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1955-56 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 20-7 (2-2, 2nd in WNY3 MBB)

Coach: Taps Gallagher

PS/G: 75.5 (72nd of 175)

PA/G: 67.2 (34th of 175)

SRS: 6.22 (38th of 166)

SOS: 1.72 (62nd of 166)

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
Niagara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	REG		Fordham	Metro NY	-1.91	W	72	70		1	0	W 1	Gallagher Center
2	Mon, Dec 5, 1955	REG		Toledo	MAC	-4.83	W	66	59		2	0	W 2	Gallagher Center
3	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	REG	@	Villanova	Ind	0.32	L	70	82		2	1	L 1	Villanova Field House
4	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	REG	@	La Salle (18)	Ind	1.97	W	72	70		3	1	W 1	Convention Hall
5	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	REG		Syracuse	Ind	2.59	L	71	84		3	2	L 1	Gallagher Center
6	Fri, Dec 30, 1955	REG		Xavier	Ind	11.41	L	63	84		3	3	L 2	Gallagher Center
7	Sun, Jan 1, 1956	REG		Georgetown	Ind	-4.71	W	68	53		4	3	W 1	Gallagher Center
8	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	REG		Lafayette	Ind	-0.08	W	89	69		5	3	W 2	Gallagher Center
9	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	REG	N	St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-0.67	W	87	75		6	3	W 3
10	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	REG	@	Canisius	WNY3	9.74	L	58	78		6	4	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
11	Thu, Jan 26, 1956	REG		Duquesne	Ind	5.94	W	60	51		7	4	W 1	Gallagher Center
12	Fri, Feb 3, 1956	REG	@	Holy Cross (14)	Ind	11.14	L	76	77		7	5	L 1	Worcester Auditorium
13	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	REG	@	Connecticut	Yankee	-6.70	W	84	81		8	5	W 1	UConn/Hugh S. Greer Fieldhouse
14	Sat, Feb 11, 1956	REG		St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	-0.57	W	73	64		9	5	W 2	Gallagher Center
15	Thu, Feb 16, 1956	REG	N	Seton Hall	Ind	4.11	W	87	56		10	5	W 3
16	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	REG	@	Syracuse	Ind	2.59	W	86	80		11	5	W 4	Onondaga County War Memorial
17	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	REG	N	St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-0.67	W	83	72		12	5	W 5
18	Wed, Feb 29, 1956	REG		Siena	Ind	-7.45	W	78	44		13	5	W 6	Gallagher Center
19	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	REG		Canisius	WNY3	9.74	L	62	64		13	6	L 1	Gallagher Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
20	Mon, Mar 19, 1956	NIT	@	St. Francis (NY)	Metro NY	2.52	L	72	74		13	7	L 2	Madison Square Garden (III)