Men's university basketball season
The 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1952, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1953 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 18, 1953, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City , Missouri . The Indiana Hoosiers won their second NCAA national championship with a 69–68 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks .
Teams must take a free throw after a foul , as had been the practice through the 1938–39 season . Previously, under a rule that had been in effect since the 1939–40 season , a team could waive its free throw and instead take the ball at mid-court after a foul.[ 1]
Prior to the season, the NCAA ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records. Previously, it had been a common practice for many years for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season.[ 2] The California Basketball Association began play, with five original members. It would be renamed the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956 and the West Coast Conference in 1989. The NCAA forced Kentucky to suspend its men's basketball program for the entire 1952–53 season as a result of the CCNY point-shaving scandal , which had been revealed in 1951.[ 3] The NCAA tournament expanded from 16 to 22 teams. Bill Chambers of William and Mary grabbed 51 rebounds against Virginia on February 14, 1953, becoming the first player with more than 50 rebounds in one game.[ 4] Bob Houbregs of Washington became the first player to score 40 or more points in an NCAA tournament Final Four game when he scored 42 against LSU in the national third-place game on March 18, 1953.[ 5] Walter Dukes of Seton Hall finished the season with 734 rebounds for the year, the first player to grab 700 rebounds in a single season.[ 4] The Top 20 from the AP Poll and the UP Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[ 6] [ 7]
Conference membership changes [ edit ] Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ] Conference standings [ edit ] 1952–53 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 3 Kansas 10 – 2 .833 19 – 6 .760 No. 12 Kansas State 9 – 3 .750 17 – 4 .810 Missouri 6 – 6 .500 11 – 9 .550 Iowa State 5 – 7 .417 10 – 11 .476 Oklahoma 5 – 7 .417 8 – 13 .381 Nebraska 4 – 8 .333 9 – 11 .450 Colorado 3 – 9 .250 10 – 11 .476 Rankings from AP Poll [ 11]
1952–53 California Basketball Association men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 16 Santa Clara † 6 – 2 .750 17 – 7 .708 San Francisco 6 – 2 .750 10 – 11 .476 San Jose State 4 – 4 .500 15 – 8 .652 Saint Mary's 4 – 4 .500 9 – 11 .450 Pacific – – 2 – 18 .100 † Regular-season chapionship winner Rankings from AP Poll [ 12]
1952–53 Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Pennsylvania 10 – 2 .833 22 – 5 .815 Columbia 8 – 4 .667 17 – 6 .739 Cornell 6 – 6 .500 9 – 12 .429 Yale 6 – 6 .500 10 – 15 .400 Dartmouth 5 – 7 .417 12 – 14 .462 Princeton 5 – 7 .417 9 – 14 .391 Harvard 2 – 10 .167 7 – 16 .304 Rankings from AP Poll
1952–53 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 8 Oklahoma A&M 8 – 2 .800 23 – 7 .767 Tulsa 5 – 5 .500 15 – 10 .600 Saint Louis 5 – 5 .500 16 – 11 .593 Houston 5 – 5 .500 9 – 13 .409 Detroit 4 – 6 .400 12 – 14 .462 Wichita Municipal 3 – 7 .300 16 – 11 .593 Rankings from AP Poll
1952–53 Mountain States Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Wyoming 12 – 2 .857 20 – 10 .667 BYU 11 – 3 .786 22 – 8 .733 Utah State 7 – 7 .500 17 – 13 .567 Montana 6 – 8 .429 14 – 11 .560 Colorado A&M 5 – 9 .357 12 – 14 .462 New Mexico 5 – 9 .357 10 – 14 .417 Utah 5 – 9 .357 10 – 14 .417 Denver 5 – 9 .357 9 – 16 .360 Rankings from AP Poll
1952–53 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT No. 4 Washington † 15 – 1 .938 30 – 3 .909 Idaho 8 – 8 .500 15 – 12 .556 Oregon 8 – 8 .500 14 – 14 .500 Oregon State 6 – 10 .375 11 – 18 .379 Washington State 3 – 13 .188 7 – 27 .206 California 9 – 3 .750 16 – 10 .615 USC 7 – 5 .583 17 – 5 .773 UCLA 6 – 0 1.000 16 – 8 .667 Stanford 2 – 10 .167 7 – 20 .259 † Conference playoff series winner Rankings from AP Poll
1952–53 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT TCU 9 – 3 .750 16 – 8 .667 Rice 8 – 4 .667 15 – 6 .714 Texas 8 – 4 .667 12 – 9 .571 Baylor 6 – 6 .500 10 – 11 .476 Arkansas 4 – 8 .333 10 – 11 .476 SMU 4 – 8 .333 8 – 12 .400 Texas A&M 3 – 9 .250 6 – 15 .286 Rankings from AP Poll
1952–53 Western New York Little Three Conference men's basketball standings Conf Overall Team W L PCT W L PCT Niagara 4 – 0 1.000 22 – 6 .786 St. Bonaventure 1 – 3 .250 10 – 11 .476 Canisius 1 – 3 .250 9 – 14 .391 Rankings from AP Poll
A total of 44 college teams played as major independents . Among them, Seton Hall (31–2) finished with both the best winning percentage (.939) the most wins.[ 14]
Although not considered a major independent during the season,[ 14] Southwest Missouri State (24–4) played as an independent[ 14] and was ranked No. 20 in the season's final AP Poll .[ 15]
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Post-season tournaments [ edit ] Third Place – Washington 88, LSU 69 National Invitation tournament [ edit ] Semifinals & finals[ edit ] Third Place – Duquesne 81, Manhattan 67 Consensus All-American teams [ edit ]
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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