Max Falkenstien narrates a highlight reel for the 1957 KU Basketball team's run to the Final Four. See Kansas legend Wilt Chamberlain in action, and see Allen Fieldhouse from nearly fifty years ago...

Clips are courtesy of KU's Spencer Research Library.
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Max Falkenstien introduces your Basketball Highlights of 1957. (36 sec.) Against Northwestern, Wilt Chamberlain scores an astounding 52 points and grabs 31 rebounds. (67 sec.)
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Part two of KU's big win over the other purple Wildcats. (60 sec.) The Big Dipper leads Kansas in a rout over Marquette (32 sec.)
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KU trounces the Missouri Tigers, 92-79. (63 sec.) A come-from-behind win over Kansas State, 51-45. (59 sec.)
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Max: "Here's another reason Wilt earned All-American." (25 sec.) A big victory over tough Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State). (61 sec.)
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Kansas clinches the conference title, then closes out the home season against Colorado. (74 sec.) Moving on to Dallas and the Western Region NCAA Tournament, and an opening victory against SMU. (75 sec.)
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A win over Oklahoma City U. earns Kansas a trip to the Final Four. (56 sec.) KU blows out the defending champion, San Fransisco, 80-56 (1 min., 50 sec.)
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The National Championship game against North Carolina: Kansas squanders a four-point lead with under two minutes left, as regulation ends knotted at 46 (67 sec.) Three overtimes later, and the Tarheels capture the title. Wilt is awarded the tournament MVP. (1 min., 26 sec.)