1 minute read March 23, 1957: North Carolina defeats Kansas in a triple-overtime final at the NCAA Basketball Championship. March 23, 1957 0 77
1 minute read March 13-15, 1957: The first College Division Basketball Championship is conducted at the University of Evansville. March 12, 1957 0 75
1 minute read Fall 1956: When he enrolls at Oklahoma and joins the football team, Prentice Gautt becomes the first Black student-athlete to play for a member school in the Jim Crow states of the South and Southwest. Gautt later becomes the NCAA’s secretary-treasurer in 1994. September 1, 1956 0 69
