1952 NCAA basketball tournament

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Season

1951–52

Teams

Finals site

Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Seattle, Washington

Champions

Kansas Jayhawks (1st title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)

Runner-up

St. John's Redmen (1st title game,
1st Final Four)

Semifinalists

Illinois Fighting Illini (3rd Final Four)
Santa Clara Broncos (1st Final Four)

Winning coach

Phog Allen (1st title)

MOP

Clyde Lovellette (Kansas)

Attendance

115,712

Top scorer

Clyde Lovellette (Kansas)
(141 points)

NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1951	1953»

The 1952 NCAA basketball tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 14th annual edition of the tournament began on March 21, 1952, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in Seattle. A total of 20 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Kansas, coached by Phog Allen, won the national title with an 80–63 victory in the final game over St. John's, coached by Frank McGuire. Clyde Lovellette of Kansas was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

This tournament was the first to have a true "Final Four" format, with the winners at four regional sites advancing to the final site—although the four regionals did not receive distinct names until the 1956 tournament. It was also the first to have regional television coverage.

Locations

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1952 tournament:

Regionals

March 21 and 22: East-1 Regional, Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University); East-2 Regional, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois (Hosts: Northwestern University, Loyola University Chicago, DePaul University); West-1 Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference); West-2 Regional, Oregon State Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon (Host: Oregon State University)

Final Four

March 25 and 26: Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Dayton	Tom Blackburn	Independent	Regional third place	Princeton	W 77–61
East	Duquesne	Dudey Moore	Independent	Elite Eight	Illinois	L 74–68
East	Illinois	Harry Combes	Big Ten	Third Place	Santa Clara	W 67–64
East	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Southeastern	Elite Eight	St. John's	L 64–57
East	NC State	Everett Case	Southern	Regional third place	Penn State	W 69–60
East	Penn State	Elmer Gross	Independent	Regional Fourth Place	NC State	L 69–60
East	Princeton	Franklin Cappon	Ivy League	Regional Fourth Place	Dayton	L 77–61
East	St. John's	Frank McGuire	Metro NY	Runner-up	Kansas	L 80–63
West
West	Kansas	Phog Allen	Big 7	Champion	St. John's	W 80–63
West	New Mexico A&M	George McCarty	Border	Regional Fourth Place	TCU	L 61–44
West	Oklahoma City	Doyle Parrack	Independent	Regional third place	UCLA	W 55–53
West	Santa Clara	Bob Feerick	Independent	Fourth Place	Illinois	L 67–64
West	Saint Louis	Eddie Hickey	Missouri Valley	Elite Eight	Kansas	L 74–55
West	TCU	Buster Brannon	Southwest	Regional third place	New Mexico A&M	W 61–44
West	UCLA	John Wooden	Pacific Coast	Regional Fourth Place	Oklahoma City	L 55–53
West	Wyoming	Everett Shelton	Mountain States	Elite Eight	Santa Clara	L 56–53

Bracket

Regional Semifinals March 21		Regional Finals March 22		National Semifinals March 25 Seattle		National Championship March 26 Seattle

Kentucky	82

Penn State	54
		Kentucky	57
East 1—Raleigh
		St John's	64
St. John's	60

NC State	49
				St John's	61
EAST
				Illinois	59
Illinois	80

Dayton	61
		Illinois	74
East 2—Chicago
		Duquesne	68
Duquesne	60

Princeton	49
						St. John's	63

						Kansas	80
Kansas	68

TCU	64
		Kansas	74
West 1—Kansas City
		Saint Louis	55
Saint Louis	62

New Mexico A&M	53
				Kansas	74
WEST
				Santa Clara	55
Santa Clara	68

UCLA	59
		Santa Clara	56
West 2—Corvallis
		Wyoming	53
Wyoming	54

Oklahoma City	48

National Third Place Game

	National Third Place

	Illinois		67

	Santa Clara		64

Regional third place games

	East-1 Regional third place

	NC State		69

	Penn State		60

	East-2 Regional third place

	Dayton		77

	Princeton		61

	West-1 Regional third place

	TCU		61

	New Mexico A&M		44

	West-2 Regional third place

	Oklahoma City		55

	UCLA		53

Source:

References

"1952 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

v t e NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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See also: Division I Women's Tournament, Division II Tournament, Division III Tournament

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball 1951–52 NCAA champions
5 Charlie Hoag 9 Bob Kenney 6 LaVannes Squires 11 Bill Lienhard 14 Allen Kelley 16 Clyde Lovellette (MOP) 17 Bill Hougland 20 John Keller 22 Dean Smith 24 Dean Kelley 25 B. H. Born Head coach Phog Allen Assistant coach Dick Harp

Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball 1951–52 NCAA champions

Head coach: Phog Allen

Assistant coach: Dick Harp

Categories:

Locations

Regionals

Final Four

Teams

Bracket

National Third Place Game

Regional third place games

See also

References