1951-52 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: Kansas

Final Four: Illinois, Kansas, Santa Clara and St. John's (NY)

Consensus Player of the Year: Clyde Lovellette

AP First #1: Kentucky

AP Final #1: Kentucky

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Ohio Valley Conference	2	39	16	.709	8.83	6.32	0	0	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
2	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	44	36	.550	5.82	4.64	1	0	0	Canisius, St. Bonaventure
3	Big Ten Conference	10	125	99	.558	5.61	4.88	2	1	1	Illinois
4	Pacific Coast Conference	9	157	118	.571	5.57	5.22	2	1	0	UCLA (South)
5	Missouri Valley Conference	6	88	71	.553	4.11	3.43	1	1	0	Saint Louis
6	Big Seven Conference	7	93	79	.541	3.74	3.34	2	1	1	Kansas
7	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	102	50	.671	3.09	3.25	1	1	1	St. John's (NY)
8	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	120	103	.538	0.58	1.11	1	1	0	Wyoming
9	Independent	42	641	418	.605	0.04	1.55	7	5	1
10	Southwest Conference	7	85	87	.494	-1.70	-0.37	0	1	0	Texas Christian
11	Southeastern Conference	12	168	129	.566	-1.91	-1.79	1	1	0	Kentucky	Kentucky
12	Ivy Group	7	95	88	.519	-3.00	-2.10	0	1	0	Princeton
13	Mid-American Conference	7	93	86	.520	-4.10	-1.79	0	0	0	Miami (OH), Western Michigan
14	Yankee Conference	2	30	20	.600	-7.07	-6.41	0	0	0	Connecticut
15	Southern Conference	17	220	219	.501	-9.82	-7.66	2	1	0	West Virginia	North Carolina State
16	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	8	103	117	.468	-10.70	-7.94	0	1	0	New Mexico State, West Texas A&M
17	Middle Three Conference	3	28	34	.452	-10.97	-5.55	0	0	0	Lafayette

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Conf	12/10	12/17	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	Final
Kentucky	SEC	1	2	1	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Illinois	Big Ten	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	6	5	2	2
Kansas State	Big 7	5	5	8	9	7	9	7	2	2	2	2	3	3
Duquesne	Ind	-	-	-	-	16	7	10	7	5	3	3	4	4
Saint Louis	MVC	4	4	12	7	5	5	8	6	7	7	9	5	5
Washington	PCC	6	8	3	3	6	8	6	9	8	8	6	6	6
Iowa	Big Ten	-	-	-	12	10	4	4	8	9	5	4	7	7
Kansas	Big 7	8	7	4	1	1	1	2	4	6	9	7	8	8
West Virginia	Southern	-	-	-	-	11	10	9	10	12	14	12	10	9
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	2	1	7	8	12	-	15	15	10	10	8	9	10
Dayton	Ind	-	-	-	-	20	19	16	14	11	11	11	11	11
Duke	Southern	12	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	12
Holy Cross	Ind	-	17	-	-	-	20	11	17	-	19	17	17	13
Seton Hall	Ind	7	10	10	11	9	12	13	11	17	12	14	14	14
St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-	-	-	10	8	6	5	5	4	4	10	12	15
Wyoming	MSAC	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16	16
Louisville	Ind	17	-	-	-	15	13	14	12	13	15	15	13	17
Seattle	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	18
UCLA	PCC	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Texas State	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
School	Conf	12/10	12/17	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	Final
DePaul	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	18	-	-	-
Eastern Kentucky	OVC	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fordham	Metro NY	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	Big Ten	11	6	5	5	4	14	20	13	18	20	-	-	-
La Salle	Ind	9	12	17	13	-	15	18	-	19	-	20	-	-
Michigan State	Big Ten	-	-	-	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	Big Ten	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Murray State	OVC	-	-	18	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New York University	Metro NY	20	11	6	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Carolina State	Southern	10	9	19	17	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	Ind	14	20	9	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma City	Ind	-	-	-	15	18	18	-	16	15	13	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	MVC	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-
Penn State	Ind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	17	13	-	-
Siena	Ind	-	-	-	-	17	11	19	18	-	16	18	20	-
Stanford	PCC	16	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syracuse	Ind	-	-	20	19	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Texas Christian	SWC	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utah	MSAC	-	-	15	18	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanderbilt	SEC	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	Ind	15	18	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
Western Kentucky	OVC	-	16	11	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	18	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1951-52 Season Pages

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