1952–53 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1952–53 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Runner-up Big Seven Champions
National Championship Game, L 68-69 vs. Indiana
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 3
Record	19–6 (10–2 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (36th season)
Assistant coach	Dick Harp (4th season)
Captain	Dean Kelley
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium

1952–53 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Kansas	10	–	2		.833			19	–	6		.760
No. 12 Kansas State	9	–	3		.750			17	–	4		.810
Missouri	6	–	6		.500			11	–	9		.550
Iowa State	5	–	7		.417			10	–	11		.476
Oklahoma	5	–	7		.417			8	–	13		.381
Nebraska	4	–	8		.333			9	–	11		.450
Colorado	3	–	9		.250			10	–	11		.476
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1952–53 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1952–53 college men's basketball season.

Roster

• B. H. Born
• Allen Kelley
• Dean Kelley
• Hal Patterson
• Gil Reich
• Larry Davenport
• Bill Heitholt
• Dean Smith
• Jerry Alberts
• Eldon Nicholson
• John Anderson
• LaVannes Squires
• Ken Buller
• Marvin Deckert
• Jerry Taylor
• Wes Whitney
• Jack Wolfe
• Everett Dye
• Wes Johnson

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 10*		at Tulane	W 63–50	1-0	Avron B. Fogelman Arena  New Orleans, LA
December 13*		at Rice	L 51–54	1-1	Tudor Fieldhouse  Houston, TX
December 19*	No. 20	SMU	W 83–66	2-1	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 20*	No. 20	SMU	W 72–55	3-1	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 27		vs. Nebraska	W 73–66	4-1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Missouri Border War	W 66–62	5-1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30		vs. No. 1 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 87–93	5-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 5		at Oklahoma	L 61–76	5-3 (0-1)	Field House  Norman, OK
January 8*		No. 5 Oklahoma A&M	W 65–53	6-3	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 10		at Iowa State	W 76–57	7-3 (1-1)	The Armory  Ames, IA
January 12		at Nebraska	W 65–59	8-3 (2-1)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, Nebraska
January 17	No. 15	No. 1 Kansas State	W 80–66	9-3 (3-1)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 20	No. 9	at Colorado	L 68–72	9-4 (3-2)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 7	No. 18	Missouri Border War	W 86–62	10-4 (4-2)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 10	No. 14	Oklahoma	W 87–59	11-4 (5-2)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 14	No. 14	Nebraska	W 77–58	12-4 (6-2)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 17	No. 10	at No. 8 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 80–78	13-4 (7-2)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 23*	No. 10	at No. 7 Oklahoma A&M	L 58–79	13-5	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
March 2		No. 5 Colorado	W 78–55	14-5 (8-2)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
March 6*	No. 6	Iowa State	W 87–62	15-5 (9-2)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
March 9	No. 6	at Missouri Border War	W 69–60	16-5 (10-2)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
March 13*	No. 5	vs. No. 10 Oklahoma City NCAA Regional semifinals	W 73–65	17-5	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
March 14*	No. 5	vs. No. 6 Oklahoma A&M NCAA Regional Finals	W 61–55	18-5	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
March 17*	No. 5	vs. No. 2 Washington NCAA National Semifinals	W 79–53	19-5	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
March 18*	No. 5	vs. No. 1 Indiana National Championship game	L 68–69	19-6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Main article: 1952–53 NCAA men's basketball rankings

References

1. sports-reference.com 1952-53 Big Seven Conference Season Summary
2. 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
3. 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.