1955 Conference Realignments
The following conference realignments took place during the summer preceding the 1955-1956 academic year:
Men's Basketball
Conference Formed:
† - The Philadelphia Big Five was (and is) not a true "conference", and when not competing as an independent each member has a primary affiliation, with the Big Five being a secondary concern. However, the Big Five does award a championship and annual player honors, thus behaving in every respect as a conference. Therefore, we consider schools which were previously independent upon joining to no longer be independent. La Salle maintained its membership in the Middle Atlantic Conference on joining the Big Five; Pennsylvania maintained its membership in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League. Saint Joseph's, Temple, and Villanova, while technically still independents, are considered here to no longer be independent after 1955.