1953 NCAA basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 January 2022 1953 22 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Indiana Hoosiers 2nd 2nd 2nd Kansas Jayhawks 3rd 3rd Washington Huskies (3rd) 1st LSU Tigers (4th) 1st Branch McCracken 2nd B. H. Born Kansas 127,149 Bob Houbregs Washington 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 East DePaul Ray Meyer Independent Regional Fourth PlacePennL 90–70 East Eastern Kentucky Paul McBrayer Ohio Valley First roundNotre DameL 72–57 East Fordham Johnny Bach Metro NY First roundLebanon ValleyL 80–67 East Holy Cross Buster Sheary Independent Elite EightLSUL 81–73 East Indiana Branch McCracken Big Ten ChampionKansasW 69–68 East Lebanon Valley Rinso Marquette Independent Regional Fourth PlaceWake ForestL 91–71 East LSU Harry Rabenhorst Southeastern Fourth PlaceWashingtonL 88–69 East Miami (OH) Bill Rohr Mid-American First roundDePaulL 74–72 East Navy Ben Carnevale Independent First roundHoly CrossL 87–74 East Notre Dame John Jordan Independent Elite EightIndianaL 79–66 East Penn Howie Dallmar Ivy League Regional third placeDePaulW 90–70 East Wake Forest Murray Greason Southern Regional third placeLebanon ValleyW 91–71 West West Hardin–Simmons Bill Scott Border First roundSanta ClaraL 81–56 West Idaho State Steve Belko Independent First roundSeattleL 88–77 West Kansas Phog Allen Big 7 Runner UpIndianaL 69–68 West Oklahoma City Doyle Parrack Independent Regional Fourth PlaceTCUL 58–56 West Oklahoma A&M Henry Iba Missouri Valley Elite EightKansasL 61–55 West Santa Clara Bob Feerick CBA Elite EightWashingtonL 74–62 West Seattle Al Brightman Independent Regional third placeWyomingW 80–64 West TCU Buster Brannon Southwest Regional third placeOklahoma CityW 58–56 West Washington Tippy Dye Pacific Coast Third PlaceLSUW 88–69 West Wyoming Everett Shelton Mountain States Regional Fourth PlaceSeattleL 80–64 Bracket East-1 Region—Raleigh First RoundMarch 10 Regional SemifinalsMarch 13 Regional FinalsMarch 14 no 1952 Lebanon Valley Dutchmen Lebanon Valley College Lebanon Valley 80 1952 Fordham Rams Fordham University Fordham 67 1952 Holy Cross Crusaders College of the Holy Cross Holy Cross 87 1952 Navy Midshipmen United States Naval Academy Navy 74 LSU 89 Lebanon Valley 76 1952 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest University Wake Forest 71 Holy Cross 79 LSU 81 Holy Cross 73 Lebanon Valley 71 Wake Forest 91 Philadelphia Philadelphia East-2 Region—Chicago First RoundMarch 10 Regional SemifinalsMarch 13 Regional FinalsMarch 14 no 1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish University of Notre Dame Notre Dame 72 1952 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky 57 1952 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul University DePaul 74 1952 Miami Redskins Miami University Miami (OH) 72 1952 Penn Quakers University of Pennsylvania Penn 57 Notre Dame 69 Indiana 82 DePaul 80 Notre Dame 66 Indiana 79 Penn 90 DePaul 70 Fort Wayne, IN Fort Wayne, IN West-1 Region—Manhattan, Kansas Regional SemifinalsMarch 13 Regional FinalsMarch 14 Third place no 1952 none Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State University Oklahoma A&M 71 1952 TCU Horned Frogs Texas Christian University TCU 54 Kansas 73 1952 Oklahoma City Chiefs Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City 65 Oklahoma A&M 55 Kansas 61 TCU 58 Oklahoma City 56 West-2 Region—Corvallis, Oregon First RoundMarch 10 Regional SemifinalsMarch 13 Regional FinalsMarch 14 no 1952 Seattle Redhawks Seattle University Seattle 88 1952 Idaho State Bengals Idaho State University Idaho State 77 1952 Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara University Santa Clara 81 1952 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys Hardin–Simmons University Hardin–Simmons 56 Washington 92 Seattle 70 1952 none Wyoming Cowboys University of Wyoming Wyoming 52 Santa Clara 67 Washington 74 Santa Clara 62 Seattle 80 Wyoming 64 Seattle Palo Alto, CA Final Four—Kansas City n 130 National SemifinalsMarch 17 National ChampionshipMarch 18 National Third Place LSU 67 Indiana 80 Kansas 79 Washington 53 Indiana 69 Kansas 68 LSU 69 Washington 88 1953 NCAA basketball tournament https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/postseason/1953-ncaa.html College Basketball Reference 5 April 2018 See also 1953 National Invitation Tournament 1953 NAIA Basketball Tournament 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 Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Ncaa NCAA Basketball Tournament NCAA basketball tournament