1951-52 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Kansas

Final Four: Illinois, Kansas, Santa Clara and St. John's (NY)

Consensus Player of the Year: Clyde Lovellette

AP First #1: Kentucky

AP Final #1: Kentucky

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	125	99	.558	5.57	4.84	1	1	1	Illinois
2	Ohio Valley Conference	2	39	16	.709	8.80	6.29	0	0	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
3	Pacific Coast Conference	9	157	118	.571	5.55	5.20	0	1	0	UCLA (South)
4	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	119	104	.534	0.56	1.09	0	1	0	Wyoming
5	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	44	36	.550	5.80	4.62	0	0	0	Canisius, St. Bonaventure
6	Missouri Valley Conference	6	88	71	.553	4.10	3.41	0	1	0	Saint Louis
7	Ivy League	7	95	88	.519	-3.02	-2.12	0	1	0	Princeton
8	Southeastern Conference	12	168	129	.566	-1.82	-1.61	0	1	0	Kentucky	Kentucky
9	Middle Three Conference	3	28	34	.452	-11.00	-5.57	0	0	0	Lafayette
10	Big Seven Conference	7	93	79	.541	3.74	3.33	0	1	1	Kansas
11	Southwest Conference	7	85	87	.494	-1.66	-0.33	0	1	0	TCU
12	Yankee Conference	2	30	20	.600	-7.09	-6.43	0	0	0	Connecticut
13	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	8	103	117	.468	-10.71	-7.95	0	1	0	New Mexico State, West Texas A&M
14	Independent	42	641	418	.605	0.02	1.53	0	5	1
15	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	102	50	.671	3.06	3.23	0	1	1	St. John's (NY)
16	Southern Conference	17	220	219	.501	-9.80	-7.65	0	1	0	West Virginia	NC State
17	Mid-American Conference	7	93	86	.520	-4.14	-1.82	0	0	0	Miami (OH), Western Michigan

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	12/6	12/10	12/17	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/4	Final
Kentucky	SEC	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Illinois	Big Ten	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2
Kansas	Big 7	8	8	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	6	8	7	5	4	3
Duquesne	Ind					18		10	9	9	8	6	4	4	5	4
Washington	PCC	3	4	5	4	5	6	4	5	7	7	9	6	7	7	5
Kansas State	Big 7	10	5	7	6	8	7	7	6	3	3	2	2	3	3	6
Saint Louis	MVC	6	6	6	9	6	5	5	7	5	4	7	8	6	6	7
Iowa	Big Ten			20	14	13	10	6	4	8	9	4	5	9	8	8
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	5	3	2	8	9	8	11	16	18	12	10	9	8	9	9
Wyoming	MSAC	9	10	13	19			18		17	15	12	11	10	10	10
St. Bonaventure	WNY3				20	16	12	9	8	5	5	5	10	11	11	11
Seton Hall	Ind	15	17	15	17	14	16	13	15	11	11	14	12	13	12	12
TCU	SWC							19	14				17		14	13
West Virginia	Southern						20	20	17	12	14	17	13	12	18	14
Holy Cross	Ind	19							12						18	15
Western Kentucky	OVC		18	16	17						20			16	16	16
La Salle	Ind	16	12	17				16		19				18		17
Dayton	Ind	14	20								20	13	14	16	14	18
Louisville	Ind		14			18	13	17	13	14	12	15	14	15	13	19
Indiana	Big Ten	11	11	8	5	4	4	8	10	10	19	11	14	14	20	19
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
School	Conf	12/6	12/10	12/17	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/4	Final
UCLA	PCC	13	16													19
Villanova	Ind	17	13	19		12			19				20		16
NYU	Metro NY		18	14	7	7	9	15	19			19	18	19
Minnesota	Big Ten			17		18	17							19
NC State	Southern	7	9	10	16	10	11	12	17	13	16	16	18
Oklahoma City	Ind					17				16	18	17
DePaul	Ind									14	17	20
Oklahoma State	MVC	4	7	9	11		19	14	11		10
Notre Dame	Ind		14	12	12	15	18			19
Utah	MSAC			11	10	11	14
Syracuse	Ind				15		15
Arkansas	SWC					18
Stanford	PCC				13
BYU	MSAC	12
Columbia	Ivy	18
Texas A&M	SWC	20

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

Season Leaders

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