1952–53 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1952–53 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1952–53 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	17–8 (11–4 Southern)
Head coach	Harold Bradley;
Home arena	Duke Indoor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1951–52 1953–54 →

1952–53 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 North Carolina State	13	–	3	.813	26	–	6	.813
No. 15 Wake Forest †	12	–	3	.800	19	–	6	.760
Maryland	12	–	3	.800	15	–	8	.652
West Virginia	11	–	3	.786	19	–	17	.528
Furman	10	–	3	.769	21	–	6	.778
Duke	12	–	4	.750	17	–	8	.680
Richmond	13	–	5	.722	21	–	7	.750
North Carolina	15	–	6	.714	17	–	10	.630
George Washington	12	–	6	.667	15	–	7	.682
Clemson	6	–	8	.429	8	–	10	.444
South Carolina	7	–	12	.368	11	–	13	.458
William & Mary	6	–	13	.316	10	–	13	.435
Virginia Tech	4	–	13	.235	4	–	19	.174
Davidson	3	–	14	.176	4	–	16	.200
VMI	1	–	14	.067	5	–	19	.208
Washington and Lee	1	–	17	.056	2	–	20	.091
The Citadel	0	–	11	.000	4	–	14	.222

† Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952–53 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1952–53 men's college basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
December 1*		Vanderbilt	W 94–88	1–0	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 6		Wake Forest	L 86–91	1–1 (0–1)	Duke Indoor Stadium (3,500) Durham, NC
December 9		at Washington & Lee	W 91–80	2–1 (1–1)	Lynchburg, VA
December 13*		at Tennessee	W 89–82	3–1	Alumni Memorial Gym Knoxville, TN
December 16		Davidson	W 94–65	4–1 (2–1)	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 20*		at Temple	L 64–67	4–2	Philadelphia, PA
December 22		at George Washington	L 87–113	4–3 (2–2)	Uline Arena Washington, D.C.
December 29*		vs. BYU Dixie Classic	L 68–69	4–4	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 30* 7:30 p.m.		vs. Pennsylvania Dixie Classic	L 80–97	4–5	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 31*		vs. Princeton Dixie Classic	W 74–59	5–5	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
January 7		at South Carolina	W 76–67	6–5 (3–2)	Carolina Fieldhouse Columbia, SC
January 10		NC State	L 64–82	6–6 (3–3)	Duke Indoor Stadium (8,000) Durham, NC
January 13		VMI	W 78–55	7–6 (4–3)	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
January 31*		Navy	W 78–73	8–6	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 3*		West Virginia	W 91–86	9–6	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 5*		NYU	W 89–82	10–6	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 6		at No. 12 North Carolina Rivalry	W 95–89	11–6 (5–3)	Woollen Gymnasium (5,500) Chapel Hill, NC
February 9		George Washington	W 83–80	12–6 (6–3)	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 12		at Wake Forest	W 101–99 ^OT	13–6 (7–3)	Gore Gymnasium Winston-Salem, NC
February 14		at No. 12 NC State	W 84–82	14–6 (8–3)	Reynolds Coliseum (12,000) Raleigh, NC
February 19	No. 18	at William & Mary	L 82–85 ^OT	14–7 (8–4)	Williamsburg, VA
February 21	No. 18	South Carolina	W 98–68	15–7 (9–4)	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 23	No. 18	at Davidson	W 99–72	16–7 (10–4)	Johnston Gym Davidson, NC
February 27		North Carolina	W 83–58	17–7 (11–4)	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
March 5*		vs. Maryland Southern Conference tournament	L 65–74	17–8	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

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References

^ GoDuke.StatsGeek.com. Retrieved 2015-Jul-12.

[1] GoDuke.StatsGeek.com. Retrieved 2015-Jul-12.

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