1955-56 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: San Francisco

Final Four: Iowa, San Francisco, SMU and Temple

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Russell

AP First #1: San Francisco

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	124	100	.554	8.44	6.85	1	1	1	Iowa
2	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	105	99	.515	-0.10	0.11	0	1	0	Utah
3	Southeastern Conference	12	148	135	.523	-4.68	-3.37	1	1	0	Alabama
4	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	50	26	.658	5.10	1.88	0	1	0	Canisius
5	Big Seven Conference	7	86	74	.538	6.54	6.12	0	1	0	Kansas State
6	Southwest Conference	7	83	86	.491	0.53	1.74	0	1	1	Southern Methodist
7	Pacific Coast Conference	9	115	117	.496	0.77	1.30	0	1	0	UCLA
8	Missouri Valley Conference	7	111	70	.613	8.40	5.57	0	1	0	Houston
9	Ohio Valley Conference	5	73	55	.570	2.74	2.72	0	1	0	Morehead State, Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky
10	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	70	46	.603	-2.51	-1.38	0	1	0	St. Francis (NY)
11	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	122	83	.595	5.35	2.16	0	1	0	NC State, North Carolina	NC State
12	Yankee Conference	2	28	25	.528	-12.35	-6.27	0	1	0	Connecticut
13	Mid-American Conference	7	77	76	.503	-1.56	-0.07	0	1	0	Marshall
14	Independent	43	627	443	.586	-1.56	0.03	0	6	1
15	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	82	87	.485	-8.54	-5.20	0	1	0	Texas Tech
16	California Basketball Association	8	107	99	.519	-6.57	-3.87	0	1	1	San Francisco
17	Ivy League	8	97	104	.483	-7.78	-6.21	0	1	0	Dartmouth
18	Southern Conference	10	122	139	.467	-12.55	-8.41	0	1	0	George Washington, 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	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	Final
San Francisco	CBA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
NC State	ACC	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	2
Dayton	Ind	6	6	7	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Iowa	Big Ten	5	5	4	6	5	16			13	12	16	13	12	9	4
Alabama	SEC	15	18	5		18				18	17	14	11	11	6	5
SMU	SWC	18			12	19	10	7	7	9	10	9	8	7	7	6
Louisville	Ind		20		15	8	12	13	10	10	6	5	5	4	5	7
Illinois	Big Ten	7	7		13	8	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	8
UCLA	PCC	7	14				14	17	14	15	13	13	12	13	10	9
Vanderbilt	SEC			9	19	13		8	6	8	5	6	6	6	11	10
UNC	ACC			16	8	4	4	10	11	6	8	12	10	9	8	11
Kentucky	SEC	2	2	12	9	12	6	4	5	4	9	7	7	10	13	12
Utah	MSAC	3	4	3	2	6	8	12	12	12	16	19	17	15	14	13
Temple	Ind			11	16		19	14	9	7	7	8	9	8	12	14
Holy Cross	Ind	11	9	10	7	7	9	11	13	13	15	14	16	15	20	15
Saint Louis	MVC	16	13	17	13	16		18	20	17	14	11	15		15	16
Oklahoma City	Ind			20					17							16
Duke	ACC					15	18	8	7	11	11	10	14		15	18
Canisius	WNY3										20					18
Seattle	Ind															18
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	Final
Cincinnati	Ind			14						16	20		20	19	15
Houston	MVC												19	14	18
Kansas State	Big 7														19
Ohio State	Big Ten				16			15	15						20
St. Francis (NY)	Metro NY										18	18		17
Iowa State	Big 7						7	16	17				20	18
Xavier	Ind												20	19
BYU	MSAC		10	8	5	11			16		19	17	17
Stanford	PCC		16				20		17	20		20
Marquette	Ind	12	15		10	10		18	20	18
Indiana	Big Ten	16	12	19	20	17	14	6
Michigan	Big Ten							20
George Washington	Southern	10	11	13	11	19	10
Rice	SWC					14	13
Tulsa	MVC						17
Duquesne	Ind	9	8	6	16
West Virginia	Southern			15
Kansas	Big 7	20	17	18
Seton Hall	Ind		19

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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