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1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament


This was the first tournament in which there were four distinct regions.

[edit] Final Four

Logo School
Champion
West
image:USanFrancisco.gif San Francisco Dons
Runner-up
Mideast
image:University_of_Iowa.gif Iowa Hawkeyes
Third Place
East
image:Temple.gif Temple Owls
Fourth PlaceMidwest image:SMU.gif SMU Mustangs

[edit] Most Outstanding Player

Hal Lear, Temple

[edit] East Region

[edit] Quarterfinals

Manhattan 84-75 UConn
Temple 74-72 Holy Cross
Dartmouth 61-59 (OT) West Virginia
Canisius 79-78 (4OT) NC State

[edit] Semifinals

UConn 59-65 Temple
Dartmouth 58-66 Canisius

[edit] Final

Temple 60-58 Canisius

[edit] Mideast Region

[edit] Quarterfinals

Morehead State 107-92 Marshall
Wayne State 72-63 DePaul

[edit] Semifinals

Morehead State 83-97 Iowa
Wayne State 64-84 Kentucky

[edit] Final

Iowa 89-77 Kentucky

[edit] Midwest Region

[edit] Quarterfinals

SMU 68-67 Texas Tech
Oklahoma City 97-81 Memphis State

[edit] Semifinals

Houston 74-89 SMU
Kansas State 93-97 Oklahoma City

[edit] Final

Iowa 84-63 Oklahoma City

[edit] West Region

[edit] Quarterfinal

Seattle 68-66 Idaho State

[edit] Semifinals

Utah 81-72 Seattle
UCLA 61-72 San Francisco

[edit] Final

Utah 77-92 San Francisco

[edit] National Semifinals

Temple 76-83 Iowa
SMU 68-86 San Francisco

[edit] Championship Game

Iowa 71-83 San Francisco


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