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1956-57 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: North Carolina

Final Four: Kansas, Michigan State, UNC and San Francisco

Consensus Player of the Year: Lennie Rosenbluth

AP First #1: Kansas

AP Final #1: North Carolina

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	119	105	.531	7.17	6.04	0	1	1	Indiana, Michigan State
2	Missouri Valley Conference	8	110	100	.524	2.71	3.29	1	1	0	Saint Louis
3	Pacific Coast Conference	9	120	115	.511	1.50	1.37	1	1	0	California
4	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	51	26	.662	6.16	1.01	1	1	0	Canisius, St. Bonaventure
5	Big Seven Conference	7	98	67	.594	10.49	7.84	0	1	1	Kansas
6	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	93	107	.465	-4.24	-2.50	0	1	0	Brigham Young
7	Southwest Conference	7	90	79	.533	1.88	2.34	0	1	0	Southern Methodist
8	Southeastern Conference	12	168	120	.583	2.71	1.57	0	1	0	Kentucky
9	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	65	55	.542	-2.68	-0.77	0	0	0	New York University
10	Yankee Conference	2	28	19	.596	-11.80	-6.43	0	1	0	Connecticut
11	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	109	96	.532	-5.16	-3.29	0	1	1	San Francisco
12	Mid-American Conference	7	79	84	.485	-8.85	-5.58	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
13	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	6	66	77	.462	-9.71	-6.54	0	1	0	UTEP
14	Ohio Valley Conference	5	62	56	.525	-2.30	-0.31	0	1	0	Morehead State, Western Kentucky
15	Independent	44	635	457	.582	-1.51	-0.40	0	6	0
16	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	125	89	.584	2.19	0.77	0	1	1	North Carolina	North Carolina
17	Southern Conference	10	118	143	.452	-8.12	-5.55	0	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia
18	Ivy League	8	99	93	.516	-6.14	-4.94	0	1	0	Yale

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	12/11	12/18	12/26	1/2	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Alabama	SEC
BYU	MSAC						17	16	16	16	16	15	12	17	15	14
Bradley	MVC							14	11	11	8	5	5	8	10	13
California	PCC				20	16	19	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	7	6
Canisius	WNY3		11	15	15	13	11	12	13	12	11	11	17
Colorado	Big 7				20
Dayton	Ind	6	10								21	19	14	18	12	12
Duke	ACC			16	12		18		17	19
Idaho State	Ind										28
Illinois	Big Ten	4	3	3	6	6	10	7	8	7	12	12
Indiana	Big Ten		17									13	11	7	12	15
Iowa	Big Ten				20
Iowa State	Big 7		12	12	9	7	7	8	4	9	10	10	10	14	19
Kansas	Big 7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Kansas State	Big 7	18	9	8	11	19							19	12	17	20
Kentucky	SEC	14	7	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Louisville	Ind	2	6	6	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	8	10	9	8
Manhattan	Metro NY					10	15
Memphis	Ind										25
Michigan State	Big Ten												18	11	8	7
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	Pre	12/11	12/18	12/26	1/2	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Minnesota	Big Ten						13
Mississippi State	SEC
NC State	ACC	16	12			20
Nebraska	Big 7										28
Niagara	WNY3		18
Notre Dame	Ind													19	17	19
Ohio	MAC													19
Ohio State	Big Ten		8	11	19			15	10	8	9	15	14		20
Oklahoma City	Ind	12					19	19			21	18		19		16
Oklahoma State	MVC			10	9	9	8	19	18		21
Oregon State	PCC	13
Purdue	Big Ten										14
Rice	SWC			19
SMU	SWC	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Saint Louis	MVC	9		9	5	14	15	17	18	16	19		20	12	11	9
San Francisco	WCAC	8	5	4	17		19				28
Seattle	Ind					17	12	9	9	10	7	7	7	6	6	5
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	16	18	14
Syracuse	Ind									20	17	17
Temple	Ind	7	18								24	20
Tennessee	SEC
Tulane	SEC				18				18
UCLA	PCC		15	18	13	7	6	5	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	9
UNC	ACC	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Utah	MSAC				16	18
Vanderbilt	SEC	19			13	11	9	10	15	15	25		13	15	15	16
Wake Forest	ACC					15	14	11	14	14	15	14
Washington	PCC	15		19						18	17
West Virginia	Southern	11	16	13	8	12		18			27		16	15	12	11
West Virginia Tech	Ind
Western Kentucky	OVC	10	12	17							20
Wyoming	MSAC	20
Xavier	Ind										28					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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