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Mid-season college basketball tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1953 Dixie Classic was a mid-season college basketball tournament held December 28–30, 1953 at NC State's Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was the fifth iteration of the Dixie Classic and it was part of the 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season. The Duke Blue Devils won the final, defeating the Navy Midshipmen 98–83.
Cover of the tournament program | |||||
| Season | 1953–54 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | ||||
| Champions | Duke (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Navy (1st title game) | ||||
| Winning coach | Harold Bradley (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Rudy D'Emilio (Duke) | ||||
| Attendance | 60,000[1] | ||||
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Coming into the tournament, 9th-ranked host NC State, who had won the first four Dixie Classics, and 12th-ranked Oregon State were favorites to win the tournament.[2] However, the final was contested by Duke and Navy. Duke won 98–83, breaking Navy's six-game unbeaten streak.[3]
Each year, the Dixie Classic included the "Big Four" teams (Duke, NC State, North Carolina, and Wake Forest), as well as four other invited teams. The 1953 teams were:[4]
| Consolation final | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 28, 2:00pm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 29, 2:00pm | Navy | 86 | Dec. 29, 4:00pm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 63 | Navy | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 73 | Dec. 28, 4:00pm | NC State | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 30, 4:00pm | Seton Hall | 70 | Dec. 30, 9:00pm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 77 | Navy | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 68 | Dec. 28, 7:30pm | Duke | 98 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 29, 7:30pm | Oregon State | 61 | Dec. 29, 9:30pm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Oregon State | 70 | Duke | 83 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dec. 30, 2:00pm | Tulane | 74 | Dec. 28, 9:30pm | Wake Forest | 66 | Dec. 30, 7:30pm | |||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 53 | Wake Forest | 72 | NC State | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 65 | Tulane | 65 | Wake Forest | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
December 28 2:00pm |
| North Carolina 62, Navy 86 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–21, 14–14, 15–24 | ||
| Pts: Radovich (15) | Pts: Lange (29) | |
No. 1[5] Attendance: 11,600 |
December 28 4:00pm |
| NC State 72, Seton Hall 70 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 14–18, 21–21, 20–12 | ||
| Pts: Molodet (19) | Pts: Brooks (19) | |
No. 2[5] Attendance: 11,600 |
December 28 7:30pm |
| Duke 71, Oregon State 61 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 15–11, 18–14, 18–19 | ||
| Pts: D'Emilio, Belmont (19) | Pts: Halbrook (23) | |
No. 3[5] Attendance: 12,000 |
December 28 9:30pm |
| Wake Forest 72, Tulane 65 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 16–20, 21–16, 21–16 | ||
| Pts: Davis (25) | Pts: P. Wallace (18) | |
No. 4[5] Attendance: 12,000 |
December 29 2:00pm |
| North Carolina 63, Seton Hall 73 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 11–16, 19–19, 16–22 | ||
| Pts: Likins (16) | Pts: Ring (18) | |
No. 5[6] Attendance: 9,500 |
December 29 4:00pm |
| Navy 85, NC State 75 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–20, 24–16, 29–20 | ||
| Pts: Clune (27) | Pts: Thompson (23) | |
No. 6[6] Attendance: 9,500 |
December 29 7:30pm |
| Oregon State 70, Tulane 74 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 23–19, 6–19, 20–20 | ||
| Pts: Halbrook (23) | Pts: Cervini (18) | |
No. 7[6] |
December 29 9:30pm |
| Duke 83, Wake Forest 66 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 30–10, 13–22, 22–21, 18–13 | ||
| Pts: D'Emilio (23) | Pts: Hemric (26) | |
No. 8[6] |
December 30 2:00pm |
| North Carolina 53, Oregon State 65 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 6–18, 18–9, 18–16 | ||
| Pts: Maddie (17) | Pts: Halbrook (16) | |
No. 9[7] |
December 30 4:00pm |
| Seton Hall 77, Tulane 68 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 16–19, 18–15, 21–13 | ||
| Pts: Long (21) | Pts: Brennan, Stoll (13) | |
No. 10[7] |
December 30 7:30pm |
| NC State 79, Wake Forest 86 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–21, 14–21, 31–20 | ||
| Pts: Thompson (24) | Pts: Hemric (24) | |
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