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Is this the year that marks the year of exceptional popularity?

1953

East Regional
Bracket A First Round
Holy Cross 87 - Navy 74
Lebanon Valley 80 - Fordham 67

Semifinals
Holy Cross 79 - Wake Forest 71
LSU 89 - Lebanon Valley 76

Third Place
Wake Forest 91 - Lebanon Valley 71

Final
LSU 81 - Holy Cross 73

Bracket B First Round
Notre Dame 72 - Eastern Kentucky 57
DePaul 74 - Miami (OH) 72

Semifinals
Notre Dame 69 - Penn 57
Indiana 82 - DePaul 80

Third Place
Penn 90 - DePaul 70

Final
Indiana 79 - Notre Dame 66

West Regional
Bracket A First Round
Seattle 88 - Idaho St. 77
Santa Clara 81 - Hardin-Simmons 56

Semifinals
Washington 92 - Seattle 70
Santa Clara 67 - Wyoming 52

Third Place
Seattle 80 - Wyoming 64

Final
Washington 74 - Santa Clara 62

Bracket B First Round
No Games

Semifinals
Kansas 73 - Oklahoma City 65
Oklahoma A&M 71 - TCU 54

Third Place
TCU 58 - Oklahoma City 56

Final
Kansas 61 - Oklahoma A&M 55

Final Four
(Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City)

Semifinals
Indiana 80 - LSU 67
Kansas 79 - Washington 53

Third Place
Washington 88 - LSU 69

Championship
Indiana 69 - Kansas 68

All-Tournament Team
B.H. Born, Kansas (Most Outstanding)
Dean Kelley, Kansas
Bob Leonard, Indiana
Don Schlundt, Indiana
Bob Houbregs, Washington

Championship Box Score

Indiana	FG-A	FT-A	PF	Pts
Dick Farley	1-8	0-0	5	2
Charley Kraak	5-8	7-10	5	17
Dick White	1-5	0-0	2	2
Jim DeaKyne	0-0	0-0	1	0
Don Schlundt	11-26	8-11	3	30
Burke Scott	2-4	2-3	3	6
Paul Poff	0-1	0-0	0	0
Bob Leonard	5-15	2-4	2	12
Phil Byers	0-2	0-0	0	0
Totals	25-69	19-28	21	69
Kansas	FG-A	FT-A	PF	Pts
Harold Patterson	1-3	7-8	3	9
Dean Smith	0-0	1-1	1	1
Allen Kelley	7-20	6-8	3	20
Larry Davenport	0-1	0-0	0	0
B.H. Born	8-27	10-12	5	26
Dean Kelley	3-4	2-4	2	8
Gil Reich	2-9	0-0	2	4
Jerry Alberts	0-1	0-0	1	0
Totals	21-65	26-33	17	68

Halftime: Tied at 41.
Technical fouls: Kraak, Leonard, Schlundt.
Attendance: 10,500.

Or did everybody just get better at record keeping?

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