1952 NCAA Basketball Tournament

1952 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Season 1951–52
Teams 16
Finals site Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Seattle, Washington
Champions Kansas Jayhawks (1st title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-up St. John's Red Storm (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
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. It 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
East-2 Regional, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
West-1 Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
West-2 Regional, Oregon State Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon

Final Four

March 25 and 26
Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington

Seattle and Hec Edmundson Pavilion became the first hosts of the true Final Four; prior to this, the national semifinal games were hosted at the regional sites. It also made them the third host city and venue, after New York's Madison Square Garden and the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium, to host the National Championship multiple times. For the second year in a row, Reynolds Coliseum served as a host venue to the tournament, hosting one of the two East regionals. The Municipal Auditorium also continued its streak of hosting games, hosting one of the West regionals. The arena had been used in every tournament except the first up to this point. For the second time, the tournament returned to the Chicago area, this time hosting games at Chicago Stadium, one of the largest arenas in the country at the time. And for the first time, the tournament came to the state of Oregon, with West regional games played at the Oregon State Coliseum on the campus of then-Oregon State College.

Teams

RegionTeamCoachFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
EastDaytonTom BlackburnRegional Third PlacePrincetonW 77–61
EastDuquesneDudey MooreElite EightIllinoisL 74–68
EastIllinoisHarry CombesThird PlaceSanta ClaraW 67–64
EastKentuckyAdolph RuppElite EightSt. John'sL 64–57
EastNC StateEverett CaseRegional Third PlacePenn StateW 69–60
EastPenn StateElmer GrossRegional Fourth PlaceNC StateL 69–60
EastPrincetonFranklin CapponRegional Fourth PlaceDaytonL 77–61
EastSt. John'sFrank McGuireRunner-upKansasL 80–63
West
WestKansasPhog AllenChampionSt. John'sW 80–63
WestNew Mexico StateGeorge McCartyRegional Fourth PlaceTCUL 61–44
WestOklahoma CityDoyle ParrackRegional Third PlaceUCLAW 55–53
WestSanta ClaraBob FeerickFourth PlaceIllinoisL 67–64
WestSaint LouisEddie HickeyElite EightKansasL 74–55
WestTCUBuster BrannonRegional Third PlaceNew Mexico StateW 61–44
WestUCLAJohn WoodenRegional Fourth PlaceOklahoma CityL 55–53
WestWyomingEverett SheltonElite EightSanta ClaraL 56–53

Bracket

First round Second round National Semifinals National Final
            
Kentucky 82
Penn State 54
Kentucky 57
St John's 64
St John's 60
NC State 49
St John's 61
EAST REGION
Illinois 59
Illinois 80
Dayton 61
Illinois 74
Duquesne 68
Duquesne 60
Princeton 49
St. John's 63
Kansas 80
Kansas 68
TCU 64
Kansas 74
Saint Louis 55
Saint Louis 62
New Mexico State 53
Kansas 74
WEST REGION
Santa Clara 55
Santa Clara 68
UCLA 59
Santa Clara 56
Wyoming 53
Wyoming 54
Oklahoma City 48

National Third Place Game

National Third Place
   
Illinois 67
Santa Clara 64

Regional Third Place Games

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "1952 NCAA Basketball Tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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