1951–52 NCAA men's basketball season

The 1951–52 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1951, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1952 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 26, 1952, at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington. The Kansas Jayhawks won their first NCAA national championship with an 80–63 victory over the St. John's Redmen.

Season headlines

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  • The 1951–52 season was the last one in which colleges and universities could include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, a common practice for many years. After the season, the NCAA ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.[1]
  • Long Island University began the first season of its six-year ban from playing NCAA basketball as a result of the CCNY point-shaving scandal that had been revealed in 1951.[2][3]
  • After finishing second in the Southern Conference in regular-season play, North Carolina State became the first team to receive an automatic NCAA tournament bid by winning its conference tournament championship without finishing first in its conference during the regular season.[4]
  • The 1952 NCAA tournament was the first NCAA tournament to have four regional sites, and therefore was the first to have a true "Final Four," with the winners at four regional sites advancing to play at the finals site. Although four teams had advanced to the finals site since 1946, they previously had come from only two regional sites.[4][5]
  • Elmer Gross of Penn State became the first head coach to lead his alma mater into the NCAA tournament after having played in the tournament. He had played for Penn State in the 1942 NCAA basketball tournament.[6]
  • Doyle Parrack of Oklahoma City became the first head coach to lead a school other than his alma mater into the NCAA tournament after having played in the tournament. He had played for Oklahoma A&M in the 1945 NCAA basketball tournament.[6]
  • Clyde Lovellette of Kansas became the first player to score 40 or more points in an NCAA tournament game when he scored 44 against Saint Louis in a West Region final game on March 22, 1952.[4] He was the first player to lead the United States in scoring and win the NCAA title in the same year.[7]
  • The NCAA tournament received regional television coverage for the first time.[4]

Harlem Globetrotters vs. Seattle University

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On January 21, 1952, the Harlem Globetrotters played Seattle in a game designed to raise funds for the United States Olympic efforts. Five days before the game was held, Royal Brougham received a call from Howard Hobson, who was the Yale basketball coach and a United States Olympic Committee member. It was reported that money was needed to support the country's Olympic effort for the games held in Helsinki, Finland. The Globetrotters had agreed to a three-game fund-raiser against college teams in the West, Midwest and East.[8]

Tickets cost $1.50 and they were sold out in 48 hours.[8] Jazz great Louis Armstrong played at halftime and actress Joan Caulfield performed a ceremonial opening tip off. The game was played at the University of Washington's Hec Edmondson Pavilion and was filled to its 12,500 capacity.

The Globetrotters were considered the best basketball team in the world and the club paid their two star players "Goose" Tatum and Marques Hayes twenty five thousand dollars each.[9] Entering the game with Seattle, the Globetrotters had played 3571 games winning 93 percent of their contests.[9]

Seattle player Johnny O'Brien was the nation's leading scorer at that time. O'Brien would become the first player in the history of college basketball to score 1000 points in a single season.[10] He would finish the season with 1,051 points. Against the Globetrotters, O'Brien poured in 43 points. Johnny's brother Eddie played point guard for Chieftains and his half court shot lifted the club to a 10-point lead.

After halftime, the Globetrotters got back in the game as Johnny O'Brien sat out most of the third quarter. With seconds left in the game, the Globetrotters called a time out they did not have. A free throw was made by Johnny O'Brien and there was a possession change. The Chieftains were ahead 84–81.

Globetrotter owner Abe Saperstein was so upset that he canceled the rest of the Trotters benefit schedule that year.[9]

Major rule changes

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Beginning in 1951–52, the following rules change was implemented:

  • Games were divided into four 10-minute quarters. Previously, they had been divided into two 20-minute halves.[11]

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Conference membership changes

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School Former conference New conference
Bradley Braves Missouri Valley Conference Independent
Drake Bulldogs Missouri Valley Conference Independent
Kent State Golden Flashes Non-major basketball program Mid-American Conference
Montana Grizzlies Non-major independent Mountain States (Skyline) Conference
New Mexico Lobos Border Conference Mountain States (Skyline) Conference
Toledo Rockets Independent Mid-American Conference

New arenas

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Georgetown, which had played since the 1927–28 season at various off-campus sites, opened McDonough Gymnasium, its first on-campus intercollegiate basketball venue since its final season as Ryan Gymnasium in the 1926–27 season. In the first regular-season game in the new gymnasium, played the day before McDonough's official opening, the Hoyas lost to Fordham 57–50 on December 7, 1951, their only home loss of the season.[13][14] McDonough served as Georgetown's home court until the Hoyas moved to the Capital Centre (later USAir Arena and USAirways Arena) in Landover, Maryland, for the 1981–82 season,[15] but has hosted occasional Hoya home games since then.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Regular season

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Conferences

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Conference winners and tournaments

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Conference Regular
Season Winner[23]
Conference
player of the year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
winner
Big Seven Conference Kansas None Selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Illinois None Selected No Tournament
Border Conference New Mexico A&M & West Texas State None Selected No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Princeton None Selected No Tournament
Metropolitan New York Conference St. John's None Selected No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Miami & Western Michigan None Selected No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Saint Louis None Selected No Tournament
Mountain States (Skyline) Conference Wyoming None Selected No Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference Western Kentucky State None Selected 1952 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament Jefferson County Armory,
(Louisville, Kentucky)
Western Kentucky State
Pacific Coast Conference Washington (North);
UCLA (South)
None Selected No Tournament;
UCLA defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Southeastern Conference Kentucky None Selected 1952 SEC men's basketball tournament Jefferson County Armory,
(Louisville, Kentucky)
Kentucky
Southern Conference West Virginia Dick Groat, Duke[24] 1952 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Reynolds Coliseum
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
North Carolina State[25]
Southwest Conference TCU None Selected No Tournament
Western New York Little Three Conference Canisius & St. Bonaventure No Tournament
Yankee Conference Connecticut None Selected No Tournament

Conference standings

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1951–52 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Kansas 11 1   .917 28 3   .903
No. 3 Kansas State 10 2   .833 19 5   .792
Missouri 6 6   .500 14 10   .583
Iowa State 4 8   .333 10 11   .476
Colorado 4 8   .333 8 16   .333
Oklahoma 4 8   .333 7 17   .292
Nebraska 3 9   .250 7 17   .292
Rankings from AP Poll[26]
1951–52 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Illinois 12 2   .857 22 4   .846
No. 7 Iowa 11 3   .786 19 3   .864
Minnesota 10 4   .714 15 7   .682
Indiana 9 5   .643 16 6   .727
Michigan State 6 8   .429 13 9   .591
Ohio State 6 8   .429 8 14   .364
Wisconsin 5 9   .357 10 12   .455
Michigan 4 10   .286 7 15   .318
Northwestern 4 10   .286 7 15   .318
Purdue 3 11   .214 8 14   .364
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Border Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
West Texas State 12 2   .857 19 9   .679
New Mexico A&M 14 4   .778 22 11   .667
Texas Tech 9 5   .643 14 10   .583
Arizona 6 8   .429 11 16   .407
Arizona State–Tempe 6 8   .429 8 16   .333
Hardin–Simmons 5 9   .357 17 15   .531
Texas Western 5 9   .357 8 17   .320
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 13   .071 4 23   .148
† Regular-season co-championship winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Princeton 10 2   .833 16 11   .593
Pennsylvania 9 3   .750 21 8   .724
Cornell 8 4   .667 16 9   .640
Columbia 7 5   .583 12 10   .545
Yale 4 8   .333 14 14   .500
Dartmouth 4 8   .333 11 19   .367
Harvard 0 12   .000 5 17   .227
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 St. John's 6 0   1.000 25 6   .806
St. Francis (NY) 4 2   .667 20 8   .714
Manhattan 4 2   .667 12 9   .571
Fordham 3 3   .500 20 8   .714
NYU 2 3   .400 17 8   .680
CCNY 1 5   .167 8 11   .421
Brooklyn 0 5   .000 9 7   .563
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Miami (Ohio) 9 3   .750 19 6   .760
Western Michigan 9 3   .750 16 8   .667
Toledo 8 4   .667 20 11   .645
Ohio 6 6   .500 12 12   .500
Cincinnati 5 5   .500 11 16   .407
Kent State 3 7   .300 14 10   .583
Western Reserve 0 12   .000 1 23   .042
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Saint Louis 9 1   .900 23 8   .742
Oklahoma A&M 7 3   .700 19 8   .704
Tulsa 5 5   .500 14 10   .583
Detroit 4 6   .400 14 12   .538
Houston 3 7   .300 7 14   .333
Wichita Municipal 2 8   .200 11 19   .367
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Mountain States Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 Wyoming 13 1   .929 28 7   .800
BYU 9 5   .643 14 10   .583
Utah State 9 5   .643 16 15   .516
Utah 8 6   .571 19 9   .679
Montana 7 7   .500 12 14   .462
Denver 6 8   .429 11 15   .423
Colorado A&M 3 11   .214 13 15   .464
New Mexico 1 13   .071 6 19   .240
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Western Kentucky State 11 1   .917 26 5   .839
Eastern Kentucky State 10 2   .833 13 11   .542
Murray State   24 10   .706
Marshall   15 11   .577
Morehead State   11 14   .440
Tennessee Tech   9 13   .409
Evansville   7 20   .259
Ohio Valley Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
No. 6 Washington 14 2   .875 25 6   .806
Idaho 9 7   .563 19 13   .594
Oregon 8 8   .500 14 16   .467
Washington State 6 10   .375 19 16   .543
Oregon State 3 13   .188 9 19   .321
South
No. 19 UCLA 8 4   .667 19 12   .613
Stanford 6 6   .500 19 8   .704
California 6 6   .500 17 13   .567
USC 4 8   .333 16 14   .533
† Conference playoff series winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Kentucky 14 0   1.000 29 3   .906
LSU 9 5   .643 17 7   .708
Vanderbilt 9 5   .643 18 9   .667
Alabama 9 5   .643 13 9   .591
Ole Miss 8 6   .571 15 11   .577
Florida 7 7   .500 15 9   .625
Tennessee 7 7   .500 13 9   .591
Tulane 7 7   .500 12 12   .500
Auburn 6 8   .429 14 12   .538
Mississippi State 4 10   .286 12 11   .522
Georgia Tech 2 12   .143 7 15   .318
Georgia 2 12   .143 3 22   .120
1952 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[27]
1951–52 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 West Virginia 15 1   .938 23 4   .852
North Carolina State 12 2   .857 24 10   .706
No. 12 Duke 13 3   .813 24 6   .800
Clemson 11 4   .733 17 7   .708
George Washington 12 6   .667 15 9   .625
Maryland 9 5   .643 13 9   .591
Furman 9 5   .643 18 6   .750
William & Mary 10 6   .625 15 13   .536
South Carolina 8 7   .533 14 10   .583
Wake Forest 7 9   .438 10 19   .345
North Carolina 8 11   .421 12 15   .444
Virginia Tech 3 10   .231 4 16   .200
Richmond 3 11   .214 7 15   .318
Washington and Lee 3 11   .214 6 21   .222
Davidson 4 15   .211 7 18   .280
VMI 2 13   .133 3 21   .125
The Citadel 1 11   .083 8 20   .286
Southern Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
TCU 11 1   .917 24 4   .857
Texas 8 4   .667 16 8   .667
SMU 5 7   .417 11 13   .458
Texas A&M 5 7   .417 9 15   .375
Baylor 5 7   .417 6 18   .250
Arkansas 4 8   .333 10 14   .417
Rice 4 8   .333 9 15   .375
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Western New York Little Three Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 St. Bonaventure   21 6   .778
Canisius   15 9   .625
Niagara   8 21   .276
† Regular-season co-championship winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1951–52 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Connecticut 6 1   .857 20 7   .741
Rhode Island 6 2   .750 10 13   .435
Vermont 3 1   .750 14 6   .700
New Hampshire 4 5   .444 11 9   .550
Maine 2 6   .250 7 12   .368
Massachusetts 0 6   .000 4 17   .190

Major independents

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A total of 45 college teams played as major independents. Among them, Seton Hall (25–3) finished with the best winning percentage (.853) and Dayton (28–5) with the most wins.[28][29]

Although not considered major independents during the season,[28] Seattle (27–8) and Texas State (30–1) played as independents[28] and finished the season with national rankings. In the season's final AP Poll, Seattle was ranked No. 18 and Texas State was No. 20.[30]

1951–52 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Seton Hall   25 3   .893
No. 13 Holy Cross   24 4   .857
No. 4 Duquesne   23 4   .852
No. 11 Dayton   28 5   .848
La Salle   24 5   .828
Boston College   22 5   .815
Siena   24 6   .800
No. 17 Louisville   20 6   .769
Penn State   20 6   .769
St. Joseph's   20 7   .741
DePaul   19 8   .704
Oklahoma City   19 8   .704
Villanova   19 8   .704
Syracuse   14 6   .700
Navy   16 7   .696
Loyola (Ill.)   17 8   .680
Miami (Fla.)   14 8   .636
Bowling Green State   17 10   .630
Lafayette   15 9   .625
Notre Dame   16 10   .615
Saint Mary's   16 10   .615
Georgetown   15 10   .600
Bradley   17 12   .586
Santa Clara   17 12   .586
Loyola (La.)   16 13   .552
Drake   13 12   .520
Butler   12 12   .500
Valparaiso   12 12   .500
Army   8 9   .471
Loyola (Calif.)   12 14   .462
Marquette   12 14   .462
San Francisco   11 13   .458
Virginia   11 13   .458
Colgate   10 12   .455
Pittsburgh   10 12   .455
John Carroll   11 14   .440
Muhlenberg   10 13   .435
Baldwin Wallace   9 12   .429
Xavier   10 14   .417
Temple   9 15   .375
Lehigh   7 12   .368
Bucknell   8 16   .333
Rutgers   6 13   .316
Creighton   6 15   .286
Brown   5 15   .250
Rankings from AP Poll

Informal championships

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Conference Regular
season winner[31]
Conference
player of the year
Conference
tournament
Tournament
venue (City)
Tournament
winner
Middle Three Conference Lafayette None selected No Tournament

NOTE: Despite its name, the Middle Three Conference was an informal scheduling alliance rather than a true conference, and its members played as independents. In 1951–52, Lafayette finished with the best record in games played between the three members.[32]

Statistical leaders

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"Points per game Rebounds per game Assists per game Field goal percentage
Player School PPG Player School RPG Player School APG Player School FG%
Clyde Lovellette Kansas 28.4 Bill Hannon Army 20.9 Tom O'Toole Boston College 7.9 Art Spoelstra Western Kentucky State 51.6
Dick Groat Duke 26.0 Walter Dukes Seton Hall 19.7 Dick Groat Duke 7.6 Gerald Rogers Texas Western 50.4
Bob Pettit LSU 25.5 Ernie Beck Penn 19.0 Malcolm McLean Davidson 7.5 Norm Swanson Detroit 50.3
Chuck Darling Iowa 25.5 Elston Tuttle Creighton 18.9 Larry Friedman Muhlenberg 7.3 Karl Klinar VMI 49.2
Frank Selvy Furman 24.6 Bill Chambers William & Mary 18.2 Roger Chadwick Cornell 6.9 Tom Marshall Western Kentucky State 49.1
Free throw percentage
Name School FT%
Sy Chadroff Miami (FL) 80.5
Bob Kenney Kansas 80.3
Drew Turner St. Mary's (CA) 80.2
Tommy Bartlett Tennessee 80.2
Russell Rerucha Colorado A&M 80.0

Year-end polls

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The final regular-season top 20 from the AP and Coaches Polls.[33]

Associated Press
Ranking Team
1 Kentucky
2 Illinois
3 Kansas State
4 Duquesne
5 Saint Louis
6 Washington
7 Iowa
8 Kansas
9 West Virginia
10 St. John's
11 Dayton
12 Duke
13 Holy Cross
14 Seton Hall
15 St. Bonaventure
16 Wyoming
17 Louisville
18 Seattle
19 UCLA
20 Texas State
Coaches
Ranking Team
1 Kentucky
2 Illinois
3 Kansas
4 Duquesne
5 Washington
6 Kansas State
7 Saint Louis
8 Iowa
9 St. John's
10 Wyoming
11 St. Bonaventure
12 Seton Hall
13 Texas Christian
14 West Virginia
15 Holy Cross
16 Western Kentucky State
17 La Salle
18 Dayton
19 Louisville
20 UCLA
Indiana

Postseason tournaments

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NCAA tournament

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Phog Allen led the Kansas Jayhawks to their first NCAA tournament title, defeating St. John's 80–63. Jayhawk All-American Clyde Lovellette broke the NCAA record by scoring 141 points in the tournament and was named tournament Most Outstanding Player.[33]

Final Four

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National semifinals National championship game
    
St. John's 61
Illinois 59
St. John's 63
Kansas 80
Kansas 74
Santa Clara 55 Third place
Illinois 67
Santa Clara 64

National Invitation tournament

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La Salle won the National Invitation Tournament by beating Dayton, 75–64. Tom Gola and Norm Grekin were named co-MVPs.[34]

NIT semifinals and final

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Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City

Semifinals Final
    
St. Bonaventure 62
Dayton 69
Dayton 64
La Salle 75
Duquesne 46
La Salle 59 Third place
St. Bonaventure 48
Duquesne 34

Award winners

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Consensus All-American team

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Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Chuck Darling C Senior Iowa
Rod Fletcher G Senior Illinois
Dick Groat G Senior Duke
Cliff Hagan F Junior Kentucky
Clyde Lovellette C Senior Kansas


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Bob Houbregs F Junior Washington
Don Meineke F Senior Dayton
Johnny O'Brien G Junior Seattle
Mark Workman C Senior West Virginia
Bob Zawoluk F Senior St. John's

Major player of the year awards

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Other major awards

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Coaching changes

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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Georgetown Buddy O'Grady Buddy Jeannette After three seasons, O'Grady resigned.[35]
North Carolina Tom Scott Frank McGuire
St. John's Frank McGuire Al DeStefano
Temple Josh Cody Harry Litwack
Washington & Lee Scotty Hamilton Billy McCann

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