1956–57 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

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The following contains a list of games within the 1956-57 season.

Final standings

Team	ACC Regular Season	Regular Season %	All Games	All Games %	Nonconference Games	Ranked AP All	Ranked AP Nonconference
North Carolina	14–0	1.000	32–0	1.000
Maryland	9–5	.643	16–10	.615
Duke	8–6	.571	13–11	.542
Wake Forest	7–7	.500	19–9	.679
NC State	7–7	.500	15–11	.577
South Carolina	5–9	.357	17–12	.586
Clemson	3–11	.214	7–17	.292
Virginia	3–11	.214	6–19	.240
Total			125–89	.584

ACC tournament

See 1957 ACC men's basketball tournament

NCAA tournament

Round of 23

North Carolina 90, Yale 74

Regional semi-finals

North Carolina 87, Canisius 75

Regional final

North Carolina 67, Syracuse 58

National semi-finals

North Carolina 74, Michigan St 70 (3ot)

National championship

North Carolina 54, Kansas 53 (3ot)

ACC's NCAA record

6–0

NIT

League rules prevented ACC teams from playing in the NIT, 1954–1966

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Future teams	California Golden Bears SMU Mustangs Stanford Cardinal (all joining in 2024)
Championships & awards	Regular season champions ACC men's basketball tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Rookie of the Year All-ACC 50th Anniversary Team
Conference challenges	ACC–SEC Challenge (2023–present) ACC–Big Ten Challenge (1999–2022)
Seasons	1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

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