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1953 NCAA basketball tournament
Edition of USA college basketball tournament
Edition of USA college basketball tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 1953 |
| Teams | 22 |
| FinalFourArena | Municipal Auditorium |
| FinalFourCity | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions | [Indiana Hoosiers](1952-53-indiana-hoosiers-men-s-basketball-team) |
| TitleCount | 2nd |
| ChampGameCount | 2nd |
| ChampFFCount | 2nd |
| RunnerUp | [Kansas Jayhawks](1952-53-kansas-jayhawks-men-s-basketball-team) |
| GameCount | 3rd |
| RunnerFFCount | 3rd |
| Semifinal1 | [Washington Huskies](1952-53-washington-huskies-men-s-basketball-team) (3rd) |
| FinalFourCount | 1st |
| Semifinal2 | [LSU Tigers](1952-53-lsu-tigers-basketball-team) (4th) |
| FinalFourCount2 | 1st |
| Coach | Branch McCracken |
| CoachCount | 2nd |
| MOP | B. H. Born |
| MOPTeam | Kansas |
| Attendance | 127,149 |
| TopScorer | Bob Houbregs |
| TopScorerTeam | Washington |
| Points | 139 |
The 1953 NCAA basketball tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA college basketball. The 15th annual edition of the tournament began on March 10, 1953, and ended with the championship game on March 18, at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 26 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.
Indiana, coached by Branch McCracken, won the tournament title with a 69–68 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Phog Allen. B. H. Born of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The Hoosiers became the third team, after Oklahoma A&M in 1945–46 and Kentucky in 1948–49, to win two titles and the second of three teams to win titles in their first two tournament appearances (after Oklahoma A&M); however, unlike Oklahoma A&M before them and San Francisco after, their first two tournament appearances were 13 years apart.
Locations
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1953 tournament:
East-1 Region
;First round (March 10) :The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Hosts: University of Pennsylvania, Ivy League)
;East-1 Regional (March 13 and 14) :Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)
East-2 Region
;First round (March 10) :Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana (Host: Big Ten Conference)
;East-2 Regional (March 12 and 13) :Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois (Hosts: Loyola University Chicago, DePaul University)
West-1 Region
;West-1 Regional (March 12 and 13) :Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas (Host: Kansas State University)
West-2 Region
;First round (March 10) :Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington) :Stanford Pavilion, Palo Alto, California (Host: Stanford University)
;West-2 Regional (March 13 and 14) :Oregon State Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon (Host: Oregon State University)
Final Four
;March 17 and 18: :Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
Teams
| Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score | East | West |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | DePaul | Ray Meyer | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | Penn | L 90–70 | ||
| East | Eastern Kentucky | Paul McBrayer | Ohio Valley | First round | Notre Dame | L 72–57 | ||
| East | Fordham | Johnny Bach | Metro NY | First round | Lebanon Valley | L 80–67 | ||
| East | Holy Cross | Buster Sheary | Independent | Elite Eight | LSU | L 81–73 | ||
| East | Indiana | Branch McCracken | Big Ten | **Champion** | Kansas | W 69–68 | ||
| East | Lebanon Valley | Rinso Marquette | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | Wake Forest | L 91–71 | ||
| East | LSU | Harry Rabenhorst | Southeastern | Fourth Place | Washington | L 88–69 | ||
| East | Miami (OH) | Bill Rohr | Mid-American | First round | DePaul | L 74–72 | ||
| East | Navy | Ben Carnevale | Independent | First round | Holy Cross | L 87–74 | ||
| East | Notre Dame | John Jordan | Independent | Elite Eight | Indiana | L 79–66 | ||
| East | Penn | Howie Dallmar | Ivy League | Regional third place | DePaul | W 90–70 | ||
| East | Wake Forest | Murray Greason | Southern | Regional third place | Lebanon Valley | W 91–71 | ||
| West | Hardin–Simmons | Bill Scott | Border | First round | Santa Clara | L 81–56 | ||
| West | Idaho State | Steve Belko | Independent | First round | Seattle | L 88–77 | ||
| West | Kansas | Phog Allen | Big 7 | Runner Up | Indiana | L 69–68 | ||
| West | Oklahoma City | Doyle Parrack | Independent | Regional Fourth Place | TCU | L 58–56 | ||
| West | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Missouri Valley | Elite Eight | Kansas | L 61–55 | ||
| West | Santa Clara | Bob Feerick | CBA | Elite Eight | Washington | L 74–62 | ||
| West | Seattle | Al Brightman | Independent | Regional third place | Wyoming | W 80–64 | ||
| West | TCU | Buster Brannon | Southwest | Regional third place | Oklahoma City | W 58–56 | ||
| West | Washington | Tippy Dye | Pacific Coast | Third Place | LSU | W 88–69 | ||
| West | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Mountain States | Regional Fourth Place | Seattle | L 80–64 |
Bracket
East-1 Region—Raleigh
March 10 March 13 March 14
| RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=80 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=67
| RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=87 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=74
| RD2-team1=LSU | RD2-score1=89 | RD2-team2=Lebanon Valley | RD2-score2=76
| RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=71 | RD2-team4=Holy Cross | RD2-score4=79
| RD3-team1=LSU | RD3-score1=81 | RD3-team2=Holy Cross | RD3-score2=73
| RD3-team3=Lebanon Valley | RD3-score3=71 | RD3-team4=Wake Forest | RD3-score4=91
East-2 Region—Chicago
March 10 March 13 March 14
| RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=72 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=57
| RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=74 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=72
| RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=57 | RD2-team2=Notre Dame | RD2-score2=69
| RD2-team3=Indiana | RD2-score3=82 | RD2-team4=DePaul | RD2-score4=80
| RD3-team1=Notre Dame | RD3-score1=66 | RD3-team2=Indiana | RD3-score2=79
| RD3-team3=Penn | RD3-score3=90 | RD3-team4=DePaul | RD3-score4=70 |RD1-text1=Fort Wayne, IN|RD1-text2=Fort Wayne, IN}}
West-1 Region—Manhattan, Kansas
March 13 March 14
| RD1-team1 =**** | RD1-score1 = 71 | RD1-team2 = | RD1-score2 = 54
| RD1-team3 = Kansas | RD1-score3 = 73 | RD1-team4 = | RD1-score4 = 65
| RD2-team1 = Oklahoma A&M | RD2-score1 = 55 | RD2-team2 = Kansas | RD2-score2 = 61
| RD2b-team1 = TCU | RD2b-score1 = 58 | RD2b-team2 = Oklahoma City | RD2b-score2 = 56
West-2 Region—Corvallis, Oregon
March 10 March 13 March 14
| RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=88 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=77
| RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=81 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=56
| RD2-team1=Washington | RD2-score1=92 | RD2-team2=Seattle | RD2-score2=70
| RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=52 | RD2-team4=Santa Clara | RD2-score4=67
| RD3-team1=Washington | RD3-score1=74 | RD3-team2=Santa Clara | RD3-score2=62
| RD3-team3=Seattle | RD3-score3=80 | RD3-team4=Wyoming | RD3-score4=64 |RD1-text1=Seattle|RD1-text2=Palo Alto, CA}}
Final Four—Kansas City
| Team-Width = 130 March 17 March 18
| RD1-team1 = LSU | RD1-score1 = 67 | RD1-team2 = Indiana | RD1-score2 = 80
| RD1-team3 = Kansas | RD1-score3 = 79 | RD1-team4 = Washington | RD1-score4 = 53
| RD2-team1 = Indiana | RD2-score1 = 69 | RD2-team2 = Kansas | RD2-score2 = 68
| RD2b-team1 = LSU | RD2b-score1 = 69 | RD2b-team2 = Washington | RD2b-score2 = 88
Notes
- As would be expected with the expanded field, a then-record ten teams - Eastern Kentucky, Fordham, Hardin-Simmons, Idaho State, Lebanon Valley, LSU, Miami University, Notre Dame, Penn and Seattle - made their tournament debut. The record would be broken in 1955 with eleven new teams, and again in 1981 with twelve newcomers.
- Lebanon Valley College, at 425 students, would become by far the smallest school to ever field a team, as well as win a game, in the NCAA tournament. Following the 1956 split of the NCAA into University and College divisions, as well as the subsequent split into the current three division format, it is most likely that this record will never be broken. This would be LVC's only appearance in the tournament; they are also the only team from the tournament to not play in the tournament again.
References
References
- "1953 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference.
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