1955: NCAA Tournament
Championship Game
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
| San Francisco (77) |
| Player |
FG |
FT-A |
PF |
Pts. |
| Jerry Mullen |
4 |
2-5 |
5 |
10
|
| Stan Buchanan |
3 |
2-2 |
1 |
8
|
| Bill Russell |
9 |
5-7 |
1 |
23
|
| K.C. Jones |
10 |
4-4 |
2 |
24
|
| Hal Perry |
1 |
2-2 |
4 |
4
|
| Bob Wiebusch |
2 |
0-0 |
0 |
4
|
| Rudy Zannini |
1 |
0-0 |
0 |
2
|
| Dick Lawless |
1 |
0-0 |
0 |
2
|
| Gordon Kirby |
0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0
|
| Totals |
31 |
15-20 |
14 |
77
|
| La Salle (63) |
| Player |
FG |
FT-A |
PF |
Pts. |
| Fran O'Malley |
4 |
2-3 |
1 |
10
|
| Charley Singley |
8 |
4-4 |
1 |
20
|
| Tom Gola |
6 |
4-5 |
4 |
16
|
| Alonzo Lewis |
1 |
4-9 |
1 |
6
|
| Charles Greenberg |
1 |
1-2 |
4 |
3
|
| Frank Blatcher |
4 |
0-0 |
1 |
8
|
| Bob Maples |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0
|
| Walt Fredricks |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0
|
| Totals |
24 |
15-23 |
12 |
63
|
All-Tournament Team
| Player |
Pos. |
Yr. |
School |
Statistics |
| Carl Cain |
F |
Jr. |
Iowa |
(31 pts) |
| Tom Gola |
C |
Sr. |
La Salle |
(39 pts) |
| K.C. Jones |
G |
Jr. |
San Francisco |
(32 pts) |
| Jim Ranglos |
F |
Jr. |
Colorado |
(22 pts) |
| Bill Russell |
C |
Jr. |
San Francisco* |
(47 pts, 34 rebds) |
| *Named Most Outstanding Player. |
- Scoring Leader:
Bill Russell, San Francisco (118 points, 23.6 ppg).
- Highest Scoring Average:
Bob Patterson, Tulsa (57 points, 28.5 ppg).
1955 Tournament Scores
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First Round
|
East
Marquette 90, Miami (Ohio) 79
Penn St. 59, Memphis St. 55
La Salle 95, West Virginia 61
Canisius 73, Williams 60
Villanova 74, Duke 73
West
Bradley 69, Oklahoma City 55
Seattle 80, Idaho St. 63
San Francisco 89, West Texas St. 66
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Regional Semifinals
|
East
Marquette 79, Kentucky 71
Iowa 82, Penn St. 53
La Salle 73, Princeton 46
Canisius 73, Villanova 71
West
Bradley 81, SMU 79
Colorado 69, Tulsa 59
Oregon St. 83, Seattle 71
San Francisco 78, Utah 59
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Regional Third Place
|
East
Kentucky 84, Penn St. 59
Villanova 64, Princeton 57
West
Tulsa 68, SMU 67
Utah 108, Seattle 85
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Regional Finals
|
East
Iowa 86, Marquette 81
La Salle 99, Canisius 64
West
Colorado 93, Bradley 81
San Francisco 57, Oregon St. 56
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National Semifinals
|
La Salle 76, Iowa 73
San Francisco 62, Colorado 50
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National Third Place
|
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Colorado 75, Iowa 54
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Championship Game
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San Francisco 77, La Salle 63
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