1953 NCAA basketball championship game

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.

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
1st half2nd half Total
Kansas Jayhawks 4127 68
Indiana Hoosiers 4128 69
DateMarch 18, 1953
VenueMunicipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
MVPB.H. Born, Kansas
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