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Prior to 1954 there was concern about the attendance levels at sporting events dropping due to TV coverage.

1954

East Regional First Round
Bracket A
Penn St. 62 - Toledo 50
Notre Dame 80 - Loyola-LA 70

Semifinals

Penn St. 78 - LSU 70
Notre Dame 65 - Indiana 64

Third Place
Indiana 73 - LSU 62

Final
Penn St. 71 - Notre Dame 63

Bracket B
Navy 85 - Connecticut 80
La Salle 76 - Fordham 74
N.C. State 75 - George Washington 73

Semifinals
Navy 69 - Cornell 67
La Salle 88 - N.C. State 81

Third Place
N.C. State 65 - Cornell 54

Final
La Salle 64 - Navy 48

West Regional First Round
Bracket A

Bradley 61 - Oklahoma City 55

Semifinals
Bradley 76 - Colorado 64
Oklahoma A&M 51 - Rice 45

Third Place
Rice 78 - Colorado 55

Final
Bradley 71 - Oklahoma A&M 57

Bracket B
Idaho St. 77 - Seattle 75 (OT)
Santa Clara 73 - Texas Tech 64

Semifinals
USC 73 - Idaho St. 59
Santa Clara 73 - Colorado St. 50

Third Place
Idaho St. 62 - Colorado St. 57

Final
USC 66, Santa Clara 65 (2 OT)

Final Four
(Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City)

Semifinals
La Salle 69 - Penn St. 54
Bradley 74 - USC 72

Third Place
Penn St. 70 - USC 61

Championship
La Salle 92 - Bradley 76

All-Tournament Team

Tom Gola, La Salle (Most Outstanding)
Chuck Singley, La Salle
Bob Carney, Bradley
Jesse Arnelle, Penn St.
Roy Irvin, USC

Championship Box Score

La Salle FG FT-A PF Pts
Charlie Singley 8 7-10 4 23
Chas Greenberg 2 1-2 1 5
Bob Maples 2 0-0 4 4
Frank Blatcher 11 1-2 4 23
Tom Gola 7 5-5 5 19
Fran O'Malley 5 1-1 4 11
John Yodsnukis 0 0-0 5 0
Frank O'Hara 2 3-4 1 7
Totals 37 18-24 28 92
Bradley FG FT-A PF Pts
Richard Petersen 4 2-2 2 10
Harvey Babetch 0 0-0 0 0
Ed King 3 6-7 4 12
Jack Gower 0 1-2 1 1
Dick Estergard 3 11-12 1 17
Bob Carney 3 11-17 4 17
Lee Utt 0 0-0 1 0
John Kent 8 0-2 2 16
John Riley 1 1-2 1 3
Totals 22 32-44 16 76

Halftime: Bradley 43, La Salle 42.
Attendance: 10,500.

1954 brought the levels even again ending those fears?

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