Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association Team Season.
In the 1952–53 Indiana State Sycamores men’s basketball season the Sycamores were led by coach John Longfellow NAIB All-American Dick Atha and All-ICC players Roger Adkins Cliff Murray and Sam Richardson. They lost to Louisville by 82-70. The Sycamores finished as the National Third Place team with a record of 23–8. This season represented Indiana State’s 5th NAIA Final Four and its 1st National Third Place finish.