1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
| 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 22 | ||||
| Finals site |
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
| Champions |
Indiana (2nd title, 2nd title game, 2nd Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up |
Kansas (3rd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Branch McCracken (2nd title) | ||||
| MOP | B. H. Born Kansas | ||||
| Attendance | 127,149 | ||||
| Top scorer |
Bob Houbregs Washington (139 points) | ||||
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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, 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.
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
- East-1 Regional (March 13 and 14)
- Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina
East-2 Region
- First Round (March 10)
- Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- East-2 Regional (March 12 and 13)
- Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
West-1 Region
- West-1 Regional (March 12 and 13)
- Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas
West-2 Region
- First Round (March 10)
- Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
- Stanford Pavilion, Palo Alto, California
- West-2 Regional (March 13 and 14)
- Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon
Final Four
- March 17 and 18
- Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
Teams
| 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 | First round | Notre Dame | L 72-57 |
| East | n/a | Fordham | Johnny Bach | First round | 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 (OH) | Bill Rohr | First round | DePaul | L 74-72 |
| East | n/a | Navy | Ben Carnevale | First round | Holy Cross | L 87-74 |
| East | n/a | Notre Dame | John Jordan | Elite Eight | Indiana | L 79-66 |
| East | n/a | Penn | Howie Dallmar | 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 | First round | Santa Clara | L 81-56 |
| West | n/a | Idaho State | Steve Belko | First round | 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 | TCU | 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 | TCU | 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
East-1 Region
| First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||||
| LSU | 89 | ||||||||||||
| Lebanon Valley | 80 | Lebanon Valley | 76 | ||||||||||
| Fordham | 67 | LSU | 81 | ||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 73 | ||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 87 | Holy Cross | 79 | Third place | |||||||||
| Navy | 74 | Lebanon Valley | 71 | ||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 91 | ||||||||||||
East-2 Region
| First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 72 | Notre Dame | 69 | ||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 57 | Notre Dame | 66 | ||||||||||
| Indiana | 79 | ||||||||||||
| Indiana | 82 | ||||||||||||
| DePaul | 74 | DePaul | 80 | Third place | |||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 72 | Pennsylvania | 90 | ||||||||||
| DePaul | 70 | ||||||||||||
West-1 Region
| Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | |||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 71 | |||||||
| TCU | 54 | |||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 55 | |||||||
| Kansas | 61 | |||||||
| Kansas | 73 | |||||||
| Oklahoma City | 65 | Third place | ||||||
| TCU | 58 | |||||||
| Oklahoma City | 56 | |||||||
West-2 Region
| First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Final | |||||||||||
| Washington | 92 | ||||||||||||
| Seattle | 88 | Seattle | 70 | ||||||||||
| Idaho State | 77 | Washington | 74 | ||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 62 | ||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 52 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 81 | Santa Clara | 67 | Third place | |||||||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 56 | Seattle | 80 | ||||||||||
| Wyoming | 64 | ||||||||||||
Final Four
| National Semifinal | National Championship | |||||||
| LSU | 67 | |||||||
| Indiana | 80 | |||||||
| Indiana | 69 | |||||||
| Kansas | 68 | |||||||
| Kansas | 79 | |||||||
| Washington | 53 | National Third Place | ||||||
| LSU | 69 | |||||||
| Washington | 88 | |||||||
See also
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