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1956-57 Canisius Golden Griffins Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-6 (3-1, 1st in WNY3 MBB)

Rank: 20th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Joseph Curran

PS/G: 76.7 (50th of 176)

PA/G: 71.8 (87th of 176)

SRS: 8.52 (24th of 167)

SOS: 3.65 (24th of 167)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (64-56) versus West Virginia
Lost East Regional Semifinal (87-75) versus North Carolina
Won East Regional Third Place (82-76) versus Lafayette

WNY3 Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1956-57 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	Final
Canisius	10	18	17	15	14	14	14	12	14	14	-	-	-	20

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 1, 1956	REG		Syracuse	Ind	6.90	W	79	64		1	0	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
2	Wed, Dec 5, 1956	REG	@	Villanova	Ind	-5.16	W	66	62		2	0	W 2	Villanova Field House
3	Sat, Dec 8, 1956	REG		Louisville	Ind	15.87	W	76	74		3	0	W 3	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
4	Sat, Dec 15, 1956	REG		Bradley	MVC	10.55	L	64	66		3	1	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
5	Sat, Dec 22, 1956	REG		Alabama (17)	SEC	-0.71	W	74	63		4	1	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
6	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-15.35	W	79	60		5	1	W 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
7	Sat, Dec 29, 1956	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	11.60	W	84	75		6	1	W 3	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
8	Wed, Jan 2, 1957	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	MVC	-0.39	W	80	70		7	1	W 4	Calihan Hall
9	Sat, Jan 5, 1957	REG		Fordham	Metro NY	-1.58	W	73	60		8	1	W 5	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
10	Tue, Jan 8, 1957	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	10.67	L	58	65		8	2	L 1	The Frericks Center
11	Sat, Jan 19, 1957	REG	N	Niagara	WNY3	0.10	W	74	65		9	2	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
12	Tue, Jan 22, 1957	REG		St. Bonaventure	WNY3	9.87	W	70	63		10	2	W 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
13	Sat, Feb 2, 1957	REG		Notre Dame	Ind	10.39	W	94	89		11	2	W 3	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
14	Wed, Feb 6, 1957	REG	@	Marquette	Ind	-2.14	L	80	81		11	3	L 1	Milwaukee Arena
15	Sat, Feb 9, 1957	REG		Manhattan	Metro NY	3.55	W	75	67		12	3	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16	Wed, Feb 13, 1957	REG	@	Seton Hall	Ind	1.33	L	87	102		12	4	L 1	Walsh Gymnasium
17	Sat, Feb 16, 1957	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	WNY3	9.87	L	48	57		12	5	L 2	Butler Memorial Gym
18	Wed, Feb 20, 1957	REG	@	Syracuse	Ind	6.90	W	67	65		13	5	W 1	Onondaga County War Memorial
19	Sat, Feb 23, 1957	REG		Bowling Green State	MAC	-6.07	W	83	70		14	5	W 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
20	Thu, Feb 28, 1957	REG	@	Holy Cross	Ind	-4.47	W	85	76		15	5	W 3	Worcester Auditorium
21	Sat, Mar 2, 1957	REG	N	Niagara	WNY3	0.10	W	80	67		16	5	W 4	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Tue, Mar 12, 1957	NCAA	N	West Virginia (7)	Southern	7.51	W	64	56		17	5	W 5	Madison Square Garden (III)
23	Fri, Mar 15, 1957	NCAA	N	North Carolina (1)	ACC	14.70	L	75	87		17	6	L 1	The Palestra
24	Sat, Mar 16, 1957	NCAA	N	Lafayette	Ind	3.44	W	82	76		18	6	W 1	The Palestra