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710:, faced Kansas in the Final Four's host site, Kansas City. With a field goal percentage of almost 60 percent, the Jayhawks posted an 80–56 win to advance to the championship game against undefeated North Carolina, the number one-ranked team in the country. The Tar Heels defeated the Jayhawks 54–53 in triple overtime; North Carolina's 671:, in his first season with the varsity program. Expectations for the team were high entering the season; Allen said of the Jayhawks' new player that "Anybody could win the national championship with Wilt Chamberlain and four cheerleaders." Chamberlain averaged 29.6 points and 18.8 2238:
Poll, the Jayhawks held the top overall ranking at the start of the season and remained there until the January 22 rankings, when they fell to second behind North Carolina. They stayed in that position in each subsequent poll during the season.
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and was forced into an overtime period. Behind 36 points by Chamberlain, the Jayhawks won 73–65 to advance to the regional finals. There, the Jayhawks defeated
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and Justin Wesley, who was on the roster at the time of the release. Additionally, Kansas alumni Jay Karnes portrays Chancellor
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by a score of 56–54. The Jayhawks wrapped up the Big Seven title, and an NCAA Tournament berth, with a 64–57 win over
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defeated Kansas 39–37. Kansas lost one other game in the regular season, on February 20, 1957, against
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on March 7. They ended the regular season with a record of 20–2, and a Big Seven record of 11–1.
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Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics
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per game over the course of the season. In Kansas' opening game against
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1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament participants
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From the beginning of the season, the Jayhawks topped the
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In the first round of the NCAA tournament, Kansas faced
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was named the head coach of the Jayhawks before the
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Big Seven
NCAA tournament
National Championship Game
North Carolina
Big Seven Conference
Dick Harp
Jack Eskridge
Allen Fieldhouse
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Kansas State
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Nebraska
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college basketball
University of Kansas
Dick Harp
Big Seven Conference
1957 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
championship game
North Carolina

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