| 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 22 | ||
| Finals Site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Champions | Indiana (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Kansas (3rd title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | LSU (1st Final Four) Washington (1st Final Four) |
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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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NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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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 national 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.
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Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| 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
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| 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, Ohio | 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 Dallmer | Regional Third Place | DePaul | W 90-70 |
| East | n/a | Wake Forest | Murray Greason | Regional Third Place | Lebanon Valley | W 91-71 |
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| 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 region
| First round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | |||||||||||||||
| LSU | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon Valley | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon Valley | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| E Kentucky | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Miami-OH | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
West region
| First round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | |||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 88 | |||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
National Championship
| National Championship Game | |||
| Indiana | 69 | ||
| Kansas | 68 | ||
See also
External links
- 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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