Season summary
Robert Ames, later a CIA official killed in the
1983 bombing of the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was a member of the 1954–55 Explorers.
NCAA tournament
*East
** La Salle 95, West Virginia 61
** La Salle 73, Princeton 46
** La Salle 99,
Canisius College
Canisius University is a private Jesuit university in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 ma ...
64
*Final Four
** La Salle 76,
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
73
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
77, La Salle 63
Rankings
Awards and honors
Team players drafted into the NBA
References
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La Salle Explorers men's basketball seasons
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons
La Salle Explorers
The La Salle Explorers are the varsity sports teams from La Salle University in Philadelphia. The Explorers compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The men's and women's basketball teams also participate in the Phi ...
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