score3=75
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=North Carolina
RD2-score4=87
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Syracuse
RD3-score1=58
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=North Carolina
RD3-score2=67

Mideast region

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Pittsburgh
RD1-score3=86
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Morehead St.
RD1-score4=85
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Notre Dame
RD1-score5=89
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Miami-OH
RD1-score6=77
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Kentucky
RD2-score1=98
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Pittsburgh
RD2-score2=92
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Notre Dame
RD2-score3=83
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Michigan St.
RD2-score4=85
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Kentucky
RD3-score1=68
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Michigan St.
RD3-score2=80

Midwest region

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Oklahoma City
RD1-score3=76
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Loyola-LA
RD1-score4=55
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=St. Louis
RD2-score1=66
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Oklahoma City
RD2-score2=75
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Kansas
RD2-score3=73
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=SMU
RD2-score4=65*
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Oklahoma City
RD3-score1=61
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Kansas
RD3-score2=81

West region

3RoundBracket-Byes | RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Idaho St.
RD1-score5=68
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Hardin-Simmons
RD1-score6=57
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=California
RD2-score1=86
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=BYU
RD2-score2=59
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Idaho St.
RD2-score3=51
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=San Francisco
RD2-score4=66
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=California
RD3-score1=46
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=San Francisco
RD3-score2=50

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals | RD2=National Finals | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=North Carolina
RD1-score1=74
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Michigan St.
RD1-score2=70***
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Kansas
RD1-score3=80
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=San Francisco
RD1-score4=56
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=North Carolina
RD2-score1=54
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Kansas
RD2-score2=53***

References

ee also

* 1957 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://shrpsports.com/cb/1957.htm 1957 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.