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1952-53 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: Indiana

Final Four: Indiana, Kansas, LSU and Washington

Consensus Player of the Year: Bob Houbregs

AP First #1: La Salle

AP Final #1: Indiana

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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	119	105	.531	9.78	8.76	1	1	1	Indiana
2	Pacific Coast Conference	9	128	113	.531	4.74	4.47	0	1	1	Washington (North)
3	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	114	100	.533	-2.59	-2.01	0	1	0	Wyoming
4	Ohio Valley Conference	2	41	15	.732	8.13	4.51	0	1	0	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky
5	Big Seven Conference	7	84	65	.564	8.16	6.86	0	1	1	Kansas
6	Ivy League	7	86	82	.512	-4.61	-2.98	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
7	Missouri Valley Conference	6	91	66	.580	3.48	2.43	0	1	0	Oklahoma State
8	Yankee Conference	2	30	14	.682	-3.30	-4.30	0	0	0	Connecticut
9	Southwest Conference	7	77	72	.517	-2.22	-1.74	0	1	0	TCU
10	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	41	31	.569	1.23	1.90	0	0	0	Niagara
11	Southeastern Conference	11	130	105	.553	-5.28	-5.03	0	1	1	Louisiana State
12	California Basketball Association	4	51	37	.580	-0.79	1.64	0	1	0	Santa Clara
13	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	8	80	109	.423	-13.99	-10.89	0	1	0	Arizona, Hardin-Simmons
14	Metropolitan New York Conference	6	94	44	.681	2.43	2.15	0	1	0	Manhattan
15	Independent	44	620	453	.578	-1.61	0.22	0	6	0
16	Mid-American Conference	7	77	80	.490	-3.32	-1.64	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
17	Southern Conference	17	217	189	.534	-5.64	-4.54	0	1	0	NC State	Wake Forest

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	Pre	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	Final
BYU	MSAC	17	17	17		18	14	13		15	16	15	13	13	19
California	PCC			16			12	18	12	14	11	13	12	14	12
Colorado	Big 7				11
DePaul	Ind			19		15			20	11	8	8	10	11	14
Duke	Southern												17
Duquesne	Ind	14											17	18	20
Eastern Kentucky	OVC
Fordham	Metro NY					19	14	12	13	13	12
Georgetown	Ind
Holy Cross	Ind	11	10	11	8	10	13	16	15	20	18				17
Idaho	PCC
Illinois	Big Ten	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	4	4	4	6	10
Indiana	Big Ten	8	14	12	10	8	8	6	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Kansas	Big 7	19							9	10	13	11	9	5	5
Kansas State	Big 7	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	4	4	5	7	6	10	9
LSU	SEC		15	13	13	20	10	11	11	12	10	10	8	7	6
La Salle	Ind	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	6	6	6	5	5	4	4
Louisville	Ind
Manhattan	Metro NY													17
Miami (OH)	MAC
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	Pre	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	Final
Michigan State	Big Ten				18	17		19
Minnesota	Big Ten	18	9	9	9	6	9	14	18	19	19	17
Missouri	Big 7			20	18
Missouri State	Ind
Murray State	OVC
NC State	Southern	5	6	8	6	9	7	7	8	8	9	9	11	9	8
NYU	Metro NY		18	20
Navy	Ind			15	16	16	19
Niagara	WNY3
Notre Dame	Ind	13	11	10	12	13	10	9	10	9	14	14	16	15	13
Ohio State	Big Ten		12
Oklahoma	Big 7										20
Oklahoma City	Ind												20		18
Oklahoma State	MVC	6	5	5	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	7
Saint Louis	MVC	10	16	14	16	20	18		16	16	20	18	15	16	16
Santa Clara	CBA	12	18
Seattle	Ind													20
Seton Hall	Ind	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
St. Bonaventure	WNY3	20	13	17	15	14
St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	16	18
Toledo	MAC
Tulsa	MVC					12		17	14			19
UCLA	PCC	7	7	7	14	11	19	19	20			16	17
UNC	Southern									17	16
USC	PCC						17	10	17	18				19
Vanderbilt	SEC				20
Villanova	Ind
Wake Forest	Southern
Washington	PCC	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wayne State (MI)
Western Kentucky	OVC						16	15	18		15	12	14	12	11
Wyoming	MSAC	15										19			14

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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