1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	22
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Indiana (2nd title, 2nd title game, 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Kansas (3rd title game, 3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists	LSU (1st Final Four) Washington (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Branch McCracken (2nd title)
MOP	B. H. Born Kansas
Attendance	127,149
Top scorer	Bob Houbregs Washington (139 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments «1952 1954»

The 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 10, 1953, and ended with the championship game on March 18 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 26 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Indiana, coached by Branch McCracken, won the tournament title with a 69-68 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Phog Allen. B. H. Born of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1953 tournament:

East-1 Region

First Round (March 10)

The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

East-1 Regional (March 13 and 14)

Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina

East-2 Region

First Round (March 10)

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana

East-2 Regional (March 12 and 13)

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois

West-1 Region

West-1 Regional (March 12 and 13)

Ahearn Field House, Manhattan, Kansas

West-2 Region

First Round (March 10)

Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington

Stanford Pavilion, Palo Alto, California

West-2 Regional (March 13 and 14)

Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon

Final Four

March 17 and 18

Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	DePaul	Ray Meyer	Regional Fourth Place	Penn	L 90-70
East	n/a	Eastern Kentucky	Paul McBrayer	First round	Notre Dame	L 72-57
East	n/a	Fordham	Johnny Bach	First round	Lebanon Valley	L 80-67
East	n/a	Holy Cross	Buster Sheary	Elite Eight	LSU	L 81-73
East	n/a	Indiana	Branch McCracken	Champion	Kansas	W 69-68
East	n/a	Lebanon Valley	Rinso Marquette	Regional Fourth Place	Wake Forest	L 91-71
East	n/a	LSU	Harry Rabenhorst	Fourth Place	Washington	L 88-69
East	n/a	Miami (OH)	Bill Rohr	First round	DePaul	L 74-72
East	n/a	Navy	Ben Carnevale	First round	Holy Cross	L 87-74
East	n/a	Notre Dame	John Jordan	Elite Eight	Indiana	L 79-66
East	n/a	Penn	Howie Dallmar	Regional Third Place	DePaul	W 90-70
East	n/a	Wake Forest	Murray Greason	Regional Third Place	Lebanon Valley	W 91-71
West
West	n/a	Hardin-Simmons	Bill Scott	First round	Santa Clara	L 81-56
West	n/a	Idaho State	Steve Belko	First round	Seattle	L 88-77
West	n/a	Kansas	Phog Allen	Runner Up	Indiana	L 69-68
West	n/a	Oklahoma City	Doyle Parrack	Regional Fourth Place	TCU	L 58-56
West	n/a	Oklahoma A&M	Henry Iba	Elite Eight	Kansas	L 61-55
West	n/a	Santa Clara	Bob Feerick	Elite Eight	Washington	L 74-62
West	n/a	Seattle	Al Brightman	Regional Third Place	Wyoming	W 80-64
West	n/a	TCU	Buster Brannon	Regional Third Place	Oklahoma City	W 58-56
West	n/a	Washington	Tippy Dye	Third Place	LSU	W 88-69
West	n/a	Wyoming	Everett Shelton	Regional Fourth Place	Seattle	L 80-64

Bracket

East-1 Region

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
							LSU	89
		Lebanon Valley	80				Lebanon Valley	76
		Fordham	67									LSU	81
												Holy Cross	73
							Wake Forest	71
		Holy Cross	87				Holy Cross	79			Third place
		Navy	74									Lebanon Valley	71
												Wake Forest	91

East-2 Region

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Finals
							Pennsylvania	57
		Notre Dame	72				Notre Dame	69
		Eastern Kentucky	57									Notre Dame	66
												Indiana	79
							Indiana	82
		DePaul	74				DePaul	80			Third place
		Miami (OH)	72									Pennsylvania	90
												DePaul	70

West-1 Region

	Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
		Oklahoma A&M	71
		TCU	54
							Oklahoma A&M	55
							Kansas	61
		Kansas	73
		Oklahoma City	65			Third place
							TCU	58
							Oklahoma City	56

West-2 Region

	First Round					Regional Semifinals					Regional Final
							Washington	92
		Seattle	88				Seattle	70
		Idaho State	77									Washington	74
												Santa Clara	62
							Wyoming	52
		Santa Clara	81				Santa Clara	67			Third place
		Hardin-Simmons	56									Seattle	80
												Wyoming	64

Final Four

	National Semifinal					National Championship
		LSU	67
		Indiana	80
							Indiana	69
							Kansas	68
		Kansas	79
		Washington	53			National Third Place
							LSU	69
							Washington	88

See also

• 1953 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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