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1955-56 Canisius Golden Griffins Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-7 (4-0, 1st in WNY3 MBB)

Coach: Joseph Curran

PS/G: 79.5 (36th of 175)

PA/G: 70.3 (58th of 175)

SRS: 9.74 (27th of 166)

SOS: 1.66 (64th of 166)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (79-78) versus NC State
Won East Regional Semifinal (66-58) versus Dartmouth
Lost East Regional Final (60-58) versus Temple

WNY3 Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1955-56 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/5	Final
Canisius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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 3, 1955	REG		Syracuse	Ind	2.59	W	87	75		1	0	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
2	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	REG		Louisville	Ind	14.67	L	82	98		1	1	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
3	Tue, Dec 13, 1955	REG		Bradley	MVC	3.96	L	66	73		1	2	L 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
4	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	REG	@	Washington (MO)	Ind	5.99	L	63	68		1	3	L 3	Francis Field House
5	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	REG		Richmond	Southern	-0.43	W	106	79		2	3	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
6	Thu, Dec 29, 1955	REG		Lafayette	Ind	-0.08	W	91	70		3	3	W 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
7	Sat, Dec 31, 1955	REG		Georgia Tech	SEC	-5.84	L	82	86		3	4	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
8	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	REG	N	St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-0.67	W	77	47		4	4	W 1
9	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	REG	@	Fordham	Metro NY	-1.91	W	71	63		5	4	W 2	Rose Hill Gymnasium
10	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-0.67	W	74	73		6	4	W 3	Butler Memorial Gym
11	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	REG		Dayton (2)	Ind	19.79	L	73	82		6	5	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
12	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	REG		Niagara	WNY3	6.22	W	78	58		7	5	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
13	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	REG		Creighton	Ind	-12.89	W	81	65		8	5	W 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
14	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	REG		Boston College	Ind	-26.80	W	90	60		9	5	W 3	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
15	Tue, Feb 7, 1956	REG		St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-0.67	W	86	71		10	5	W 4	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16	Sun, Feb 12, 1956	REG		Manhattan	Metro NY	-2.27	L	85	87		10	6	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
17	Tue, Feb 14, 1956	REG	@	Bowling Green State	MAC	-9.20	W	85	72		11	6	W 1	Men's Gym
18	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	REG		Holy Cross (16)	Ind	11.14	W	71	60		12	6	W 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
19	Tue, Feb 21, 1956	REG		Villanova	Ind	0.32	W	89	81		13	6	W 3	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
20	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	REG		Detroit Mercy	MVC	5.02	W	96	75		14	6	W 4	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
21	Tue, Feb 28, 1956	REG	@	Syracuse	Ind	2.59	W	76	73		15	6	W 5	Onondaga County War Memorial
22	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	REG	@	Niagara	WNY3	6.22	W	64	62		16	6	W 6	Gallagher Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Mon, Mar 12, 1956	NCAA	N	NC State (2)	ACC	15.23	W	79	78	4OT	17	6	W 7	Madison Square Garden (III)
24	Fri, Mar 16, 1956	NCAA	N	Dartmouth	Ivy	-0.27	W	66	58		18	6	W 8	The Palestra
25	Sat, Mar 17, 1956	NCAA	N	Temple (15)	Ind	9.41	L	58	60		18	7	L 1	The Palestra