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 Major Conference Champions NIT Tournament (12 teams): Basketball Players, Sports .com/ipsa/0/7/4/7/5/2/A0747521.html
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