1956–57 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
Appearance
The following contains a list of games within the 1956-57 season.
Final standings
[edit]Team | ACC Regular Season | Regular Season % | All Games | All Games % | Nonconference Games | Ranked AP All | Ranked AP Nonconference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Carolina | 14–0 | 1.000 | 32–0 | 1.000 | |||
Maryland | 9–5 | .643 | 16–10 | .615 | |||
Duke | 8–6 | .571 | 13–11 | .542 | |||
Wake Forest | 7–7 | .500 | 19–9 | .679 | |||
NC State | 7–7 | .500 | 15–11 | .577 | |||
South Carolina | 5–9 | .357 | 17–12 | .586 | |||
Clemson | 3–11 | .214 | 7–17 | .292 | |||
Virginia | 3–11 | .214 | 6–19 | .240 | |||
Total | 125–89 | .584 |
ACC tournament
[edit]See 1957 ACC men's basketball tournament
NCAA tournament
[edit]Round of 23
[edit]North Carolina 90, Yale 74
Regional semi-finals
[edit]North Carolina 87, Canisius 75
Regional final
[edit]North Carolina 67, Syracuse 58
National semi-finals
[edit]North Carolina 74, Michigan St 70 (3ot)
National championship
[edit]North Carolina 54, Kansas 53 (3ot)
ACC's NCAA record
[edit]6–0
NIT
[edit]League rules prevented ACC teams from playing in the NIT, 1954–1966