MOP B. H. Born Kansas Teams 22 | Dates 10 Mar 1953 – 18 Mar 1953 Attendance 127,149 | |
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) Top scorer Bob Houbregs Washington
(139 points) Champion Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball Finals site Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri People also search for 1954 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | ||
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.
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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
East-2 Region
West-1 Region
West-2 Region
Final Four
References
1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA