The 1957
NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a
single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's
NCAA College Division The NCAA College Division was a historic subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) consisting of member schools competing at a lower level of college sports. The NCAA initially divided schools into a College Division and a ...
college basketball as a culmination of the 1956-57 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. This was the first College Division men's basketball tournament and it was won by
Wheaton College Wheaton College may refer to:
* Wheaton College (Illinois), a private Christian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois
* Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton, Massachus ...
. Wheaton's
Mel Peterson was named the Most Outstanding Player.
Jackson State, citing policy of the Mississippi Board of Trustees, was compelled to withdraw from the tournament rather than competing in an interracial contest. This would be the only time such an occurrence would directly mar the tournament, and Jackson State themselves would return to the tournament in
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
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Regionals
East
Northeast
South
Mideast
Great Lakes
Midwest
West
Pacific Coast
*denotes each overtime played
† denotes forfeited game
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
Location:
Roberts Municipal Stadium Host:
Evansville College
*Third Place - Mount St. Mary's 82, Cal State Los Angeles 72
*denotes each overtime played
† denotes forfeited game
All-tournament team
* Mason Cope (Kentucky Wesleyan)
* Jim Daniels (South Dakota)
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Mel Peterson (Wheaton)
* Jack Sullivan (Mount Saint Mary's)
* Bob Whitehead (Wheaton)
See also
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1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
The 1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's college basketball in the NCAA University Division, replaced in 1973 by NCAA Division I. ...
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1957 National Invitation Tournament
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1957 NAIA Basketball Tournament
The 1957 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 20th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
This would be the first tournament to ...
References
Sources
2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records and Statistics: Division II men's basketball Championship1957 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament jonfmorse.com
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