Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Regional Fourth Place | Penn | L 90-70 |
| East | n/a | Eastern Kentucky | Paul McBrayer | First round | Notre Dame | L 72-57 |
| East | n/a | Fordham | Johnny Bach | First round | Lebanon Valley | L 80-67 |
| East | n/a | Holy Cross | Buster Sheary | Elite Eight | LSU | L 81-73 |
| East | n/a | Indiana | Branch McCracken | Champion | Kansas | W 69-68 |
| East | n/a | Lebanon Valley | Rinso Marquette | Regional Fourth Place | Wake Forest | L 91-71 |
| East | n/a | LSU | Harry Rabenhorst | Fourth Place | Washington | L 88-69 |
| East | n/a | Miami, Ohio | Bill Rohr | First round | DePaul | L 74-72 |
| East | n/a | Navy | Ben Carnevale | First round | Holy Cross | L 87-74 |
| East | n/a | Notre Dame | John Jordan | Elite Eight | Indiana | L 79-66 |
| East | n/a | Penn | Howie Dallmer | Regional Third Place | DePaul | W 90-70 |
| East | n/a | Wake Forest | Murray Greason | Regional Third Place | Lebanon Valley | W 91-71 |
| West | ||||||
| West | n/a | Hardin-Simmons | Bill Scott | First round | Santa Clara | L 81-56 |
| West | n/a | Idaho State | Steve Belko | First round | Seattle | L 88-77 |
| West | n/a | Kansas | Phog Allen | Runner Up | Indiana | L 69-68 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma City | Doyle Parrack | Regional Fourth Place | TCU | L 58-56 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Elite Eight | Kansas | L 61-55 |
| West | n/a | Santa Clara | Bob Feerick | Elite Eight | Washington | L 74-62 |
| West | n/a | Seattle | Al Brightman | Regional Third Place | Wyoming | W 80-64 |
| West | n/a | TCU | Buster Brannon | Regional Third Place | Oklahoma City | W 58-56 |
| West | n/a | Washington | Tippy Dye | Third Place | LSU | W 88-69 |
| West | n/a | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Regional Fourth Place | Seattle | L 80-64 |
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