1954-55 Season Summary

Consensus Player of the Year: Tom Gola

AP First #1: La Salle ▪ AP Final #1: San Francisco

Conference Summary

Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	118	93	.559	1	1	0	North Carolina State	North Carolina State
2	Big Seven Conference	7	80	71	.530	1	1	1	Colorado
3	Big Ten Conference	10	127	97	.567	3	1	1	Iowa
4	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	79	81	.494	0	1	0	Texas Tech West Texas A&M
5	Independent	44	586	478	.551	4	7	1	Marquette
6	Ivy Group	8	93	102	.477	0	1	0	Princeton
7	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	75	44	.630	0	0	0	Manhattan
8	Mid-American Conference	8	86	89	.491	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
9	Missouri Valley Conference	6	100	58	.633	2	1	0	Saint Louis Tulsa
10	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	108	90	.545	1	1	0	Utah
11	Ohio Valley Conference	3	44	33	.571	0	0	0	Western Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky
12	Pacific Coast Conference	9	127	106	.545	2	1	0	Oregon State (North)
13	Southeastern Conference	12	151	125	.547	3	1	0	Kentucky
14	Southern Conference	10	129	128	.502	2	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia
15	Southwest Conference	7	77	89	.464	0	1	0	Southern Methodist
16	West Coast Conference	5	74	55	.574	1	1	1	San Francisco
17	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	51	23	.689	0	1	0	Niagara
18	Yankee Conference	2	37	15	.712	0	0	0	Connecticut

School	Conf	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
San Francisco	WCC			17	5	5	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Kentucky	SEC	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
La Salle	Ind	1	1	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3
North Carolina State	ACC	10	4	5	2	3	2	2	3	6	7	7	6	5	4
Iowa	Big Ten	4	13	20	19	14	19	19	19		15	15	16	12	5
Duquesne	Ind	3	9	9	8	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	6
Utah	MSAC	16	15	2	7	8	9	10	7	5	5	10	8	7	7
Marquette	Ind							15	11	9	9	6	5	4	8
Dayton	Ind	7	5	6	4	10	12	18	15	15	16	13	11	10	9
Oregon State	PCC									19	18	16		14	10
Minnesota	Big Ten					13	14	14		11	12	8	7	6	11
Alabama	SEC			19	12	20	16	12	14	13	13	17	12	11	12
UCLA	PCC	13	8	17	15	7	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	13
George Washington	Southern		11	8	9	6	8	9	6	7	6	5	10	13	14
Colorado	Big 7														15
Tulsa	MVC											19	19	15	16
Vanderbilt	SEC							17	18	20	20	20	14	16	17
Illinois	Big Ten	14	3	3	6	12	7	7	10	10	10	14	13	17	18
West Virginia	Southern			12											19
Saint Louis	MVC	12													20
School	Conf	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
Auburn	SEC						20
Cincinnati	Ind										17	12	17
Duke	ACC	17			18	17
Holy Cross	Ind	5	19					16	13	14
Indiana	Big Ten	6	7
Kansas	Big 7			20	16
Louisville	Ind		12	14	13	16	20
Maryland	ACC					11	11	6	8	12	11	11	17	18
Memphis	Ind												15	19
Missouri	Big 7		6	7	11	9	6	8	12	17	14		20	20
Niagara	WNY3	8	10	10	10	15	15	20	20	16
Northwestern	Big Ten								16
Notre Dame	Ind	9	20			20
Ohio State	Big Ten		14	11	20
Oklahoma State	MVC	11
Penn State	Ind	19
Pennsylvania	Ivy			16	17	19
Purdue	Big Ten						17
Richmond	Southern						13	13	17
Seton Hall	Ind					20
Southern California	PCC			13	14		18
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY		16
Tennessee	SEC											18
Texas Christian	SWC							20
Villanova	Ind					17				17	19
Wake Forest	ACC	17	17
Western Kentucky	OVC	20
Wichita State	MVC	15	17	14

UPI Player of the Year:	Tom Gola (La Salle)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	Bill Russell (San Francisco)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	Bill Russell (San Francisco)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Maurice Stokes (Saint Francis (PA))

1st Team
Bill Russell (San Francisco)
Dick Garmaker (Minnesota)
Dick Ricketts (Duquesne)
Sihugo Green (Duquesne)
Tom Gola (La Salle)

2nd Team
Darrell Floyd (Furman)
Dickie Hemric (Wake Forest)
Don Schlundt (Indiana)
Robin Freeman (Ohio State)
Ron Shavlik (North Carolina State)