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1952-53 Southern Conference Season Summary

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Record: 217-189, .534 W-L% (10th of 17)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: North Carolina State
Tournament Champion: Wake Forest

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Wake Forest)

Ranked in First AP Poll: 1 (North Carolina State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (North Carolina State and Wake Forest)

Standings

Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L%
1 North Carolina State R 13 3 .813 26 6 .813
2 Wake Forest* T 12 3 .800 19 6 .760
2 Maryland  12 3 .800 15 8 .652
4 West Virginia  11 3 .786 19 7 .731
5 Furman  10 3 .769 21 6 .778
6 Duke  12 4 .750 17 8 .680
7 Richmond  13 5 .722 20 7 .741
8 North Carolina  15 6 .714 17 10 .630
9 George Washington  12 6 .667 15 7 .682
10 Clemson  6 8 .429 8 10 .444
11 South Carolina  7 12 .368 11 13 .458
12 William & Mary  6 13 .316 10 13 .435
13 Virginia Tech  4 13 .235 4 19 .174
14 Davidson  3 14 .176 4 16 .200
15 Virginia Military Institute  1 14 .067 5 19 .208
16 Washington & Lee  1 17 .056 2 20 .091
17 Citadel  0 11 .000 4 14 .222

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
Wake Forest                         12 15
North Carolina State 6 6 11 9 8 8 12 15 12 15 13 12 18 18
Duke                   18        
North Carolina             18 12            

NCAA Tournament

Regional Third Place
Wake Forest won (91-71) versus Lebanon Valley (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Wake Forest lost (79-71) versus Holy Cross (East Regional)