1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team

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1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers men's basketball
NAIA tournament National Champions
Conference	Independent
Record	31–4
Head coach	John McLendon (3rd season)
Home arena	Kean Hall
Seasons ← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee A&I State College (now called Tennessee State University) in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) men's basketball during the 1956–57 season. Coached by third-year head coach John McLendon, the Tigers finished the season with a 31–4 record and were crowned NAIA national champions by winning the 1957 NAIA tournament.^[1] This marked the first of three consecutive national championships, a feat that no other team at any level of college basketball had previously accomplished.^[2] In addition, the 1956–57 team became the first historically black college to win a national basketball title.^[3] In 2019, all three national championship teams were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.^[2]^[4]

Individual honors[edit]

Associated Press Little All-America – Dick Barnett
NAIA All-America – Dick Barnett, John Barnhill, James Satterwhite

References[edit]

^ "2018–19 Tennessee State Tigers Men's Basketball Media Guide: History" (PDF). Tennessee State University. 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "1957-1959 NAIA Championship Teams Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement This Weekend". TSUTigers.com. Tennessee State University. September 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 19, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
^ Sheckler Finch, Jackie (2009). Insider's Guide to Nashville, 7th ed. Guilford, Connecticut: Morris Book Publishing, LLC. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-7627-4867-9.
^ "Twelve honorees announced for 2019 Hall of Fame Class". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. April 6, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

v t e Tennessee State Tigers basketball
Venues	Kean Hall (1953–1980) Gentry Complex (1980–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 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
NAIA national championships in bold

Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Players

Guards	R. Allen Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Braun Brennan Bryant Cervi Cheeks Clayton Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Endacott Frazier Friedman Galis Gervin Ginóbili Goodrich Greer Grentz Guerin Hammon Hanson Hardaway Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette Jenkins D. Johnson M. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Kidd Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGrady D. McGuire Meyers R. Miller Moncrief Monroe Moore C. Murphy Nash Page Parker Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma J. Russell Schommer Scott Sedran Sharman K. Smith Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas D. Thompson Vandivier Wade Wanzer Weatherspoon West Westphal J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden
Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bosh Boswell Bradley R. Brown Cash Catchings C. Cooper Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dandridge Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Duncan English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Garnett Gasol Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Hill Howell Hudson L. Jackson G. Johnson B. Jones King Korać Kukoč Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McGinnis McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Nowitzki Pettit Pierce Pippen Pollard Pullins Radja Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes C. Thompson T. Thompson Twyman Walker Webber N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley
Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain T. Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Divac Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Griffith Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel Jackson W. Johnson Johnston M. Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley Maciel M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning S. Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Reed Risen Robinson B. Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Sikma Thurmond Unseld Wachter Wallace Walton Washington Whalen Yao

v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019
Players	Carl Braun Chuck Cooper Vlade Divac Bobby Jones Sidney Moncrief Jack Sikma Teresa Weatherspoon Paul Westphal
Coaches	Bill Fitch
Contributors	Al Attles
Teams	1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers 1957–58 Tennessee A&I State Tigers 1958–59 Tennessee A&I State Tigers Wayland Baptist Women's Teams of 1948–82

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1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team

Individual honors[edit]

References[edit]

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