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National Champion: Oregon
Final Four: Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon and Villanova
Consensus Player of the Year: Chet Jaworski
| Rk | Conference | Schls | W | L | W-L% | NCAA | FF | Regular Season Champ | Tournament Champ |
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| 1 | Big Six Conference | 6 | 57 | 57 | .500 | 1 | 1 | Missouri Oklahoma |
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| 2 | Big Ten Conference | 10 | 118 | 82 | .590 | 1 | 1 | Ohio State | |
| 3 | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 7 | 81 | 79 | .506 | 0 | 0 | New Mexico State | |
| 4 | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 6 | 68 | 55 | .553 | 0 | 0 | Carnegie Mellon Georgetown |
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| 5 | Independent | 48 | 567 | 363 | .610 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Ivy Group | 7 | 67 | 72 | .482 | 0 | 0 | Dartmouth | |
| 7 | Metropolitan New York Conference | 8 | 110 | 49 | .692 | 0 | 0 | Long Island University | |
| 8 | Missouri Valley Conference | 8 | 93 | 86 | .520 | 0 | 0 | Drake Oklahoma State |
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| 9 | Mountain States Athletic Conference | 7 | 73 | 68 | .518 | 1 | 0 | Colorado | |
| 10 | Northern California Conference | 5 | 49 | 46 | .516 | 0 | 0 | Santa Clara | |
| 11 | Pacific Coast Conference | 9 | 164 | 92 | .641 | 1 | 1 | Oregon (North) | |
| 12 | Southeastern Conference | 13 | 139 | 114 | .549 | 0 | 0 | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| 13 | Southern Conference | 15 | 164 | 158 | .509 | 1 | 0 | Wake Forest | Clemson |
| 14 | Southwest Conference | 7 | 84 | 70 | .545 | 1 | 0 | Texas | |
| 15 | Yankee Conference | 5 | 46 | 40 | .535 | 0 | 0 | Rhode Island |
| Helms Foundation Player of the Year: | Chet Jaworski (Rhode Island) |
| NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player: | Jimmy Hull (Ohio State) |
| NIT Most Valuable Player: | Bill Lloyd (St. John's (NY)) |
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1st Team
Chet Jaworski (Rhode Island) Ernie Andres (Indiana) Irving Torgoff (Long Island University) Jimmy Hull (Ohio State) Urgel Wintermute (Oregon) |
2nd Team
Bernard Opper (Kentucky) Bob Calihan (Detroit Mercy) Bob Hassmiller (Fordham) Michael Novak (Loyola (IL)) Robert Anet (Oregon) |