1956-57 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: North Carolina

Final Four: Kansas, Michigan State, UNC and San Francisco

Consensus Player of the Year: Chet Forte

AP First #1: Kansas

AP Final #1: North Carolina

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Seven Conference	7	98	67	.594	10.49	7.84	1	1	1	Kansas
2	Big Ten Conference	10	119	105	.531	7.17	6.04	1	1	1	Indiana, Michigan State
3	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	51	26	.662	6.16	1.01	1	1	0	Canisius, St. Bonaventure
4	Missouri Valley Conference	8	110	100	.524	2.71	3.29	3	1	0	Saint Louis
5	Southeastern Conference	12	168	120	.583	2.71	1.57	3	1	0	Kentucky
6	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	125	89	.584	2.19	0.77	2	1	1	North Carolina	North Carolina
7	Southwest Conference	7	90	79	.533	1.88	2.34	1	1	0	Southern Methodist
8	Pacific Coast Conference	9	120	115	.511	1.50	1.37	2	1	0	University of California
9	Independent	44	635	457	.582	-1.51	-0.40	6	6	0
10	Ohio Valley Conference	5	62	56	.525	-2.30	-0.31	0	1	0	Morehead State, Western Kentucky
11	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	55	55	.500	-2.68	-0.77	0	0	0	New York University
12	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	93	107	.465	-4.24	-2.50	0	1	0	Brigham Young
13	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	109	96	.532	-5.16	-3.29	0	1	1	San Francisco
14	Ivy Group	8	99	93	.516	-6.14	-4.94	0	1	0	Yale
15	Southern Conference	10	118	143	.452	-8.12	-5.55	1	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia
16	Mid-American Conference	7	79	84	.485	-8.85	-5.58	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
17	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	6	66	77	.462	-9.71	-6.54	0	1	0	Texas-El Paso
18	Yankee Conference	2	28	19	.596	-11.80	-6.43	0	1	0	Connecticut

AP Poll Summary Table
School	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
Duke	-	13	9	-	15	16	15	19	-	17	16	-	-	-
Memphis	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	16	-	20	19	19	12
Louisville	4	6	8	6	5	5	4	3	6	8	7	8	6	6
Kentucky	3	7	3	3	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
West Virginia	13	8	4	19	18	15	17	18	11	10	14	11	11	7
West Virginia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	18	-	-	-
UCLA	-	-	-	8	8	6	7	5	5	7	8	6	7	14
Idaho State	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	17	20	-	-	15	15	16
Oklahoma City	18	15	11	17	11	13	16	16	13	13	13	18	10	9
Alabama	9	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Louis	-	9	5	16	17	-	-	-	-	20	-	14	12	10
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-
Western Kentucky	12	20	15	14	20	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SMU	5	4	7	4	4	3	6	6	4	6	6	4	4	4
Manhattan	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulane	-	-	16	-	-	-	18	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	11	10	-	-
Oklahoma State	19	12	10	11	12	19	-	20	-	-	-	17	16	20
Niagara	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canisius	10	18	17	15	14	14	14	12	14	14	-	-	-	20
NC State	8	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	7	5	6	5	10	8	9	7	15	16	-	-	-	-
Seattle	20	-	18	10	9	7	8	9	7	4	4	5	5	5
Ohio State	11	11	-	-	-	17	12	11	12	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Vanderbilt	-	-	12	9	6	10	13	-	18	18	10	9	9	8
St. John's (NY)	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
California	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	15	19	12	15	-	14	13
Mississippi State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	18	15
UNC	6	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Iowa State	17	14	14	7	7	9	3	8	9	9	9	16	17	-
Kansas State	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	12	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	-	-	12	12	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dayton	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	-	-	-	18	13	11	11	13	10	11	12	13	20	18
Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	10	8	5	5	7	13	19
Notre Dame	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	11
San Francisco	2	2	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1956-57 Season Pages

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