1953 NCAA basketball championship game

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1953 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City Missouri.jpg
The Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted the championship game.
Kansas Jayhawks Indiana Hoosiers
Big Seven Big Ten
(19-5)(22-3)
6869
Head coach:
Phog Allen 		Head coach:
Branch McCracken
1st half2nd halfTotal
Kansas Jayhawks 412768
Indiana Hoosiers 412869
DateMarch 18, 1953 [1]
Venue Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
MVP B.H. Born, Kansas [2]
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The 1953 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1953 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1952-53 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 20, 1954, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. It featured the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference, and the defending national champion Kansas Jayhawks of the Big Seven Conference. This was a rematch of the 1940 NCAA basketball championship game, which Indiana won.

Contents

Participating teams

Kansas Jayhawks

Indiana Hoosiers

Game summary

Source: [3]

March 18, 1953
#1 Indiana Hoosiers 69, #3 Kansas Jayhawks 68
Scoring by half: 41-41, 28-27
Pts: Don Schlundt 30
Rebs: Charlie Kraak 13		Pts: B.H. Born 26
Rebs: B.H. Born 15

References

  1. ↑ "Kansas vs. Indiana (Men), March 18, 1953". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kansas vs. Indiana Box Score, March 18, 1953 | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
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