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1955 NCAA basketball championship game

National championship game
The Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted the championship game.
San Francisco Dons
La Salle Explorers

CBA Independent

(27-1) (25-5)

77 63

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The 1955 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1955 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1954-55 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 19, 1955, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. It featured the San Francisco Dons of the California Basketball Association, and the independent La Salle Explorers, the defending national champions.

West-2
- San Francisco 98, West Texas State 66
- San Francisco 78, Utah 59
- San Francisco 57, Oregon State 56
Final Four
- San Francisco 62, Colorado 50
Midwest
- La Salle 95, West Virginia 61
- La Salle 73, Princeton 46
- La Salle 99, Canisius 64
Final Four
- La Salle 76, Iowa 73

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