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1954-55 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: San Francisco

Final Four: Colorado, Iowa, La Salle and San Francisco

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Russell

AP First #1: La Salle

AP Final #1: San Francisco

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	127	97	.567	10.03	6.82	1	1	1	Iowa
2	Big Seven Conference	7	80	71	.530	5.78	4.92	1	1	1	Colorado
3	Southeastern Conference	12	151	125	.547	-2.27	-2.40	1	1	0	Kentucky
4	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	51	23	.689	5.79	2.31	0	1	0	Niagara
5	Ohio Valley Conference	3	44	33	.571	3.35	4.11	0	0	0	Western Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky
6	Yankee Conference	2	37	15	.712	-1.11	-5.68	0	0	0	Connecticut
7	Pacific Coast Conference	9	127	106	.545	5.14	4.59	0	1	0	Oregon State (North)
8	Missouri Valley Conference	6	100	58	.633	5.13	1.91	0	1	0	Saint Louis, Tulsa
9	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	75	44	.630	-1.65	0.65	0	0	0	Manhattan
10	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	108	90	.545	-6.45	-4.38	0	1	0	Utah
11	California Basketball Association	5	74	55	.574	5.76	6.76	0	1	1	San Francisco
12	Southwest Conference	7	77	89	.464	-7.50	-4.38	0	1	0	Southern Methodist
13	Independent	44	586	478	.551	-1.42	0.62	0	7	1
14	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	79	81	.494	-6.99	-6.01	0	1	0	Texas Tech, West Texas A&M
15	Ivy League	8	93	102	.477	-4.88	-3.07	0	1	0	Princeton
16	Mid-American Conference	8	86	89	.491	-8.97	-5.95	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
17	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	118	93	.559	1.60	0.63	0	1	0	NC State	NC State
18	Southern Conference	10	129	128	.502	-11.29	-7.36	0	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
Alabama	SEC			19	16	20		19						19
Auburn	SEC
California	PCC				15
Cincinnati	Ind	19	19	13	13	17		17		20	17	16		20	20
Colorado	Big 7		21									20	18	15	11
Dayton	Ind	12	12	6	5	11	11	15	17	17	14	15	13	11	10
DePaul	Ind	16
Duke	ACC
Duquesne	Ind	3	7	10	8	2	2	6	5	5	5	4	5	9	7
George Washington	Southern		19			13	19	18	8	8	8	9	10	14	15
Holy Cross	Ind	8	16	18	18	17		13	14	15		18		20	19
Illinois	Big Ten	6	3	1	4	8	6	3	9	11	10	11	11	16	16
Indiana	Big Ten	5	5
Iowa	Big Ten	2	10	14	19	14	17	12			12	13	12	10	5
Kansas	Big 7			16	14
Kentucky	SEC	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
La Salle	Ind	1	1	4	3	4	3	2	6	4	3	3	3	3	3
Louisville	Ind			17	20		19					18		20
Marquette	Ind							14	13	10	11	10	9	8	9
Maryland	ACC					14	14	11	12	14	18	17
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	Final
Memphis	Ind
Minnesota	Big Ten		21		20	10	10	9	14	9	9	8	4	4	13
Missouri	Big 7		9	8	10	6	8	8	11	12	13	12	15	13
NC State	ACC	7	4	5	2	3	4	5	2	6	6	7	7	4	6
Niagara	WNY3	10	10	9	11	12	13	16	14	13	18		20	18	16
Northwestern	Big Ten								9
Notre Dame	Ind	11	15			16
Ohio State	Big Ten		13	7	20
Oklahoma State	MVC	17	18
Oregon State	PCC	17						19	19	15	15	14	14	12	8
Penn	Ivy
Penn State	Ind
Purdue	Big Ten						14
Richmond	Southern
SMU	SWC														20
Saint Louis	MVC	13	17					19	20	19			16		18
San Francisco	CBA				6	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
Seton Hall	Ind				17
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY
Stanford	PCC								18		20
TCU	SWC							19					17
Tennessee	SEC
Tulsa	MVC													17	14
UCLA	PCC	9	6	11	9	9	9	10	7	7	7	6	6	7	12
USC	PCC	15	14	12	12		12
Utah	MSAC	13	8	2	7	7	7	7	4	3	4	5	8	6	4
Vanderbilt	SEC
Villanova	Ind									17	16			20
Wake Forest	ACC
West Virginia	Southern
Western Kentucky	OVC
Wichita State	MVC	20		19		19	16
Wyoming	MSAC			15									18
Xavier	Ind						17

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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