The 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 10, 1953, and ended with the championship game on March 18 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 26 games were played.
Indiana, coached by Branch McCracken, won the national title with a 69-68 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Phog Allen. B.H. Horn of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Locations
edit| Region | Site | Other Locations |
|---|---|---|
| East | Chicago, Illinois, Raleigh, North Carolina | Fort Wayne, Indiana, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| West | Corvallis, Oregon, Manhattan, Kansas | Palo Alto, California, Seattle, Washington |
| Finals | Kansas City, Missouri |
Teams
edit| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Regional Fourth Place | Penn | L 90-70 |
| East | n/a | Eastern Kentucky | Paul McBrayer | Round of 32 | Notre Dame | L 72-57 |
| East | n/a | Fordham | John Bach | Round of 32 | Lebanon Valley | L 80-67 |
| East | n/a | Holy Cross | Buster Sheary | Elite Eight | LSU | L 81-73 |
| East | n/a | Indiana | Branch McCracken | Champion | Kansas | W 69-68 |
| East | n/a | Lebanon Valley | Rinso Marquette | Regional Fourth Place | Wake Forest | L 91-71 |
| East | n/a | LSU | Harry Rabenhorst | Fourth Place | Washington | L 88-69 |
| East | n/a | Miami, Ohio | Bill Rohr | Round of 32 | DePaul | L 74-72 |
| East | n/a | Navy | Ben Carnevale | Round of 32 | Holy Cross | L 87-74 |
| East | n/a | Notre Dame | John Jordan | Elite Eight | Indiana | L 79-66 |
| East | n/a | Penn | Howie Dallmer | Regional Third Place | DePaul | W 90-70 |
| East | n/a | Wake Forest | Murray Greason | Regional Third Place | Lebanon Valley | W 91-71 |
| West | ||||||
| West | n/a | Hardin-Simmons | Bill Scott | Round of 32 | Santa Clara | L 81-56 |
| West | n/a | Idaho State | Steve Belko | Round of 32 | Seattle | L 88-77 |
| West | n/a | Kansas | Phog Allen | Runner Up | Indiana | L 69-68 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma City | Doyle Parrack | Regional Fourth Place | Texas Christian | L 58-56 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Elite Eight | Kansas | L 61-55 |
| West | n/a | Santa Clara | Bob Feerick | Elite Eight | Washington | L 74-62 |
| West | n/a | Seattle | Al Brightman | Regional Third Place | Wyoming | W 80-64 |
| West | n/a | Texas Christian | Buster Brannon | Regional Third Place | Oklahoma City | W 58-56 |
| West | n/a | Washington | Tippy Dye | Third Place | LSU | W 88-69 |
| West | n/a | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Regional Fourth Place | Seattle | L 80-64 |
Bracket
edit LSU 89
Lebanon Valley 80 Lebanon Valley 76 LSU 81
Fordham 67
Wake Forest 71 Holy Cross 73 LSU
Holy Cross 87 Holy Cross 79
Navy 74
EAST REGION
Pennsylvania 57
Notre Dame 72 Notre Dame 69 Notre Dame 66 Indiana
E Kentucky 57
Indiana 82 Indiana 79
DePaul 74 DePaul 80
Miami-OH 72
Oklahoma A&M 71
TCU 54 Oklahoma A&M 55
Kansas 73 Kansas 61 Kansas
Oklahoma City 65
WEST REGION
Washington 92
Seattle 88 Seattle 70 Washington 74 Washington
Idaho St 77
Wyoming 52 Santa Clara 62
Santa Clara 81 Santa Clara 67
Hardin-Simmons 56
LSU 67
Indiana 80 Indiana 69
Kansas 79 Kansas 68
Washington 53
External links
edit- 1953 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
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