1956-57 Season Summary

Consensus Player of the Year: Chet Forte

AP First #1: Kansas ▪ AP Final #1: North Carolina

Conference Summary

Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	125	89	.584	2	1	1	North Carolina	North Carolina
2	Big Seven Conference	7	98	67	.594	1	1	1	Kansas
3	Big Ten Conference	10	119	105	.531	1	1	1	Indiana Michigan State
4	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	6	66	77	.462	0	1	0	Texas-El Paso
5	Independent	44	635	457	.582	6	6	0	Seattle
6	Ivy Group	8	99	93	.516	0	1	0	Yale
7	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	55	55	.500	0	0	0	New York University
8	Mid-American Conference	7	79	84	.485	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
9	Missouri Valley Conference	8	110	100	.524	3	1	0	Saint Louis
10	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	93	107	.465	0	1	0	Brigham Young
11	Ohio Valley Conference	5	62	56	.525	0	1	0	Morehead State Western Kentucky
12	Pacific Coast Conference	9	120	115	.511	2	1	0	California
13	Southeastern Conference	12	168	120	.583	3	1	0	Kentucky
14	Southern Conference	10	118	143	.452	1	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia
15	Southwest Conference	7	90	79	.533	1	1	0	Southern Methodist
16	West Coast Conference	8	109	96	.532	0	1	1	San Francisco
17	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	51	26	.662	1	1	0	Canisius St. Bonaventure
18	Yankee Conference	2	28	19	.596	0	1	0	Connecticut

School	Conf	12/11	12/18	12/26	1/2	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
North Carolina	ACC	6	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kansas	Big 7	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Kentucky	SEC	3	7	3	3	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Southern Methodist	SWC	5	4	7	4	4	3	6	6	4	6	6	4	4	4
Seattle	Ind	20		18	10	9	7	8	9	7	4	4	5	5	5
Louisville	Ind	4	6	8	6	5	5	4	3	6	8	7	8	6	6
West Virginia	Southern	13	8	4	19	18	15	17	18	11	10	14	11	11	7
Vanderbilt	SEC			12	9	6	10	13		18	18	10	9	9	8
Oklahoma City	Ind	18	15	11	17	11	13	16	16	13	13	13	18	10	9
Saint Louis	MVC		9	5	16	17					20		14	12	10
Michigan State	Big Ten													8	11
Memphis	Ind				20					16		20	19	19	12
California	PCC						19	19	15	19	12	15		14	13
UCLA	PCC				8	8	6	7	5	5	7	8	6	7	14
Mississippi State	SEC											19	20	18	15
Idaho State	Ind			20					17	20			15	15	16
Notre Dame	Ind														17
Wake Forest	ACC				18	13	11	11	13	10	11	12	13	20	18
Bradley	MVC						12	10	10	8	5	5	7	13	19
Canisius	WNY3	10	18	17	15	14	14	14	12	14	14				20
Oklahoma State	MVC	19	12	10	11	12	19		20				17	16	20
School	Conf	12/11	12/18	12/26	1/2	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Alabama	SEC	9	17
Dayton	Ind	15
Duke	ACC		13	9		15	16	15	19		17	16
Illinois	Big Ten	7	5	6	5	10	8	9	7	15	16
Indiana	Big Ten										18	11	10
Iowa State	Big 7	17	14	14	7	7	9	3	8	9	9	9	16	17
Kansas State	Big 7	14	10									17	12
Manhattan	Metro NY				13
Minnesota	Big Ten					19
Niagara	WNY3	16
North Carolina State	ACC	8	19
Ohio State	Big Ten	11	11				17	12	11	12
Purdue	Big Ten									17
San Francisco	WCC	2	2	19
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY		15
Tennessee	SEC			12	12	16
Tulane	SEC			16				18	14
West Virginia Tech	Ind										15	18
Western Kentucky	OVC	12	20	15	14	20	18	20

UPI Player of the Year:	Chet Forte (Columbia)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	Lenny Rosenbluth (North Carolina)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Win Wilfong (Memphis)

1st Team
Chet Forte (Columbia)
Jim Krebs (Southern Methodist)
Lenny Rosenbluth (North Carolina)
Rod Hundley (West Virginia)
Wilt Chamberlain (Kansas)

2nd Team
Charlie Tyra (Louisville)
Elgin Baylor (Seattle)
Frank Howard (Ohio State)
Gary Thompson (Iowa State)
Grady Wallace (South Carolina)
Guy Rodgers (Temple)