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1952-53 Holy Cross Crusaders Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 20-6 (Independent)

Rank: 13th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Buster Sheary

PS/G: 78.9 (25th of 173)

PA/G: 67.6 (63rd of 173)

SRS: 7.27 (30th of 158)

SOS: -1.53 (91st of 158)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (87-74) versus Navy
Won East Regional Semifinal (79-71) versus Wake Forest
Lost East Regional Final (81-73) versus Louisiana State

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	3/9	Final
Holy Cross	8	4	6	14	17	-	-	17	-	-	-	20	-	13

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	7.33	W	81	62		1	0	W 1	DeGray Gymnasium
2	Mon, Dec 29, 1952	REG	N	North Carolina	Southern	-0.73	W	85	73		2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Dec 30, 1952	REG	N	NC State (11)	Southern	15.80	L	74	76		2	1	L 1
4	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	REG	N	Wake Forest	Southern	7.21	L	69	91		2	2	L 2
5	Mon, Jan 5, 1953	REG		Notre Dame (13)	Ind	12.59	L	71	73		2	3	L 3	Worcester Auditorium
6	Wed, Jan 7, 1953	REG	@	Connecticut	Yankee	0.60	W	71	67		3	3	W 1	Hawley Armory
7	Tue, Jan 13, 1953	REG	@	Dartmouth	Ivy	-10.39	L	61	67		3	4	L 1	Alumni Gym
8	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	REG		Columbia	Ivy	3.38	W	78	65		4	4	W 1	Worcester Auditorium
9	Tue, Feb 3, 1953	REG	@	Yale	Ivy	-5.09	W	59	52		5	4	W 2	John J. Lee Ampitheater
10	Fri, Feb 6, 1953	REG	@	Colgate	Ind	-2.44	W	64	54		6	4	W 3	Huntington Gymnasium
11	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	REG	@	Syracuse	Ind	-2.96	L	78	86		6	5	L 1	Archbold Gym
12	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	REG	@	Brown	Ind	-19.24	W	88	74		7	5	W 1	Marvel Gym
13	Mon, Feb 16, 1953	REG		Boston College	Ind	-13.17	W	87	66		8	5	W 2	Worcester Auditorium
14	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	REG		Brown	Ind	-19.24	W	84	68		9	5	W 3	Worcester Auditorium
15	Tue, Feb 24, 1953	REG		Dartmouth	Ivy	-10.39	W	99	50		10	5	W 4	Worcester Auditorium
16	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	REG		Boston College	Ind	-13.17	W	87	60		11	5	W 5	Worcester Auditorium
17	Mon, Mar 2, 1953	REG		Canisius	WNY3	-2.99	W	95	84		12	5	W 6	Worcester Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
18	Tue, Mar 10, 1953	NCAA	N	Navy (19)	Ind	7.62	W	87	74		13	5	W 7	The Palestra
19	Fri, Mar 13, 1953	NCAA	N	Wake Forest (12)	Southern	7.21	W	79	71		14	5	W 8	Reynolds Coliseum
20	Sat, Mar 14, 1953	NCAA	N	Louisiana State (7)	SEC	7.40	L	73	81		14	6	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum