1952-53 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: Indiana

Final Four: Indiana, Kansas, LSU and Washington

Consensus Player of the Year: Bob Houbregs

AP First #1: La Salle

AP Final #1: Indiana

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	119	105	.531	9.78	8.76	2	1	1	Indiana
2	Big Seven Conference	7	84	65	.564	8.16	6.86	2	1	1	Kansas
3	Ohio Valley Conference	2	41	15	.732	8.13	4.51	1	1	0	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky
4	Pacific Coast Conference	9	128	113	.531	4.74	4.47	1	1	1	Washington (North)
5	Missouri Valley Conference	6	91	66	.580	3.48	2.43	1	1	0	Oklahoma State
6	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	94	44	.681	2.43	2.15	1	1	0	Manhattan
7	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	41	31	.569	1.23	1.90	0	0	0	Niagara
8	California Basketball Association	4	51	37	.580	-0.79	1.64	1	1	0	Santa Clara
9	Independent	44	620	453	.578	-1.61	0.22	8	6	0
10	Southwest Conference	7	77	72	.517	-2.22	-1.74	0	1	0	Texas Christian
11	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	114	100	.533	-2.59	-2.01	0	1	0	Wyoming
12	Yankee Conference	2	30	14	.682	-3.30	-4.30	0	0	0	Connecticut
13	Mid-American Conference	7	77	80	.490	-3.32	-1.64	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
14	Ivy Group	7	86	82	.512	-4.61	-2.98	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
15	Southeastern Conference	11	130	105	.553	-5.28	-5.03	1	1	1	Louisiana State
16	Southern Conference	17	217	189	.534	-5.64	-4.54	2	1	0	North Carolina State	Wake Forest
17	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	8	79	110	.418	-13.99	-10.89	0	1	0	Arizona, Hardin-Simmons

AP Poll Summary Table
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
Duke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-
Toledo	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Colorado	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DePaul	-	-	14	-	-	-	10	7	7	14	15	-	-	19
Louisville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	18	14	14	-
Miami (OH)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	16	-	-
Seton Hall	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	2
UCLA	12	20	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma City	13	19	16	-	18	17	-	16	13	12	11	11	10	-
La Salle	1	1	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	6
Tulsa	15	14	8	17	13	11	20	-	19	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Louis	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Kentucky	11	10	10	10	10	12	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	17
USC	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Washington	9	7	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	4
Eastern Kentucky	-	-	-	-	-	18	15	-	-	-	20	17	-	-
Manhattan	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	19	15	13	16	-	20	-
Indiana	19	15	12	7	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Oklahoma State	5	9	7	5	9	7	8	9	6	7	7	7	6	8
Niagara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17	-	-	-	-	-
Duquesne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	18	11	9
NC State	6	6	11	9	8	8	12	15	12	15	13	12	18	18
LSU	10	8	17	11	14	14	11	10	8	6	6	5	7	5
Illinois	3	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	10	10	13	11
Seattle	-	15	13	16	16	13	13	11	11	11	14	15	14	14
Holy Cross	8	4	6	14	17	-	-	17	-	-	-	20	-	13
Wyoming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-
Navy	20	13	-	15	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	18	19	-
Kansas	20	-	-	-	15	9	14	18	14	10	5	6	5	3
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	7
California	18	-	-	20	-	14	-	14	19	19	-	-	-	-
UNC	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fordham	-	-	-	8	7	10	7	13	16	-	-	-	-	-
Idaho	-	20	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Santa Clara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
Villanova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	2	5	1	1	1	4	5	5	10	8	9	8	8	12
Minnesota	16	17	9	19	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Murray State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-
Georgetown	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	15
Notre Dame	7	11	19	13	11	16	17	-	-	-	17	13	17	10
St. Bonaventure	14	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

1952-53 Season Pages

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