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1952-53 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-6 (12-3, 2nd in Southern MBB)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Murray Greason

PS/G: 84.0 (6th of 173)

PA/G: 74.2 (115th of 173)

SRS: 7.21 (31st of 158)

SOS: -0.66 (80th of 158)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost East Regional Semifinal (79-71) versus Holy Cross
Won East Regional Third Place (91-71) versus Lebanon Valley

Southern Tourney 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
Wake Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	15

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	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	REG	@	Duke	Southern	4.01	W	91	86		1	0	W 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
2	Tue, Dec 9, 1952	REG		NC State	Southern	15.80	W	51	50		2	0	W 2	Gore Gymnasium
3	Mon, Dec 29, 1952	REG	N	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5.07	W	65	61		3	0	W 3
4	Tue, Dec 30, 1952	REG	N	Brigham Young	MSAC	9.24	L	58	84		3	1	L 1
5	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	REG	N	Holy Cross (6)	Ind	7.27	W	91	69		4	1	W 1
6	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	REG	@	La Salle (3)	Ind	14.71	L	59	76		4	2	L 1	Wister Hall
7	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	REG	@	The Citadel	Southern	-29.59	W	96	67		5	2	W 1	McAlister Field House
8	Mon, Jan 12, 1953	REG	@	South Carolina	Southern	-13.35	W	68	50		6	2	W 2	Carolina Fieldhouse
9	Wed, Jan 14, 1953	REG	@	Clemson	Southern	-13.00	W	93	66		7	2	W 3	Clemson Field House
10	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	REG		Davidson	Southern	-19.69	W	91	58		8	2	W 4	Gore Gymnasium
11	Tue, Jan 20, 1953	REG	@	North Carolina	Southern	-0.73	L	68	72		8	3	L 1	Woollen Gymnasium
12	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	REG	@	NC State (12)	Southern	15.80	L	80	99		8	4	L 2	Reynolds Coliseum
13	Tue, Feb 3, 1953	REG	@	Davidson	Southern	-19.69	W	69	57		9	4	W 1	Johnston Gym
14	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	REG		George Washington	Southern	8.84	W	93	90		10	4	W 2	Gore Gymnasium
15	Tue, Feb 10, 1953	REG		William & Mary	Southern	-1.46	W	78	76		11	4	W 3	Gore Gymnasium
16	Thu, Feb 12, 1953	REG		Duke	Southern	4.01	L	99	101	OT	11	5	L 1	Gore Gymnasium
17	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	REG		Clemson	Southern	-13.00	W	87	56		12	5	W 1	Gore Gymnasium
18	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	REG		North Carolina	Southern	-0.73	W	89	63		13	5	W 2	Gore Gymnasium
19	Mon, Feb 23, 1953	REG		South Carolina	Southern	-13.35	W	88	62		14	5	W 3	Gore Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
20	Thu, Mar 5, 1953	CTOURN	N	Richmond	Southern	-1.19	W	85	70		15	5	W 4	Reynolds Coliseum
21	Fri, Mar 6, 1953	CTOURN	N	Maryland	Southern	2.56	W	61	59		16	5	W 5	Reynolds Coliseum
22	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	CTOURN	@	NC State (12)	Southern	15.80	W	71	70		17	5	W 6	Reynolds Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Fri, Mar 13, 1953	NCAA	N	Holy Cross	Ind	7.27	L	71	79		17	6	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum
24	Sat, Mar 14, 1953	NCAA	N	Lebanon Valley	Ind		W	91	71		18	6	W 1	Reynolds Coliseum