The 1952–53 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1952–53 NCAA college basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Tippy Dye, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.
| 1952–53 Washington Huskies men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 3 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| Record | 30–3 (15–1 PCC) |
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| Home arena | Hec Edmundson Pavilion |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. 4 Washington † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 30 | – | 3 | .909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 27 | .206 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 17 | – | 5 | .773 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 6 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference playoff series winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Huskies were 25–2 overall in the regular season and 15–1 in conference play; they won the PCC title series with a two-game sweep of Southern division winner California,[1][2] and climbed to second in the AP poll.[3]
In the 22-team NCAA tournament, Washington won twice in Corvallis, Oregon, over Seattle and Santa Clara,[4] and advanced to the Final Four in Kansas City, Missouri. In the semifinal against defending champion Kansas, the Huskies lost by 26 points in front of a partisan crowd, then defeated LSU by nineteen points in the consolation game to take third place. Indiana won the title by a point.[5]
The Huskies were led on the floor by All-American center Bob Houbregs and guard Joe Cipriano, later the head coach at Idaho and Nebraska.
Washington's next NCAA Tournament appearance was 23 years later in 1976; their first National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearance was in 1980.
Postseason results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Pacific Coast Conference Playoff Series | |||||||||||
| Fri, March 6 8:00 pm |
No. 4 | California Game One |
W 60–47 | 26–2 |
Hec Edmundson Pavilion (11,400) Seattle, Washington | ||||||
| Sat, March 7 8:00 pm |
No. 4 | California Game Two |
W 80–57 | 27–2 |
Hec Edmundson Pavilion (11,600) Seattle, Washington | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Fri, March 13* 7:30 pm |
No. 2 | vs. No. 14 Seattle First round |
W 92–70 | 28–2 |
Gill Coliseum (10,200) Corvallis, Oregon | ||||||
| Sat, March 14* 9:30 pm |
No. 2 | vs. Santa Clara Quarterfinal |
W 74–62 | 29–2 |
Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon | ||||||
| Tue, March 17* 7:45 pm |
No. 2 | vs. No. 5 Kansas Semifinal |
L 53–79 | 29–3 |
Municipal Auditorium (10,500) Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||
| Wed, March 18* 5:45 pm |
No. 2 | vs. No. 7 LSU Consolation |
W 88–69 | 30–3 |
Municipal Auditorium (10,500) Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||
Rankings
editReferences
edit- ^ Strite, Dick (March 8, 1953). "Washington claims PCC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
- ^ "Huskies aiming for first start in NCAA play-off". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 9, 1953. p. 13.
- ^ "Huskies gain on Indiana; rank second in AP poll". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 10, 1953. p. 17.
- ^ "Big Bob fends Broncos 74-62". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 15, 1953. p. 8.
- ^ "Hoosiers tip Kansas for NCAA crown, 69-68". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 19, 1953. p. 14.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1952–53 basketball season