| 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Season | 1951–52 | ||
| Teams | 16 | ||
| Finals site | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington |
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| Champions | Kansas (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | St. John's (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Illinois (3rd Final Four) Santa Clara (1st Final Four) |
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| Winning coach | Phog Allen (1st title) | ||
| MOP | Clyde Lovellette Kansas | ||
| Attendance | 115,712 | ||
| Top scorer | Clyde Lovellette Kansas (141 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I 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, Washington. A total of 18 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 a 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.
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Locations[edit]
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1952 tournament:
Regionals[edit]
- 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, Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon
Final Four[edit]
- March 25 and 26
- Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
Teams[edit]
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | n/a | Dayton | Tom Blackburn | Regional Third Place | Princeton | W 77-61 |
| East | n/a | Duquesne | Dudey Moore | Elite Eight | Illinois | L 74-68 |
| East | n/a | Illinois | Harry Combes | Third Place | Santa Clara | W 67-64 |
| East | n/a | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Elite Eight | St. John's | L 64-57 |
| East | n/a | NC State | Everett Case | Regional Third Place | Penn State | W 69-60 |
| East | n/a | Penn State | Elmer Gross | Regional Fourth Place | NC State | L 69-60 |
| East | n/a | Princeton | Franklin Cappon | Regional Fourth Place | Dayton | L 77-61 |
| East | n/a | St. John's | Frank McGuire | Runner-up | Kansas | L 80-63 |
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| West | n/a | Kansas | Phog Allen | Champion | St. John's | W 80-63 |
| West | n/a | New Mexico State | George McCarty | Regional Fourth Place | TCU | L 61-44 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma City | Doyle Parrack | Regional Third Place | UCLA | W 55-53 |
| West | n/a | Santa Clara | Bob Feerick | Fourth Place | Illinois | L 67-64 |
| West | n/a | Saint Louis | Eddie Hickey | Elite Eight | Kansas | L 74-55 |
| West | n/a | TCU | Buster Brannon | Regional Third Place | New Mexico State | W 61-44 |
| West | n/a | UCLA | John Wooden | Regional Fourth Place | Oklahoma City | L 55-53 |
| West | n/a | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Elite Eight | Santa Clara | L 56-53 |
Bracket[edit]
| First round | Second round | National Semifinals | National Final | |||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn St. | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| St John's | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| St John's | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| N.C. 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Louis | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Louis | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico St | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| WEST REGION | ||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
See also[edit]
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