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1952-53 Pacific Coast Conference Season Summary

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Record: 128-113, .531 W-L% (12th of 17)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Washington (North)

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Washington)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 3 (California, UCLA and Washington)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Washington)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk North W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 Washington* RF 15 1 .938 28 3 .903
2 Idaho  8 8 .500 14 11 .560
2 Oregon  8 8 .500 14 14 .500
4 Oregon State  6 10 .375 11 18 .379
5 Washington State  3 13 .188 7 27 .206
Rk South W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 California  9 3 .750 15 10 .600
2 Southern California  7 5 .583 17 5 .773
3 UCLA  6 6 .500 16 8 .667
4 Stanford  2 10 .167 6 17 .261

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
Washington 9 7 5 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 4
California 18     20   14   14 19 19        
Idaho   20   18                    
Southern California       12 12                  
UCLA 12 20     19                  

NCAA Tournament

National Third Place
Washington won (88-69) versus Louisiana State

Regional Semifinal
Washington won (92-70) versus Seattle (West Regional)

Regional Final
Washington won (74-62) versus Santa Clara (West Regional)

National Semifinal
Washington lost (79-53) versus Kansas (West Regional)