1953 NCAA Basketball Tournament

The 1953 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of NCAA college basketball. The 15th edition of the tournament 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.

1953 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Season195253
Teams22
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsIndiana Hoosiers (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-upKansas Jayhawks (3rd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBranch McCracken (2nd title)
MOPB. H. Born (Kansas)
Attendance127,149
Top scorerBob Houbregs Washington
(139 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1952 1954»

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)
Oregon State Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon

Final Four

March 17 and 18
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

For the fourth time, Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium was the host of the National Championship, its first as a full-fledged Final Four site. With the expansion of the field, the number of host venues also expanded, with three of the nine venues being new to the tournament. Both venues in the East-1 region were repeat venues, with Reynolds Coliseum hosting for the third straight year and the Palestra returning to the tournament for the first time since the inaugural year of 1939. In the East-2 region, Chicago Stadium once again hosted the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight. For the first time, the city of Fort Wayne hosted tournament games, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, home to the Fort Wayne Pistons of the NBA. The West-1 regional had no first-round games, with the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight held at then-Kansas State College and Ahearn Field House. In the West-2 region, Oregon State Coliseum again hosted, with first-round games held at both Hec Edmundson Pavilion and, for the first time, at the Pavilion on the campus of Stanford University, the first games held in California since the 1939 tournament.

This would be the only tournament ever hosted on the Stanford campus, and the last time Chicago Stadium would be used as a venue, with various other sites used around the area since.

Teams

RegionTeamCoachConferenceFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
EastDePaulRay MeyerIndependentRegional Fourth PlacePennL 90–70
EastEastern KentuckyPaul McBrayerOhio ValleyFirst roundNotre DameL 72–57
EastFordhamJohnny BachMetro NYFirst roundLebanon ValleyL 80–67
EastHoly CrossBuster ShearyIndependentElite EightLSUL 81–73
EastIndianaBranch McCrackenBig TenChampionKansasW 69–68
EastLebanon ValleyRinso MarquetteIndependentRegional Fourth PlaceWake ForestL 91–71
EastLSUHarry RabenhorstSoutheasternFourth PlaceWashingtonL 88–69
EastMiami (OH)Bill RohrMid-AmericanFirst roundDePaulL 74–72
EastNavyBen CarnevaleIndependentFirst roundHoly CrossL 87–74
EastNotre DameJohn JordanIndependentElite EightIndianaL 79–66
EastPennHowie DallmarIvy LeagueRegional Third PlaceDePaulW 90–70
EastWake ForestMurray GreasonSouthernRegional Third PlaceLebanon ValleyW 91–71
West
WestHardin–SimmonsBill ScottBorderFirst roundSanta ClaraL 81–56
WestIdaho StateSteve BelkoIndependentFirst roundSeattleL 88–77
WestKansasPhog AllenBig 7Runner UpIndianaL 69–68
WestOklahoma CityDoyle ParrackIndependentRegional Fourth PlaceTCUL 58–56
WestOklahoma A&MHenry IbaMissouri ValleyElite EightKansasL 61–55
WestSanta ClaraBob FeerickCBAElite EightWashingtonL 74–62
WestSeattleAl BrightmanIndependentRegional Third PlaceWyomingW 80–64
WestTCUBuster BrannonSouthwestRegional Third PlaceOklahoma CityW 58-56
WestWashingtonTippy DyePacific CoastThird PlaceLSUW 88–69
WestWyomingEverett SheltonMountain StatesRegional Fourth PlaceSeattleL 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
Navy 74 Third place
Lebanon Valley 71
Wake Forest 91

East-2 Region

First Round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
Penn 57
Notre Dame 72 Notre Dame 69
Eastern Kentucky 57 Notre Dame 66
Indiana 79
Indiana 82
DePaul 74 DePaul 80
Miami (OH) 72 Third place
Penn 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
Hardin–Simmons 56 Third place
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

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See also

References

  1. "1953 NCAA Basketball Tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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