Front row (l-r): Warren Baxter, Hal Payne, Jack King, Hal Perry, Steve Balchios
Middle row (l-r): Head Coach Phil Woolpert, Vince Boyle, John Kolijian, Bill Russell, Bill Bush, K.C. Jones, Mgr. Bill Mulholland
Back row (l-r): Tom Nelson, Gene Brown, Mike Farmer, Carl Boldt, Mike Preaseau
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| PHIL WOOLPERT | HAL LEAR | TEMPLE |
| Location: McGaw Hall | Evanston, Illinois | |
| March 24, 1956 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG | FT-A | PF | PTS |
| San Francisco | ||||
| Boldt | 7 | 2-2 | 4 | 16 |
| Farmer | 0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 |
| Preaseau | 3 | 1-2 | 3 | 7 |
| Russell | 11 | 4-5 | 2 | 26 |
| Nelson | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry | 6 | 2-2 | 2 | 14 |
| Brown | 6 | 4-4 | 0 | 16 |
| Baxter | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 35 | 13-15 | 13 | 83 |
| Iowa | ||||
| Cain | 7 | 3-4 | 1 | 17 |
| Schoof | 5 | 4-4 | 3 | 14 |
| Logan | 5 | 2-2 | 3 | 12 |
| George | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheuerman | 4 | 3-4 | 2 | 11 |
| Seaberg | 5 | 7-10 | 1 | 17 |
| Martel | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| McConnell | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 19-24 | 10 | 71 |