1952-53 Season Summary

Consensus Player of the Year: Bob Houbregs

AP First #1: La Salle ▪ AP Final #1: Indiana

Conference Summary

Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Seven Conference	7	84	65	.564	2	1	1	Kansas
2	Big Ten Conference	10	119	105	.531	2	1	1	Indiana
3	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	8	79	110	.418	0	1	0	Arizona Hardin-Simmons
4	Independent	44	620	453	.578	8	6	0	Seattle
5	Ivy Group	7	86	82	.512	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
6	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	94	44	.681	1	1	0	Manhattan
7	Mid-American Conference	7	77	80	.490	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
8	Missouri Valley Conference	6	91	66	.580	1	1	0	Oklahoma State
9	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	114	100	.533	0	1	0	Wyoming
10	Ohio Valley Conference	2	41	15	.732	1	1	0	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky
11	Pacific Coast Conference	9	128	113	.531	1	1	1	Washington (North)
12	Southeastern Conference	11	130	105	.553	1	1	1	Louisiana State
13	Southern Conference	17	217	189	.534	2	1	0	North Carolina State	Wake Forest
14	Southwest Conference	7	77	72	.517	0	1	0	Texas Christian
15	West Coast Conference	4	51	37	.580	1	1	0	Santa Clara
16	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	41	31	.569	0	0	0	Niagara
17	Yankee Conference	2	30	14	.682	0	0	0	Connecticut

School	Conf	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	Big Ten	19	15	12	7	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Seton Hall	Ind	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	2
Kansas	Big 7	20				15	9	14	18	14	10	5	6	5	3
Washington	PCC	9	7	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4
Louisiana State	SEC	10	8	17	11	14	14	11	10	8	6	6	5	7	5
La Salle	Ind	1	1	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	6
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY													20	7
Oklahoma State	MVC	5	9	7	5	9	7	8	9	6	7	7	7	6	8
Duquesne	Ind											19	18	11	9
Notre Dame	Ind	7	11	19	13	11	16	17				17	13	17	10
Illinois	Big Ten	3	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	10	10	13	11
Kansas State	Big 7	2	5	1	1	1	4	5	5	10	8	9	8	8	12
Holy Cross	Ind	8	4	6	14	17			17				20		13
Seattle	Ind		15	13	16	16	13	13	11	11	11	14	15	14	14
Wake Forest	Southern													12	15
Santa Clara	WCC														16
Western Kentucky	OVC	11	10	10	10	10	12	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	17
North Carolina State	Southern	6	6	11	9	8	8	12	15	12	15	13	12	18	18
DePaul	Ind			14				10	7	7	14	15			19
Missouri State	Ind														20
School	Conf	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
California	PCC	18			20		14		14	19	19
Colorado	Big 7		18
Duke	Southern										18
Eastern Kentucky	OVC						18	15				20	17
Fordham	Metro NY				8	7	10	7	13	16
Georgetown	Ind					20
Idaho	PCC		20		18
Louisville	Ind									17	16	18	14	14
Manhattan	Metro NY						20	19	19	15	13	16		20
Miami (OH)	MAC											12	16
Minnesota	Big Ten	16	17	9	19		19
Murray State	OVC										17
Navy	Ind	20	13		15			16					18	19
Niagara	WNY3								20	17
North Carolina	Southern							18	12
Oklahoma City	Ind	13	19	16		18	17		16	13	12	11	11	10
Saint Louis	MVC	17
Southern California	PCC				12	12
St. Bonaventure	WNY3	14	12	15
Toledo	MAC			18
Tulsa	MVC	15	14	8	17	13	11	20		19
UCLA	PCC	12	20			19
Villanova	Ind										19
Wyoming	MSAC													16

Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	Bob Houbregs (Washington)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	B.H. Born (Kansas)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Walter Dukes (Seton Hall)

1st Team
Bob Houbregs (Washington)
Ernie Beck (Pennsylvania)
Johnny O'Brien (Seattle)
Tom Gola (La Salle)
Walter Dukes (Seton Hall)

2nd Team
Bob Pettit (Louisiana State)
Dick Knostman (Kansas State)
Don Schlundt (Indiana)
Frank Selvy (Furman)
Joe Richey (Brigham Young)