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1952-53 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-5 (Independent)

Rank: 10th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: John Jordan

PS/G: 72.4 (60th of 173)

PA/G: 65.7 (49th of 173)

SRS: 12.59 (9th of 158)

SOS: 5.93 (22nd of 158)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (72-57) versus Eastern Kentucky
Won East Regional Semifinal (69-57) versus Pennsylvania
Lost East Regional Final (79-66) versus Indiana

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
Notre Dame	7	11	19	13	11	16	17	-	-	-	17	13	17	10

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	Wed, Dec 3, 1952	REG		Creighton	Ind	-8.55	W	80	59		1	0	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
2	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	REG		Indiana	Big Ten	19.98	W	71	70		2	0	W 2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
3	Sat, Dec 13, 1952	REG	@	Marquette	Ind	4.46	W	84	64		3	0	W 3	Milwaukee Arena
4	Wed, Dec 17, 1952	REG		Loyola (IL)	Ind	-1.81	W	53	45		4	0	W 4	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
5	Fri, Dec 19, 1952	REG	N	Kansas State (2)	Big 7	16.72	L	64	80		4	1	L 1
6	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	REG	N	UCLA (12)	PCC	9.64	W	68	60		5	1	W 1
7	Sat, Dec 27, 1952	REG	@	Butler	Ind	-1.03	W	63	49		6	1	W 2	Hinkle Fieldhouse
8	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	4.92	W	62	57		7	1	W 3	Welsh-Ryan Arena
9	Mon, Jan 5, 1953	REG	@	Holy Cross (14)	Ind	7.27	W	73	71		8	1	W 4	Worcester Auditorium
10	Tue, Jan 6, 1953	REG	@	New York University	Metro NY	0.53	W	78	77		9	1	W 5	Alumni Gymnasium
11	Wed, Jan 14, 1953	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	0.39	W	71	55		10	1	W 6	Lambert Fieldhouse
12	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	REG	@	Saint Louis	MVC	6.44	L	81	86		10	2	L 1	Kiel Auditorium
13	Mon, Jan 19, 1953	REG		Bradley	Ind	5.56	W	74	64		11	2	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
14	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	REG	N	DePaul (10)	Ind	7.32	L	56	83		11	3	L 1
15	Wed, Feb 4, 1953	REG		Butler	Ind	-1.03	W	80	58		12	3	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
16	Wed, Feb 11, 1953	REG		Louisville (17)	Ind	7.01	W	73	62		13	3	W 2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
17	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	REG	N	Saint Louis	MVC	6.44	L	77	78		13	4	L 1
18	Mon, Feb 16, 1953	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	10.53	W	72	64		14	4	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
19	Wed, Feb 18, 1953	REG		Marquette	Ind	4.46	W	74	68		15	4	W 2	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
20	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	4.92	W	83	67		16	4	W 3	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
21	Wed, Feb 25, 1953	REG		DePaul (15)	Ind	7.32	W	93	67		17	4	W 4	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Tue, Mar 10, 1953	NCAA	N	Eastern Kentucky	OVC	5.75	W	72	57		18	4	W 5	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
23	Fri, Mar 13, 1953	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5.07	W	69	57		19	4	W 6	Chicago Stadium
24	Sat, Mar 14, 1953	NCAA	N	Indiana (1)	Big Ten	19.98	L	66	79		19	5	L 1	Chicago Stadium