1952–53 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1952–53 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
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
	Seasons ← 1951–52 1953–54 →

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

References

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

[1] sports-reference.com 1952-53 Big Seven Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-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.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics