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	8.80	6.29	0	0	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
2	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	44	36	.550	5.80	4.62	1	0	0	Canisius, St. Bonaventure
3	Big Ten Conference	10	125	99	.558	5.57	4.84	2	1	1	Illinois
4	Pacific Coast Conference	9	157	118	.571	5.55	5.20	2	1	0	UCLA (South)
5	Missouri Valley Conference	6	88	71	.553	4.10	3.41	1	1	0	Saint Louis
6	Big Seven Conference	7	93	79	.541	3.74	3.33	2	1	1	Kansas
7	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	102	50	.671	3.06	3.23	1	1	1	St. John's (NY)
8	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	120	103	.538	0.56	1.09	1	1	0	Wyoming
9	Independent	42	641	418	.605	0.02	1.53	7	5	1
10	Southwest Conference	7	85	87	.494	-1.66	-0.33	0	1	0	Texas Christian
11	Southeastern Conference	12	168	129	.566	-1.82	-1.61	1	1	0	Kentucky	Kentucky
12	Ivy League	7	95	88	.519	-3.02	-2.12	0	1	0	Princeton
13	Mid-American Conference	7	93	86	.520	-4.14	-1.82	0	0	0	Miami (OH), Western Michigan
14	Yankee Conference	2	30	20	.600	-7.09	-6.43	0	0	0	Connecticut
15	Southern Conference	17	220	219	.501	-9.80	-7.65	2	1	0	West Virginia	North Carolina State
16	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	8	103	117	.468	-10.71	-7.95	0	1	0	New Mexico State, West Texas A&M
17	Middle Three Conference	3	28	34	.452	-11.00	-5.57	0	0	0	Lafayette

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
Duke	12	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	12
Siena	-	-	-	-	17	11	19	18	-	16	18	20	-
DePaul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	18	-	-	-
Louisville	17	-	-	-	15	13	14	12	13	15	15	13	17
Kentucky	1	2	1	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
Texas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	11	10	9	10	12	14	12	10	9
Seton Hall	7	10	10	11	9	12	13	11	17	12	14	14	14
UCLA	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
Oklahoma City	-	-	-	15	18	18	-	16	15	13	-	-	-
La Salle	9	12	17	13	-	15	18	-	19	-	20	-	-
Saint Louis	4	4	12	7	5	5	8	6	7	7	9	5	5
Western Kentucky	-	16	11	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	18	-
NYU	20	11	6	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utah	-	-	15	18	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Washington	6	8	3	3	6	8	6	9	8	8	6	6	6
Eastern Kentucky	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	11	6	5	5	4	14	20	13	18	20	-	-	-
Oklahoma State	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-
Duquesne	-	-	-	-	16	7	10	7	5	3	3	4	4
NC State	10	9	19	17	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penn State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	17	13	-	-
Illinois	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	6	5	2	2
Seattle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	18
Iowa	-	-	-	12	10	4	4	8	9	5	4	7	7
Holy Cross	-	17	-	-	-	20	11	17	-	19	17	17	13
Wyoming	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16	16
Kansas	8	7	4	1	1	1	2	4	6	9	7	8	8
Vanderbilt	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	2	1	7	8	12	-	15	15	10	10	8	9	10
Fordham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
Stanford	16	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	15	18	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
Kansas State	5	5	8	9	7	9	7	2	2	2	2	3	3
Minnesota	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Murray State	-	-	18	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dayton	-	-	-	-	20	19	16	14	11	11	11	11	11
TCU	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syracuse	-	-	20	19	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	14	20	9	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Bonaventure	-	-	-	10	8	6	5	5	4	4	10	12	15
Michigan State	-	-	-	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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