1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 10, 1953, and ended with the championship game on March 18 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 26 games were played.

Indiana, coached by Branch McCracken, won the national title with a 69-68 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Phog Allen. B.H. Horn of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Teams 3 Bracket 3.1 East region 3.2 West region 3.3 Final Four 4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Chicago, Illinois, Raleigh, North Carolina	Fort Wayne, Indiana, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
West	Corvallis, Oregon, Manhattan, Kansas	Palo Alto, California, Seattle, Washington
Finals	Kansas City, Missouri

[edit] Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Regional Fourth Place	Penn	L 90-70
East	n/a	Eastern Kentucky	Paul McBrayer	Round of 32	Notre Dame	L 72-57
East	n/a	Fordham	Johnny Bach	Round of 32	Lebanon Valley	L 80-67
East	n/a	Holy Cross	Buster Sheary	Elite Eight	LSU	L 81-73
East	n/a	Indiana	Branch McCracken	Champion	Kansas	W 69-68
East	n/a	Lebanon Valley	Rinso Marquette	Regional Fourth Place	Wake Forest	L 91-71
East	n/a	LSU	Harry Rabenhorst	Fourth Place	Washington	L 88-69
East	n/a	Miami, Ohio	Bill Rohr	Round of 32	DePaul	L 74-72
East	n/a	Navy	Ben Carnevale	Round of 32	Holy Cross	L 87-74
East	n/a	Notre Dame	John Jordan	Elite Eight	Indiana	L 79-66
East	n/a	Penn	Howie Dallmer	Regional Third Place	DePaul	W 90-70
East	n/a	Wake Forest	Murray Greason	Regional Third Place	Lebanon Valley	W 91-71
West
West	n/a	Hardin-Simmons	Bill Scott	Round of 32	Santa Clara	L 81-56
West	n/a	Idaho State	Steve Belko	Round of 32	Seattle	L 88-77
West	n/a	Kansas	Phog Allen	Runner Up	Indiana	L 69-68
West	n/a	Oklahoma City	Doyle Parrack	Regional Fourth Place	TCU	L 58-56
West	n/a	Oklahoma A&M	Henry Iba	Elite Eight	Kansas	L 61-55
West	n/a	Santa Clara	Bob Feerick	Elite Eight	Washington	L 74-62
West	n/a	Seattle	Al Brightman	Regional Third Place	Wyoming	W 80-64
West	n/a	TCU	Buster Brannon	Regional Third Place	Oklahoma City	W 58-56
West	n/a	Washington	Tippy Dye	Third Place	LSU	W 88-69
West	n/a	Wyoming	Everett Shelton	Regional Fourth Place	Seattle	L 80-64

[edit] Bracket

[edit] East region

	First round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight					Final Four
							LSU	89
							Lebanon Valley	76
		Lebanon Valley	80
		Fordham	67
												LSU	81
											Holy Cross	73
							Wake Forest	71
							Holy Cross	79
		Holy Cross	87
		Navy	74
																	LSU
																	Indiana
							Pennsylvania	57
							Notre Dame	69
		Notre Dame	72
		E Kentucky	57
												Notre Dame	66
											Indiana	79
							Indiana	82
							DePaul	80
		DePaul	74
		Miami-OH	72

[edit] West region

	First round					Sweet Sixteen					Elite Eight					Final Four
							Oklahoma A&M	71
							TCU	54
												Oklahoma A&M	55
											Kansas	61
							Kansas	73
							Oklahoma City	65
																	Kansas
																	Washington
							Washington	92
							Seattle	70
		Seattle	88
		Idaho State	77
												Washington	74
											Santa Clara	62
							Wyoming	52
							Santa Clara	67
		Santa Clara	81
		Hardin-Simmons	56

[edit] Final Four

	National Semifinals					National Finals
		LSU	67
		Indiana	80
							Indiana	69
							Kansas	68
		Kansas	79
		Washington	53

[edit] External links

• 1953 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

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