1953 NCAA basketball championship game information
See also: 1953 NCAA basketball tournament
1953 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
Kansas Jayhawks
Indiana Hoosiers
Big 7
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]
← 1952
1954 →
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.
^"Kansas vs. Indiana (Men), March 18, 1953". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
^"Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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