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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.

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


Locations

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Region Site Other Locations
East Chicago, Illinois, Raleigh, North Carolina Fort Wayne, Indiana, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
West Corvallis, Oregon, Manhattan, Kansas Palo Alto, California, Seattle, Washington
Finals Kansas City, Missouri

Teams

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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 Round of 32 Notre Dame L 72-57
East n/a Fordham John Bach Round of 32 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, Ohio Bill Rohr Round of 32 DePaul L 74-72
East n/a Navy Ben Carnevale Round of 32 Holy Cross L 87-74
East n/a Notre Dame John Jordan Elite Eight Indiana L 79-66
East n/a Penn Howie Dallmer 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 Round of 32 Santa Clara L 81-56
West n/a Idaho State Steve Belko Round of 32 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 Texas Christian 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 Texas Christian 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

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                           LSU             89                                               
    Lebanon Valley  80     Lebanon Valley  76     LSU             81                        
    Fordham         67                                                                      
                           Wake Forest     71     Holy Cross      73                    LSU 
    Holy Cross      87     Holy Cross      79                                               
    Navy            74                                                                      
                                                         EAST REGION                        
                           Pennsylvania    57                                               
    Notre Dame      72     Notre Dame      69     Notre Dame      66                Indiana 
    E Kentucky      57                                                                      
                           Indiana         82     Indiana         79                        
    DePaul          74     DePaul          80                                               
    Miami-OH        72                                                                      


                          Oklahoma A&M     71                                               
                          TCU              54    Oklahoma A&M     55                        
                          Kansas           73    Kansas           61                 Kansas 
                          Oklahoma City    65                                               
                                                         WEST REGION                        
                          Washington       92                                               
   Seattle          88    Seattle          70    Washington       74             Washington 
   Idaho St         77                                                                      
                          Wyoming          52    Santa Clara      62                        
   Santa Clara      81    Santa Clara      67                                               
   Hardin-Simmons   56                                                                      


     LSU            67                        
     Indiana        80      Indiana        69 
     Kansas         79      Kansas         68 
     Washington     53                        


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