1953 NCAA basketball championship game

See also: 1953 NCAA basketball tournament

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.

1953 NCAA Tournament Championship Game

National championship game
Kansas Jayhawks Indiana Hoosiers Big Seven Big Ten (19-5) (22-3) 68 69 Head coach: Phog Allen Head coach: Branch McCracken
AP: 3 Coaches: 5 AP: 1 Coaches: 1
1st half 2nd half Total Kansas Jayhawks 41 27 68 Indiana Hoosiers 41 28 69
Date	March 18, 1953[1]
Venue	Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
MVP	B.H. Born, Kansas[2]
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Participating teams

Kansas Jayhawks

See also: 1952-53 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

• West-1
  • Kansas 73, Oklahoma City 65
  • Kansas 61, Oklahoma A&M 55
• Final Four
  • Kansas 79, Washington 53

Indiana Hoosiers

See also: 1952-53 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

• East-2
  • Indiana 82, DePaul 80
  • Indiana 79, Notre Dame 66
• Final Four
  • Indiana 80, LSU 67

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

Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

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".