Front row (l-r): Bob Leonard, Charley Kraak, Don Schlundt, Dick Farley, Burke Scott
Middle row (l-r): Mgr. Ron Fifer, Dick White, Jim DeaKyne, Head Coach Branch McCracken, Paul Poff, Phil Byers, Asst.. Coach Ernie Anders
Back row (l-r): Ron Taylor, Jim Schooley, Goethe Chambers, Jack Wright
| WINNING COACH | MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER |
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| BRANCH MCCRACKEN | B.H. BORN | KANSAS |
| Location: Municipal Auditorium | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| March 18, 1953 | |
FINAL FOUR
| Player | FG | FT-A | PF | PTS |
| Indiana | ||||
| Kraak | 5 | 7-10 | 5 | 17 |
| DeaKyne | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| Farley | 1 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 |
| Schlundt | 11 | 8-11 | 3 | 30 |
| White | 1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 |
| Leonard | 5 | 2-4 | 2 | 12 |
| Poff | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott | 2 | 2-3 | 3 | 6 |
| Byers | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 19-28 | 22 | 69 |
| Kansas | ||||
| Patterson | 1 | 7-8 | 3 | 9 |
| A. Kelley | 7 | 6-8 | 3 | 20 |
| Davenport | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Born | 8 | 10-12 | 5 | 26 |
| Smith | 0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alberts | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Kelley | 3 | 2-4 | 2 | 8 |
| Reich | 2 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 21 | 26-33 | 17 | 68 |