1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament

See also: 1957 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game

The 1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 23 teams to determine the national champion of men's college basketball in the NCAA University Division, which was replaced in 1973 by NCAA Division I. The 1956–57 school year was the first in which NCAA members were formally divided into separate competitive levels, with larger and more competitive athletic programs placed in the University Division and smaller programs placed in the College Division (which would be replaced by NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III in 1973).

1957 NCAA University Division
basketball tournament

Season	1956–57
Teams	23
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	North Carolina Tar Heels (1st title, 2nd title game, 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Kansas Jayhawks (4th title game, 4th Final Four)
Semifinalists	Michigan State Spartans (1st Final Four) San Francisco Dons (3rd Final Four)
Winning coach	Frank McGuire (1st title)
MOP	Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas)
Attendance	108,891
Top scorer	Lennie Rosenbluth (North Carolina) (140 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «1956 1958»

The 19th annual edition of the NCAA tournament began on March 11, 1957, and ended with the championship game on March 23, at the Municipal Auditorium 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 became the fourth player to be named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player despite not playing for the championship team.

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 11 and 6 respectively.^[1]

Locations

Round	Region	Site	Venue
First Round	East	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden
	Mideast	Columbus, Ohio	St. John Arena
	Midwest	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Capitol Hill High School Arena
	West	Pocatello, Idaho	ISU Gymnasium
Regionals	East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Palestra
	Mideast	Lexington, Kentucky	Memorial Coliseum
	Midwest	Dallas, Texas	SMU Coliseum
	West	Corvallis, Oregon	Oregon State Coliseum
Final Four		Kansas City, Missouri	Municipal Auditorium

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Canisius	Joseph Curran	WNY3	Regional third place	Lafayette	W 82–76
East	Connecticut	Hugh Greer	Yankee	First round	Syracuse	L 82–76
East	Lafayette	George Davidson	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	Canisius	L 82–76
East	North Carolina	Frank McGuire	Atlantic Coast	Champion	Kansas	W 54–53
East	Syracuse	Marc Guley	Independent	Regional Runner-up	North Carolina	L 67–58
East	West Virginia	Fred Schaus	Southern	First round	Canisius	L 64–56
East	Yale	Joe Vancisin	Ivy League	First round	North Carolina	L 90–74
Mideast
Mideast	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Southeastern	Regional Runner-up	Michigan State	L 80–68
Mideast	Miami (OH)	Bill Rohr	Mid-American	First round	Notre Dame	L 89–77
Mideast	Michigan State	Forddy Anderson	Big Ten	Fourth Place	San Francisco	L 67–60
Mideast	Morehead State	Bobby Laughlin	Ohio Valley	First round	Pittsburgh	L 86–85
Mideast	Notre Dame	John Jordan	Independent	Regional third place	Pittsburgh	W 86–85
Mideast	Pittsburgh	Bob Timmons	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	Notre Dame	L 86–85
Midwest
Midwest	Kansas	Dick Harp	Big 7	Runner Up	North Carolina	L 54–53
Midwest	Loyola (LA)	Jim McCafferty	Independent	First round	Oklahoma City	L 76–55
Midwest	Oklahoma City	Abe Lemons	Independent	Regional Runner-up	Kansas	L 81–61
Midwest	SMU	Doc Hayes	Southwest	Regional third place	Saint Louis	W 78–68
Midwest	Saint Louis	Eddie Hickey	Missouri Valley	Regional Fourth Place	SMU	L 78–68
West
West	BYU	Stan Watts	Mountain States	Regional third place	Idaho State	W 65–54
West	California	Pete Newell	Pacific Coast	Regional Runner-up	San Francisco	L 50–46
West	Hardin–Simmons	Bill Scott	Border	First round	Idaho State	L 68–57
West	Idaho State	John Grayson	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	BYU	L 65–54
West	San Francisco	Phil Woolpert	West Coast Athletic	Third Place	Michigan State	W 67–60

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Lafayette	71
							Syracuse	75
		Syracuse	82
		Connecticut	76
												Syracuse	58
												North Carolina	67
		Canisius	64
		West Virginia	56
							Canisius	75			Third place
							North Carolina	87
		North Carolina	90								Canisius		82
		Yale	74								Lafayette		76

Mideast region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Kentucky	98
							Pittsburgh	92
		Pittsburgh	86
		Morehead State	85
												Kentucky	68
												Michigan State	80
		Notre Dame	89
		Miami (OH)	77
							Notre Dame	83			Third place
							Michigan State	85
											Notre Dame		86
											Pittsburgh		85

Midwest region

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Saint Louis

66

Oklahoma City

75

Oklahoma City

76

Loyola (LA)

55

Oklahoma City

61

Kansas

81

Kansas

73

Third place

SMU

65*

SMU

78

Saint Louis

68

West region

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							California	86
							BYU	59
												California	46
												San Francisco	50
		Idaho State	68
		Hardin–Simmons	57
							Idaho State	51			Third place
							San Francisco	66
											BYU		65
											Idaho St.		54

Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Championship Game
	E	North Carolina	74
	ME	Michigan State	70***
						E	North Carolina	54
						MW	Kansas	53***
	MW	Kansas	80
	W	San Francisco	56			National Third Place Game
						W	San Francisco	67
						ME	Michigan State	60

See also

• 1957 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
• 1957 National Invitation Tournament
• 1957 NAIA Basketball Tournament