1952-53 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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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

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

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	Pacific Coast Conference	9	128	113	.531	4.74	4.47	1	1	1	Washington (North)
3	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	114	100	.533	-2.59	-2.01	0	1	0	Wyoming
4	Ohio Valley Conference	2	41	15	.732	8.13	4.51	1	1	0	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky
5	Big Seven Conference	7	84	65	.564	8.16	6.86	2	1	1	Kansas
6	Ivy League	7	86	82	.512	-4.61	-2.98	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
7	Missouri Valley Conference	6	91	66	.580	3.48	2.43	1	1	0	Oklahoma State
8	Yankee Conference	2	30	14	.682	-3.30	-4.30	0	0	0	Connecticut
9	Southwest Conference	7	77	72	.517	-2.22	-1.74	0	1	0	Texas Christian
10	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	41	31	.569	1.23	1.90	0	0	0	Niagara
11	Southeastern Conference	11	130	105	.553	-5.28	-5.03	1	1	1	Louisiana State
12	California Basketball Association	4	51	37	.580	-0.79	1.64	1	1	0	Santa Clara
13	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	8	80	115	.410	-13.99	-10.89	0	1	0	Arizona, Hardin-Simmons
14	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	94	44	.681	2.43	2.15	1	1	0	Manhattan
15	Independent	44	620	453	.578	-1.61	0.22	8	6	0
16	Mid-American Conference	7	77	80	.490	-3.32	-1.64	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
17	Southern Conference	17	217	189	.534	-5.64	-4.54	2	1	0	NC State	Wake Forest

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	Pre	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	Final
Indiana	Big Ten	8	14	12	10	8	8	6	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Seton Hall	Ind	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Washington	PCC	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
La Salle	Ind	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	6	6	6	5	5	4	4
Kansas	Big 7	19							9	10	13	11	9	5	5
LSU	SEC		15	13	13	20	10	11	11	12	10	10	8	7	6
Oklahoma State	MVC	6	5	5	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	7
NC State	Southern	5	6	8	6	9	7	7	8	8	9	9	11	9	8
Kansas State	Big 7	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	4	4	5	7	6	10	9
Illinois	Big Ten	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	4	4	4	6	10
Western Kentucky	OVC						16	15	18		15	12	14	12	11
California	PCC			16			12	18	12	14	11	13	12	14	12
Notre Dame	Ind	13	11	10	12	13	10	9	10	9	14	14	16	15	13
DePaul	Ind			19		15			20	11	8	8	10	11	14
Wyoming	MSAC	15										19			14
Saint Louis	MVC	10	16	14	16	20	18		16	16	20	18	15	16	16
Holy Cross	Ind	11	10	11	8	10	13	16	15	20	18				17
Oklahoma City	Ind												20		18
BYU	MSAC	17	17	17		18	14	13		15	16	15	13	13	19
Duquesne	Ind	14											17	18	20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	Pre	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	Final
Manhattan	Metro NY													17
USC	PCC						17	10	17	18				19
Seattle	Ind													20
UCLA	PCC	7	7	7	14	11	19	19	20			16	17
Duke	Southern												17
Minnesota	Big Ten	18	9	9	9	6	9	14	18	19	19	17
Tulsa	MVC					12		17	14			19
Fordham	Metro NY					19	14	12	13	13	12
UNC	Southern									17	16
Oklahoma	Big 7										20
Michigan State	Big Ten				18	17		19
Navy	Ind			15	16	16	19
St. Bonaventure	WNY3	20	13	17	15	14
Colorado	Big 7				11
Missouri	Big 7			20	18
Vanderbilt	SEC				20
NYU	Metro NY		18	20
Ohio State	Big Ten		12
Santa Clara	CBA	12	18
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	16	18

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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