1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1956–57 Tennessee A&I State Tigers Basketball Independent 31–4 N/A John McLendon 3rd Kean Hall NAIA tournament National Champions 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. 2018–19 Tennessee State Tigers Men's Basketball Media Guide: History Tennessee State University 2018 http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com/tsutigers/318840A2-B56F-40DE-B0E0-6667408F6268/4MBBmg1819.pdf September 6, 2019 This marked the first of three consecutive national championships, a feat that no other team at any level of college basketball had previously accomplished.1957-1959 NAIA Championship Teams Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement This Weekend TSUTigers.com Tennessee State University September 4, 2019 http://www.tsutigers.com/mbasketball/news/2019-20/9480/1957-1959-naia-championship-teams-naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-enshrinement-this-weekend/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190919064730/http://www.tsutigers.com/mbasketball/news/2019-20/9480/1957-1959-naia-championship-teams-naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-enshrinement-this-weekend/ dead September 19, 2019 September 6, 2019 In addition, the 1956–57 team became the first historically black college to win a national basketball title.Sheckler Finch Jackie 2009 Insider's Guide to Nashville, 7th ed. https://books.google.com/books?id=4_NxE3TPiJsC&q=1956-57+tennessee+a%26i+historically+black&pg=PA253 Guilford, Connecticut Morris Book Publishing, LLC 253 978-0-7627-4867-9 In 2019, all three national championship teams were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Twelve honorees announced for 2019 Hall of Fame Class NBA.com NBA Media Ventures, LLC April 6, 2019 https://www.nba.com/article/2019/04/06/naismith-release-2019-hall-fame-class September 6, 2019 Schedule no no Philander Smith 134-51 1-0 Philander Smith 108-76 2-0 Philander Smith 87-86 3-0 Lincoln University 91-80 4-0 Lincoln University 114-74 5-0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 94-75 6-0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 83-64 7-0 Knoxville 118-100 8-0 Knoxville 113-81 9-0 Kentucky St 79-75 10-0 Kentucky St 95-71 11-0 Grambling 75-76 11-1 Grambling 98-74 12-1 Central State 89-63 13-1 Central State 92-78 14-1 Jackson College 73-79 14-2 Jackson College 84-81 15-2 Omaha University 96-80 16-2 South Dakota State 85-95 16-3 South Dakota State 88-74 17-3 Illinois State 98-91 18-3 Rockhurst 63-71 18-4 North Dakota 84-51 19-4 Rockhurst 69-57 20-4 Dillard 79-61 21-4 Xavier University 85-73 22-4 Grambling 118-94 23-4 Kentucky St 89-74 24-4 North Carolina A&T 91-72 25-4 Winston-Salem 100-80 26-4 Adrian College 87-69 27-4 Portland University 87-60 28-4 Western Illinois 90-88 29-4 Pacific Lutheran 71-70 30-4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 92-73 31-4 https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/tsutigers.com/documents/2023/2/27/2018-19_Media_Guide.pdf 81 December 12, 2024 2018-19 Media Guide Individual honors Associated Press Little All-America – Dick Barnett NAIA All-America – Dick Barnett, John Barnhill, James Satterwhite References Tennessee AandI Category:Tennessee State Tigers basketball seasons Category:NAIA men's basketball tournament championship seasons Category:Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Tennessee AandI State Basketball Tennessee AandI State Basketball