1956 College Basketball NCAA Tournament (25 teams)

Updated February 11, 2017 | Infoplease Staff

East Regional

First Round	Connecticut 84, Manhattan 75
	Temple 74, Holy Cross 72
	Dartmouth 61, West Virginia 59 (OT)
Semifinals	Temple 65, Connecticut 59
	Canisius 66, Dartmouth 58
Third Place	Dartmouth 85, Connecticut 64
Final	Temple 60, Canisius 58

Midwest Regional

First Round	Morehead St. 107, Marshall 92
	Wayne St. 72, DePaul 63
Semifinals	Iowa 97, Morehead St. 83
	Kentucky 84, Wayne St. 64
Third Place	Morehead St. 95, Wayne St. 84
Final	Iowa 89, Kentucky 77

West Regional

First Round	SMU 68, Texas Tech 67
	Oklahoma City 97, Memphis St. 81
Semifinals	SMU 89, Houston 74
	Oklahoma City 97, Kansas St. 93
Third Place	Kansas St. 89, Houston 70
Final	SMU 84, Oklahoma City 63

Far West Regional

First Round	Seattle 68, Idaho St. 66
Semifinals	Utah 81, Seattle 72
	San Francisco 72, UCLA 61
Third Place	UCLA 94, Seattle 70
Final	San Francisco 92, Utah 77

FINAL FOUR

at McGaw Hall, Evanston, IL

Semifinals	Iowa 83, Temple 76
	San Francisco 76, SMU 68
Third Place	Temple 90, SMU 81
Championship	San Francisco 83, Iowa 71
Most Outstanding Player	Hal Lear, Temple
All-Tournament	Lear, Temple
	Hal Perry and Bill Russell, San Francisco
	Carl Cain and Bill Logan, Iowa

1956 College Basketball Recap

NIT Tournament (12 teams): Basketball Players, Sports

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NCAA Tournament (23 teams)