1954-55 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
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NCAA tournament
- East
- La Salle 95, West Virginia 61
- La Salle 73, Princeton 46
- La Salle 99, Canisius CollegeCanisius CollegeCanisius College is a private Roman Catholic college in Buffalo, New York, United States. The college was founded in 1870 by members of the Society of Jesus from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. The college is one of 28 institutions in the Association of Jesuit Colleges and...
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- Final Four
- La Salle 76, Iowa 73
- San Francisco 77, La Salle 63
Team players drafted into the NBA
| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 3 | Tom Gola Tom Gola Thomas Joseph Gola is a retired American basketball player.-Early Life:Gola was praised as a great all-around player as a high school student at La Salle College High School, where he led the Explorers to a Philadelphia Catholic League Championship... |
Philadelphia Warriors |
See also
- 2004 La Salle University men's basketball scandal2004 La Salle University men's basketball scandalThe 2004 La Salle University men's basketball scandal was an incident that began in June 2004, in which three members of the La Salle University men's basketball team were accused of rape in two separate incidents.One allegation related to an encounter in April 2003 where one men's basketball...
- Former La Salle Head Coach Ken LoefflerKen LoefflerKenneth D. Loeffler was an American collegiate and professional basketball coach. He was mostly known for guiding the La Salle University men's basketball team to the 1954 NCAA Championship and the 1952 National Invitation Tournament Championship.After earning a Bachelor's degree at Pennsylvania...
- NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coachesNCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coachesThis is a list of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Regional Championships by coach. The current names of the NCAA Tournament regions are the East, Southeast, Southwest, and West...
- NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by schoolNCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by schoolThis is a list of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four appearances by school. Schools whose names are italicized are no longer in Division I and can no longer be included in the tournament. Several teams have vacated Final Four appearances and are marked with an * with...