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1952-53 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

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Record: 119-105, .531 W-L% (12th of 17)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Indiana

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Indiana)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 3 (Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Illinois and Indiana)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 Indiana* RFN 17 1 .944 23 3 .885
2 Illinois  14 4 .778 18 4 .818
3 Minnesota  11 7 .611 14 8 .636
3 Michigan State  11 7 .611 13 9 .591
5 Wisconsin  10 8 .556 13 9 .591
6 Iowa  9 9 .500 12 10 .545
7 Ohio State  7 11 .389 10 12 .455
8 Northwestern  5 13 .278 6 16 .273
9 Michigan  3 15 .167 6 16 .273
9 Purdue  3 15 .167 4 18 .182

AP Poll Summary

School 12/16 12/23 12/30 1/6 1/13 1/20 1/27 2/3 2/10 2/17 2/24 3/3 3/10 Final
Indiana 19 15 12 7 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Illinois 3 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 10 10 13 11
Minnesota 16 17 9 19   19                

NCAA Tournament

Regional Semifinal
Indiana won (82-80) versus DePaul (East Regional)

Regional Final
Indiana won (79-66) versus Notre Dame (East Regional)

National Semifinal
Indiana won (80-67) versus Louisiana State (East Regional)

National Final
Indiana won (69-68) versus Kansas