1954-55 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: San Francisco

Final Four: Colorado, Iowa, La Salle and San Francisco

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Russell

AP First #1: La Salle

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	127	97	.567	10.03	6.82	3	1	1	Iowa
2	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	51	23	.689	5.79	2.31	0	1	0	Niagara
3	Big Seven Conference	7	80	71	.530	5.78	4.92	1	1	1	Colorado
4	California Basketball Association	5	74	55	.574	5.76	6.76	1	1	1	San Francisco
5	Pacific Coast Conference	9	127	106	.545	5.14	4.59	2	1	0	Oregon State (North)
6	Missouri Valley Conference	6	100	58	.633	5.13	1.91	2	1	0	Saint Louis, Tulsa
7	Ohio Valley Conference	3	44	33	.571	3.35	4.11	0	0	0	Western Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky
8	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	118	93	.559	1.60	0.63	1	1	0	North Carolina State	North Carolina State
9	Yankee Conference	2	37	15	.712	-1.11	-5.68	0	0	0	Connecticut
10	Independent	44	586	478	.551	-1.42	0.62	4	7	1
11	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	75	44	.630	-1.65	0.65	0	0	0	Manhattan
12	Southeastern Conference	12	151	125	.547	-2.27	-2.40	3	1	0	Kentucky
13	Ivy League	8	93	102	.477	-4.88	-3.07	0	1	0	Princeton
14	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	108	90	.545	-6.45	-4.38	1	1	0	Utah
15	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	79	81	.494	-6.99	-6.01	0	1	0	Texas Tech, West Texas A&M
16	Southwest Conference	7	77	89	.464	-7.50	-4.38	0	1	0	Southern Methodist
17	Mid-American Conference	8	86	89	.491	-8.97	-5.95	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
18	Southern Conference	10	129	128	.502	-11.29	-7.36	2	1	0	West Virginia	West Virginia

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	Final
Duke	17	-	-	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colorado	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
Memphis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	19	-
Louisville	-	12	14	13	16	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
West Virginia	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Marquette	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	11	9	9	6	5	4	8
Seton Hall	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCLA	13	8	17	15	7	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	13
Wichita State	15	17	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
La Salle	1	1	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3
Tulsa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	15	16
Alabama	-	-	19	12	20	16	12	14	13	13	17	12	11	12
Saint Louis	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Oregon State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	18	16	-	14	10
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Kentucky	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USC	-	-	13	14	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utah	16	15	2	7	8	9	10	7	5	5	10	8	7	7
George Washington	-	11	8	9	6	8	9	6	7	6	5	10	13	14
Indiana	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Niagara	8	10	10	10	15	15	20	20	16	-	-	-	-	-
Duquesne	3	9	9	8	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	6
Richmond	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	10	4	5	2	3	2	2	3	6	7	7	6	5	4
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	-	6	7	11	9	6	8	12	17	14	-	20	20	-
Penn State	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	14	3	3	6	12	7	7	10	10	10	14	13	17	18
Iowa	4	13	20	19	14	19	19	19	-	15	15	16	12	5
Holy Cross	5	19	-	-	-	-	16	13	14	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	-	14	11	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	-	-	20	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	18	20	20	20	14	16	17
St. John's (NY)	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penn	-	-	16	17	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	17	19	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	13	14	14	-	11	12	8	7	6	11
Cincinnati	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	12	17	-	-
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-
Dayton	7	5	6	4	10	12	18	15	15	16	13	11	10	9
TCU	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maryland	-	-	-	-	11	11	6	8	12	11	11	17	18	-
Notre Dame	9	20	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Francisco	-	-	17	5	5	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1954-55 Season Pages