1955-56 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: San Francisco

Final Four: Iowa, San Francisco, SMU and Temple

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Russell

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	124	100	.554	8.44	6.85	2	1	1	Iowa
2	Missouri Valley Conference	7	111	70	.613	8.40	5.57	1	1	0	Houston
3	Big Seven Conference	7	86	74	.538	6.54	6.12	0	1	0	Kansas State
4	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	122	83	.595	5.35	2.16	4	1	0	North Carolina, North Carolina State	North Carolina State
5	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	50	26	.658	5.10	1.88	0	1	0	Canisius
6	Ohio Valley Conference	5	73	55	.570	2.74	2.72	0	1	0	Morehead State, Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky
7	Pacific Coast Conference	9	115	117	.496	0.77	1.30	1	1	0	UCLA
8	Southwest Conference	7	83	86	.491	0.53	1.74	1	1	1	Southern Methodist
9	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	105	99	.515	-0.10	0.11	1	1	0	Utah
10	Independent	43	627	443	.586	-1.56	0.03	5	6	1
11	Mid-American Conference	7	77	76	.503	-1.56	-0.07	0	1	0	Marshall
12	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	70	46	.603	-2.51	-1.38	0	1	0	St. Francis (NY)
13	Southeastern Conference	12	148	135	.523	-4.68	-3.37	3	1	0	Alabama
14	California Basketball Association	8	107	99	.519	-6.57	-3.87	1	1	1	San Francisco
15	Ivy League	8	97	104	.483	-7.78	-6.21	0	1	0	Dartmouth
16	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	82	87	.485	-8.54	-5.20	0	1	0	Texas Tech
17	Yankee Conference	2	28	25	.528	-12.35	-6.27	0	1	0	Connecticut
18	Southern Conference	10	122	139	.467	-12.55	-8.41	1	1	0	George Washington, West Virginia	West Virginia

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/5	Final
Duke	-	-	14	8	11	6	7	10	10	8	11	11	11	19	17
St. Francis (NY)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	13	16	13	16	-	-	-
Memphis	-	-	18	-	12	17	15	19	16	-	19	-	-	-	-
Louisville	-	-	-	11	-	13	10	9	5	5	4	3	6	6	6
Kentucky	2	12	9	13	6	5	4	3	8	7	7	8	12	9	9
West Virginia	14	15	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	20
Marquette	14	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCLA	16	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	20	18	20	15	13	10	8
Oklahoma City	12	20	15	10	-	16	14	16	15	14	14	18	16	16	11
La Salle	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulsa	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	6	5	16	19	17	19	13	12	12	10	8	7	4	4	5
Saint Louis	-	17	-	-	-	-	17	17	11	11	17	-	19	-	-
Utah	5	3	3	7	-	20	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18
SMU	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	18	17	15	12	12	9	8	7
George Washington	13	13	11	12	7	14	-	-	-	19	-	19	-	-	-
Indiana	-	19	18	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Duquesne	9	6	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	2	2
Illinois	8	-	17	9	9	8	6	5	6	6	3	2	2	7	10
Iowa	4	4	10	6	-	-	20	13	19	17	15	13	10	5	4
Holy Cross	11	10	7	14	14	11	12	11	14	13	16	17	15	12	14
Ohio State	16	-	-	15	10	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Houston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	14	18	17	-
Kansas	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanderbilt	-	9	8	5	4	4	5	7	3	3	6	5	7	11	12
Marshall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNC	-	16	6	4	5	9	9	8	9	12	10	9	8	15	13
Stanford	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rice	-	-	-	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa State	-	-	-	-	8	15	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Minnesota	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cincinnati	-	14	-	-	-	20	-	14	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
Dayton	7	7	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3
Wake Forest	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	16
BYU	10	8	5	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temple	-	11	12	17	16	10	8	6	7	9	9	10	14	13	15
Michigan State	-	-	-	16	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Francisco	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

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