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19 August 1955 - Torrential rains flood parts of southern New England.

1955

East Regional First Round
Bracket A
Marquette 90 - Miami-OH 79
Penn St. 59 - Memphis St. 55

Semifinals
Marquette 79 - Kentucky 71
Iowa 82 - Penn St. 53

Third Place
Kentucky 84 - Penn St. 59

Final
Iowa 86 - Marquette 81

Bracket B
La Salle 95 - West Virginia 61
Canisius 73 - Williams 60
Villanova 74 - Duke 73

Semifinals
La Salle 73 - Princeton 46
Canisius 73 - Villanova 71

Third Place
Villanova 65, Princeton 57

Final
La Salle 99 - Canisius 64

West Regional First Round
Bracket A
Bradley 69 - Oklahoma City 65

Semifinals
Bradley 81 - SMU 79
Colorado 69 - Tulsa 59

Third Place
Tulsa 68 - SMU 67

Final
Colorado 93 - Bradley 81

Bracket B
Seattle 80 - Idaho St. 63
San Francisco 89 - West Texas St. 66

Semifinals
Oregon St. 83 - Seattle 71
San Francisco 78 - Utah 59

Third Place
Utah 108 - Seattle 85

Final
San Francisco 57 - Oregon St. 56

Final Four
(Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City)

Semifinals
La Salle 76 - Iowa 73
San Francisco 62 - Colorado 50

Third Place
Colorado 75 - Iowa 74

Championship
San Francisco 77 - La Salle 63

All-Tournament Team
Bill Russell, San Francisco (Most Outstanding)
K. C. Jones, San Francisco
Tom Gola, La Salle
Jim Ranglos, Colorado
Carl Cain, Iowa

Championship Box Score

San Francisco	FG-A	FT-A	PF	Pts
Jerry Mullen	4	2-5	5	10
Stan Buchanan	3	2-2	1	8
Bill Russell	9-22	5-7	1	23
K. C. Jones	10-23	4-4	2	24
Hal Perry	1	2-2	4	4
Bob Wiebusch	2	0-0	0	4
Rudy Zannini	1	0-0	0	2
Dick Lawless	1	0-0	0	2
Gordon Kirby	0	0-0	1	0
Totals	31-83	15-20	14	77
La Salle	FG-A	FT-A	PF	Pts
Fran O'Malley	4	2-3	1	10
Charlie Singley	8	4-4	1	20
Tom Gola	6	4-5	4	16
Al Lewis	1	4-9	1	6
Chas Greenberg	1	1-2	4	3
Frank Blatcher	4	0-0	1	8
Bob Maples	0	0-0	0	0
Walt Fredericks	0	0-0	0	0
Totals	24-68	15-23	12	63

Halftime: San Francisco 35, La Salle 24.
Attendance: 10,500.

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