View source for 1953 Big 7 Conference Men's Basketball

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='''Final Standings'''=
[[image:Kansas.png|right]]
{{standings-07| col7=200
| team01=''[[Kansas]]''
| cw01=10
| cl01=2
| w01=19
| l01=6
| note01=3 AP/5 UPI; NCAA RUNNERS-UP
| team02=[[Kansas State]]
| cw02=9
| cl02=3
| w02=17
| l02=4
| note02=12 AP/9 UPI
| team03=[[Missouri]]
| cw03=6
| cl03=6
| w03=11
| l03=9
| note03= 
| team04=[[Iowa State]]
| cw04=5
| cl04=7
| w04=10
| l04=11
| note04= 
| team05=[[Oklahoma]]
| cw05=5
| cl05=7
| w05=8
| l05=13
| note05= 
| team06=[[Nebraska]]
| cw06=4
| cl06=8
| w06=9
| l06=11
| team07=[[Colorado]]
| cw07=3
| cl07=9
| w07=10
| l07=11
| ocwl=42-23
}}
'''[[1952 Big 7 Holiday Tournament]] Champion:''' Kansas State
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=='''Honors'''==
===National Awards===
'''B. H. Born''', Kansas
* [[NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player]]
===Consensus All-Americans===
'''Second Team'''
*'''Dick Knostman''', Kansas State

===All-Americans===
'''Dick Knostman''', Kansas State
*First Team (NEA, Look)
*Second Team (AP, UPI, INS, Collier's)
===All-Conference===
{{list-2col-06| col1=170
| col2=150
| item01a='''PLAYER'''
| item01b='''SCHOOL'''
| item02a=B. H. Born*
| item02b=Kansas
| item03a=Art Bunte*†
| item03b=Colorado
| item04a=Delmar Diercks*
| item04b=Iowa State
| item05a=Dick Knostman**
| item05b=Kansas State
| item06a=William Wilfong*
| item06b=Missouri
}}
===Second-Team All-Conference===
{{list-2col-06| col1=170
| col2=150
| item01a='''PLAYER'''
| item01b='''SCHOOL'''
| item02a=Ron Blue†
| item02b=Oklahoma
| item03a=Willard Fagler†
| item03b=Nebraska
| item04a=Al Kelley†
| item04b=Kansas
| item05a=Dean Kelley†
| item05b=Kansas
| item06a=Bob Rousey††
| item06b=Kansas State
}}

='''Post-Season'''=
=='''National Bids'''==
{{list-4col-01| col1=130
| col2=50
| col3=130
| col4=100
| item01a=Kansas
| item01b=(16-5)
| item01c=NCAA (automatic bid)
}}

=='''[[1953 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament]]:'''==
{{tlist-04
| date01=Mar 13
| round01=WEST SF 1
| color01=#7ee7bb
| seeda01=
| teama01=Kansas
| seedb01=
| teamb01=[[Oklahoma City]]
| score01=73-65
| site01=Manhattan KS
| date02=Mar 14
| round02=WEST FINAL 1
| color02=#7ee7bb
| seeda02=
| teama02=Kansas
| seedb02=
| teamb02=[[Oklahoma A&M]]
| score02=61-55
| site02=Manhattan KS
| date03=Mar 17
| round03=NATIONAL SF
| color03=#7ee7bb
| seeda03=
| teama03=Kansas
| seedb03=
| teamb03=[[Washington]]
| score03=79-53
| site03=Kansas City MO
| date04=Mar 18
| round04=CHAMPIONSHIP
| color04=#f9aaaa
| seeda04=
| teama04=Kansas
| seedb04=
| teamb04=[[Indiana]]
| score04=68-69
| site04=Kansas City MO
}}
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