The College Basketball belt in the 1950s
All decades →232Belt games
66Title changes
48Programs that held it
San FranciscoHeld it longest
The reign of the decade: San Francisco, from March 18, 1955, with 30 defenses.
Days with the belt, 1950s
| San Francisco | 639 | 17% |
| Mississippi State | 329 | 9% |
| Oklahoma State | 320 | 9% |
| Villanova | 308 | 8% |
| St. John's | 301 | 8% |
| Vanderbilt | 294 | 8% |
| Pennsylvania | 290 | 8% |
| California | 287 | 8% |
| Kansas State | 285 | 8% |
| Kentucky | 112 | 3% |
Best reigns that began this decade
| Mar 18, 1955 | San Francisco | 30 def. |
| Feb 22, 1952 | Oklahoma State | 14 def. |
| Jan 2, 1959 | Auburn | 11 def. |
| Mar 20, 1959 | California | 8 def. |
| Mar 3, 1950 | Villanova | 7 def. |
| Dec 20, 1957 | Kentucky | 7 def. |
| Jan 3, 1950 | City College of New York | 6 def. |
| Dec 28, 1953 | Duke | 6 def. |
| Feb 21, 1958 | Mississippi State | 6 def. |
| Mar 6, 1951 | Pennsylvania | 5 def. |