1955-56 Season Summary

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Russell

AP First #1: San Francisco ▪ 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	122	83	.595	4	1	0	North Carolina North Carolina State	North Carolina State
2	Big Seven Conference	7	86	74	.538	0	1	0	Kansas State
3	Big Ten Conference	10	124	100	.554	2	1	1	Iowa
4	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	82	87	.485	0	1	0	Texas Tech
5	Independent	43	627	443	.586	5	6	1	Temple
6	Ivy Group	8	97	104	.483	0	1	0	Dartmouth
7	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	70	46	.603	0	1	0	St. Francis (NY)
8	Mid-American Conference	7	77	76	.503	0	1	0	Marshall
9	Missouri Valley Conference	7	111	70	.613	1	1	0	Houston
10	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	105	99	.515	1	1	0	Utah
11	Ohio Valley Conference	5	73	55	.570	0	1	0	Morehead State Tennessee Tech Western Kentucky
12	Pacific Coast Conference	9	115	117	.496	1	1	0	UCLA
13	Southeastern Conference	12	148	135	.523	3	1	0	Alabama
14	Southern Conference	10	122	139	.467	1	1	0	George Washington West Virginia	West Virginia
15	Southwest Conference	7	83	86	.491	1	1	1	Southern Methodist
16	West Coast Conference	8	107	99	.519	1	1	1	San Francisco
17	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	50	26	.658	0	1	0	Canisius
18	Yankee Conference	2	28	25	.528	0	1	0	Connecticut

School	Conf	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/6	Final
San Francisco	WCC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
North Carolina State	ACC	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	2	2
Dayton	Ind	7	7	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3
Iowa	Big Ten	4	4	10	6			20	13	19	17	15	13	10	5	4
Alabama	SEC	6	5	16	19	17	19	13	12	12	10	8	7	4	4	5
Louisville	Ind				11		13	10	9	5	5	4	3	6	6	6
Southern Methodist	SWC							19	18	17	15	12	12	9	8	7
UCLA	PCC	16						18		20	18	20	15	13	10	8
Kentucky	SEC	2	12	9	13	6	5	4	3	8	7	7	8	12	9	9
Illinois	Big Ten	8		17	9	9	8	6	5	6	6	3	2	2	7	10
Oklahoma City	Ind	12	20	15	10		16	14	16	15	14	14	18	16	16	11
Vanderbilt	SEC		9	8	5	4	4	5	7	3	3	6	5	7	11	12
North Carolina	ACC		16	6	4	5	9	9	8	9	12	10	9	8	15	13
Holy Cross	Ind	11	10	7	14	14	11	12	11	14	13	16	17	15	12	14
Temple	Ind		11	12	17	16	10	8	6	7	9	9	10	14	13	15
Wake Forest	ACC						18							20	18	16
Duke	ACC			14	8	11	6	7	10	10	8	11	11	11	19	17
Utah	MSAC	5	3	3	7		20	16							20	18
Oklahoma State	MVC							20	20							19
West Virginia	Southern	14	15			19									14	20
School	Conf	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/6	Final
Brigham Young	MSAC	10	8	5	20
Cincinnati	Ind		14				20		14		20
Duquesne	Ind	9	6	20
George Washington	Southern	13	13	11	12	7	14				19		19
Houston	MVC											18	14	18	17
Indiana	Big Ten		19	18		13	12
Iowa State	Big 7					8	15						20
Kansas	Big 7		18
Kansas State	Big 7													17
La Salle	Ind	18
Marquette	Ind	14		13
Marshall	MAC									18
Memphis	Ind			18		12	17	15	19	16		19
Michigan State	Big Ten				16	20
Minnesota	Big Ten	20
Ohio State	Big Ten	16			15	10	7	11
Rice	SWC				17	18
Saint Louis	MVC		17					17	17	11	11	17		19
St. Francis (NY)	Metro NY								15	13	16	13	16
Stanford	PCC	19
Tulsa	MVC					15

UPI Player of the Year:	Bill Russell (San Francisco)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	Bill Russell (San Francisco)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	Hal Lear (Temple)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Charlie Tyra (Louisville)

2nd Team
Bill Uhl (Dayton)
Bob Burrow (Kentucky)
Darrell Floyd (Furman)
K.C. Jones (San Francisco)
Rod Hundley (West Virginia)
Willie Naulls (UCLA)