1954-55 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: San Francisco

Final Four: Colorado, Iowa, La Salle and San Francisco

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Russell

AP First #1: La Salle

AP Final #1: San Francisco

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

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	127	97	.567	10.03	6.82	1	1	1	Iowa
2	Big Seven Conference	7	80	71	.530	5.78	4.92	1	1	1	Colorado
3	Southeastern Conference	12	151	125	.547	-2.27	-2.40	1	1	0	Kentucky
4	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	51	23	.689	5.79	2.31	0	1	0	Niagara
5	Ohio Valley Conference	3	44	33	.571	3.35	4.11	0	0	0	Western Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky
6	Yankee Conference	2	37	15	.712	-1.11	-5.68	0	0	0	Connecticut
7	Pacific Coast Conference	9	127	106	.545	5.14	4.59	0	1	0	Oregon State (North)
8	Missouri Valley Conference	6	100	58	.633	5.13	1.91	0	1	0	Saint Louis, Tulsa
9	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	75	44	.630	-1.65	0.65	0	0	0	Manhattan
10	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	108	90	.545	-6.45	-4.38	0	1	0	Utah
11	California Basketball Association	5	74	55	.574	5.76	6.76	0	1	1	San Francisco
12	Southwest Conference	7	77	89	.464	-7.50	-4.38	0	1	0	Southern Methodist
13	Independent	44	586	478	.551	-1.42	0.62	0	7	1
14	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	79	81	.494	-6.99	-6.01	0	1	0	Texas Tech, West Texas A&M
15	Ivy League	8	93	102	.477	-4.88	-3.07	0	1	0	Princeton
16	Mid-American Conference	8	86	89	.491	-8.97	-5.95	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
17	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	118	93	.559	1.60	0.63	0	1	0	NC State	NC State
18	Southern Conference	10	129	128	.502	-11.29	-7.36	0	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
San Francisco	CBA				6	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
Kentucky	SEC	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
La Salle	Ind	1	1	4	3	4	3	2	6	4	3	3	3	3	3
Utah	MSAC	13	8	2	7	7	7	7	4	3	4	5	8	6	4
Iowa	Big Ten	2	10	14	19	14	17	12			12	13	12	10	5
NC State	ACC	7	4	5	2	3	4	5	2	6	6	7	7	4	6
Duquesne	Ind	3	7	10	8	2	2	6	5	5	5	4	5	9	7
Oregon State	PCC	17						19	19	15	15	14	14	12	8
Marquette	Ind							14	13	10	11	10	9	8	9
Dayton	Ind	12	12	6	5	11	11	15	17	17	14	15	13	11	10
Colorado	Big 7											20	18	15	11
UCLA	PCC	9	6	11	9	9	9	10	7	7	7	6	6	7	12
Minnesota	Big Ten				20	10	10	9	14	9	9	8	4	4	13
Tulsa	MVC													17	14
George Washington	Southern		19			13	19	18	8	8	8	9	10	14	15
Illinois	Big Ten	6	3	1	4	8	6	3	9	11	10	11	11	16	16
Niagara	WNY3	10	10	9	11	12	13	16	14	13	18		20	18	16
Saint Louis	MVC	13	17					19	20	19			16		18
Holy Cross	Ind	8	16	18	18	17		13	14	15		18		20	19
Cincinnati	Ind	19	19	13	13	17		17		20	17	16		20	20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
SMU	SWC														20
Missouri	Big 7		9	8	10	6	8	8	11	12	13	12	15	13
Alabama	SEC			19	16	20		19						19
Louisville	Ind			17	20		19					18		20
Villanova	Ind									17	16			20
TCU	SWC							19					17
Wyoming	MSAC			15									18
Maryland	ACC					14	14	11	12	14	18	17
Stanford	PCC								18		20
Northwestern	Big Ten								9
USC	PCC	15	14	12	12		12
Purdue	Big Ten						14
Wichita State	MVC	20		19		19	16
Xavier	Ind						17
Notre Dame	Ind	11	15			16
Kansas	Big 7			16	14
California	PCC				15
Seton Hall	Ind				17
Ohio State	Big Ten		13	7	20
Indiana	Big Ten	5	5
Oklahoma State	MVC	17	18
DePaul	Ind	16

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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