1952-53 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 18-4 (14-4, 2nd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 80.7 (15th of 173)

PA/G: 66.0 (51st of 173)

SRS: 20.18 (1st of 158)

SOS: 6.90 (15th of 158)

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
Illinois	3	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	10	10	13	11

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	Wed, Dec 10, 1952	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	-1.81	W	71	57		1	0	W 1	Huff Hall
2	Mon, Dec 15, 1952	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	0.03	W	96	66		2	0	W 2	Huff Hall
3	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	REG		Butler	Ind	-1.03	W	75	58		3	0	W 3	Huff Hall
4	Tue, Dec 23, 1952	REG	@	Minnesota (17)	Big Ten	13.07	L	73	77		3	1	L 1	Williams Arena
5	Sat, Dec 27, 1952	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	6.56	W	87	62		4	1	W 1	Huff Hall
6	Tue, Dec 30, 1952	REG		Saint Mary's (CA)	CBA	-7.30	W	94	65		5	1	W 2	Huff Hall
7	Mon, Jan 5, 1953	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	0.39	W	87	71		6	1	W 3	Lambert Fieldhouse
8	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.98	W	71	61		7	1	W 4	Huff Hall
9	Mon, Jan 12, 1953	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	4.92	W	83	58		8	1	W 5	Huff Hall
10	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	REG	@	Indiana (6)	Big Ten	19.98	L	70	74	2OT	8	2	L 1	Field House
11	Mon, Jan 19, 1953	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	10.53	W	76	64		9	2	W 1	Jenison Field House
12	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.98	W	65	61		10	2	W 2	Wisconsin Field House
13	Mon, Feb 9, 1953	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	0.03	W	92	62		11	2	W 3	Yost Field House
14	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	10.11	W	80	63		12	2	W 4	Huff Hall
15	Mon, Feb 16, 1953	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	0.39	W	93	67		13	2	W 5	Huff Hall
16	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	10.11	L	62	67		13	3	L 1	Iowa Field House
17	Mon, Feb 23, 1953	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	13.07	W	83	82		14	3	W 1	Huff Hall
18	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	REG		Indiana (2)	Big Ten	19.98	L	79	91		14	4	L 1	Huff Hall
19	Mon, Mar 2, 1953	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	10.53	W	66	53		15	4	W 1	Huff Hall
20	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	6.56	W	93	74		16	4	W 2	Ohio State Men's Gymnasium
21	Mon, Mar 9, 1953	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	4.92	W	86	70		17	4	W 3	Welsh-Ryan Arena