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1952-53 Indiana Hoosiers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-3 (17-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 1st in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Branch McCracken

PS/G: 81.2 (13th of 173)

PA/G: 69.5 (84th of 173)

SRS: 19.98 (2nd of 158)

SOS: 8.29 (8th of 158)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East Regional Semifinal (82-80) versus DePaul
Won East Regional Final (79-66) versus Notre Dame
Won National Semifinal (80-67) versus Louisiana State
Won National Final (69-68) versus Kansas

NCAA Champion
Big Ten Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1952-53 Season 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
Indiana	19	15	12	7	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Dec 1, 1952	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-11.80	W	95	56		1	0	W 1	Field House
2	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	12.59	L	70	71		1	1	L 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
3	Sat, Dec 13, 1952	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 7	16.72	L	80	82		1	2	L 2	Ahearn Field House
4	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	0.03	W	88	60		2	2	W 1	Field House
5	Mon, Dec 22, 1952	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	10.11	W	91	72		3	2	W 2	Iowa Field House
6	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	0.03	W	91	88		4	2	W 3	Yost Field House
7	Mon, Jan 5, 1953	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	10.53	W	69	62		5	2	W 4	Jenison Field House
8	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	REG		Minnesota (19)	Big Ten	13.07	W	66	63		6	2	W 5	Field House
9	Mon, Jan 12, 1953	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	6.56	W	88	68		7	2	W 6	Ohio State Men's Gymnasium
10	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	REG		Illinois (4)	Big Ten	20.19	W	74	70	2OT	8	2	W 7	Field House
11	Mon, Jan 19, 1953	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	0.39	W	88	75		9	2	W 8	Lambert Fieldhouse
12	Mon, Feb 2, 1953	REG		Butler	Ind	-1.03	W	105	70		10	2	W 9	Field House
13	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	4.92	W	88	84		11	2	W 10	Welsh-Ryan Arena
14	Mon, Feb 9, 1953	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.98	W	66	48		12	2	W 11	Field House
15	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	10.53	W	65	50		13	2	W 12	Field House
16	Mon, Feb 16, 1953	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.98	W	72	70		14	2	W 13	Wisconsin Field House
17	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	6.56	W	81	67		15	2	W 14	Field House
18	Mon, Feb 23, 1953	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	0.39	W	113	78		16	2	W 15	Field House
19	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	REG	@	Illinois (10)	Big Ten	20.19	W	91	79		17	2	W 16	Huff Hall
20	Mon, Mar 2, 1953	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	4.92	W	90	88	OT	18	2	W 17	Field House
21	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	REG	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	13.07	L	63	65		18	3	L 1	Williams Arena
22	Mon, Mar 9, 1953	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	10.11	W	68	61		19	3	W 1	Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Fri, Mar 13, 1953	NCAA	N	DePaul	Ind	7.32	W	82	80		20	3	W 2	Chicago Stadium
24	Sat, Mar 14, 1953	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (17)	Ind	12.59	W	79	66		21	3	W 3	Chicago Stadium
25	Tue, Mar 17, 1953	NCAA	N	Louisiana State (7)	SEC	7.40	W	80	67		22	3	W 4	Municipal Auditorium
26	Wed, Mar 18, 1953	NCAA	N	Kansas (5)	Big 7	16.26	W	69	68		23	3	W 5	Municipal Auditorium