# 1955–56 Oklahoma City Chiefs men's basketball team

The 1955–56 Oklahoma City Chiefs men's basketball team represented Oklahoma City University in the 1955–56 NCAA men's basketball season as an independent. They finished the season 20–7 overall record, and made it to the Elite Eight of the 1956 NCAA basketball tournament. They were coached by Abe Lemons in his first season as head coach of the Chiefs. They played their home games at the Municipal Auditorium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| | | Emporia State | W 63–44 | 1–0 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 5, 1955 | | TCU | W 84–56 | 2–0 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 15, 1955 | No. 20 | Wyoming | W 65–59 | 3–0 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 17, 1955 | No. 20 | Western Kentucky | W 92–87 | 4–0 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 20, 1955 | No. 15 | Auburn | W 76–58 | 5–0 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 23, 1955 | No. 15 | TCU | W 64–54 | 6–0 | Fort Worth, TX |
| December 27, 1955 | No. 10 | Penn All-College Basketball Tournament | W 74–62 | 7–0 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 28, 1955 | No. 10 | Oklahoma A&M All-College Basketball Tournament | W 48–47 | 8–0 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| December 29, 1955 | No. 10 | Tulsa All-College Basketball Tournament | L 58–65 | 8–1 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| January 4, 1956 | | at No. 15 Tulsa | W 58–50 | 9–1 | Municipal Auditorium Tulsa, OK |
| January 9, 1956 | | at Houston | L 64–78 | 9–2 | Public School Field House Houston, TX |
| January 14, 1956 | No. 16 | at Drake | W 78–74 | 10–2 | Drake Fieldhouse Des Moines, IA |
| January 17, 1956 | No. 14 | at Seattle | L 84–89 | 10–3 | Seattle, WA |
| January 18, 1956 | No. 14 | at Seattle | W 74–70 | 11–3 | Seattle, WA |
| January 20, 1956 | No. 14 | at No. 16 Utah | L 58–60 | 11–4 | Nielsen Fieldhouse Salt Lake City, UT |
| January 21, 1956 | No. 14 | at BYU | W 62–60 | 12–4 | Smith Fieldhouse Provo, UT |
| January 24, 1956 | No. 16 | at Wichita | W 56–55 | 13–4 | University of Wichita Field House Wichita, KS |
| January 30, 1956 | No. 16 | Texas A&M | W 76–56 | 14–4 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| February 1, 1956 | No. 15 | at Loyola (LA) | W 81–66 | 15–4 | Loyola Field House New Orleans, LA |
| February 6, 1956 | No. 15 | Wichita | W 63–59 | 16–4 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| February 13, 1956 | No. 14 | Drake | L 66–70 | 16–5 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| February 20, 1956 | No. 14 | Loyola (LA) | W 93–78 | 17–5 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| February 24, 1956 | No. 18 | Seattle | L 63–70 | 17–6 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| February 27, 1956 | No. 18 | No. 14 Houston | W 63–59 | 18–6 | Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, OK |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| March 13, 1956 | No. 16 | vs. Memphis State First round | W 97–81 | 19–6 | University of Wichita Field House Wichita, KS |
| March 16, 1956 | No. 11 | vs. Kansas State West Regional semifinal | W 97–93 | 20–6 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS |
| March 17, 1956 | No. 11 | vs. No. 7 SMU West Regional final | L 63–84 | 20–7 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
| AP | 12 | 20 | 15 | 10 | — | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 |