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{{Short description|Annual NCAA basketball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college basketball tournament | Type = NIT
| Gender=
| Year=1953
| Image=
| ImageSize=
| Caption=
| Teams=12
| FinalFourArena=[[Madison Square Garden]]
| FinalFourCity=[[New York City]]
| Champions=[[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball|Seton Hall Pirates]]
| TitleCount=1st
| RunnerUp=[[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's Red Storm]]
| GameCount=3rd
| Semifinal1=[[Duquesne Dukes men's basketball|Duquesne Dukes]]
| SemifinalCount=4th
| Semifinal2=[[Manhattan Jaspers men's basketball|Manhattan Jaspers]]
| SemifinalCount2=1st
| Coach=[[Honey Russell]]
| CoachCount=1st
| MOP=[[Walter Dukes]]
| MOPTeam=Seton Hall
}}
The '''1953 [[National Invitation Tournament]]''' was the 1953 edition of the annual [[NCAA]] [[college basketball]] competition.

==Selected teams==
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.<ref name="results">[http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1950s.html Tournament Results (1950s)] at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. 11/7/09</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!Team
!Conference
!data-sort-type="number"|Overall record
!data-sort-type="number"|Appearance
!Last bid
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=BYU Cougars|title=BYU}}
| align=left|[[Skyline Conference (1938–1962)|Mountain States]]
|
| 2nd
| [[1951 National Invitation Tournament|1951]]
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Duquesne Dukes|title=Duquesne}}
| align=left|Independent
|
| 6th
| [[1952 National Invitation Tournament|1952]]
|-
| align=left|[[1952–53 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team|Georgetown]]
| align=left|Independent
|
| 1st
| Never
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=La Salle Explorers|title=La Salle}}
| align=left|Independent
|
| 5th
| [[1952 National Invitation Tournament|1952]]
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=Louisville}}
| align=left|Independent
|
| 2nd
| [[1952 National Invitation Tournament|1952]]
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Manhattan Jaspers|title=Manhattan}}
| align=left|[[Metropolitan New York Conference|Metro NY]]
|
| 3rd
| [[1949 National Invitation Tournament|1949]]
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Niagara Purple Eagles|title=Niagara}}
| align=left|[[Western New York Little Three Conference|Western NY Little 3]]
|
| 2nd
| [[1950 National Invitation Tournament|1950]]
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=none|team=St. John's Redmen|title=St. John's}}
| align=left|[[Metropolitan New York Conference|Metro NY]]
|
| 12th
| [[1952 National Invitation Tournament|1952]]
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Saint Louis Billikens|title=Saint Louis}}
| align=left|[[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley]]
|
| 5th
| [[1952 National Invitation Tournament|1952]]
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Seton Hall Pirates|title=Seton Hall}}
| align=left|Independent
|
| 4th
| [[1952 National Invitation Tournament|1952]]
|-
| align=left|{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Tulsa Golden Hurricane|title=Tulsa}}
| align=left|[[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley]]
|
| 1st
| Never
|-
| align=left|[[1952–53 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team|Western Kentucky]]
| align=left|[[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]
|
| 7th
| [[1952 National Invitation Tournament|1952]]
|}

==Bracket==
Below is the tournament bracket.<ref name="results" />
{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD2=Quarterfinals| RD3=Semifinals | RD4=Finals 
 | RD1-seed01=
 | RD1-team01='''{{cbb link|1952|sex=none|team=St. John's Redmen|title=St. John's}}'''
 | RD1-score01='''81'''
 | RD1-seed02=
 | RD1-team02={{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Saint Louis Billikens|title=Saint Louis}}
 | RD1-score02=66
 
 | RD1-seed07=
 | RD1-team07='''{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Duquesne Dukes|title=Duquesne}}'''
 | RD1-score07='''88'''
 | RD1-seed08=
 | RD1-team08={{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Tulsa Golden Hurricane|title=Tulsa}}
 | RD1-score08=69
 
 | RD1-seed09=
 | RD1-team09='''{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Louisville Cardinals|title=Louisville}}'''
 | RD1-score09='''92'''
 | RD1-seed10=
 | RD1-team10=[[1952–53 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team|Georgetown]]
 | RD1-score10=79
 
 | RD1-seed15=
 | RD1-team15='''{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Niagara Purple Eagles|title=Niagara}}'''
 | RD1-score15='''82'''
 | RD1-seed16=
 | RD1-team16={{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=BYU Cougars|title=BYU}}
 | RD1-score16=76
 
 | RD2-seed01=
 | RD2-team01='''St. John's'''
 | RD2-score01='''75'''
 | RD2-seed02=
 | RD2-team02={{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=La Salle Explorers|title=La Salle}}
 | RD2-score02=74
 
 | RD2-seed03=
 | RD2-team03={{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|title=Western Kentucky}}
 | RD2-score03=61
 | RD2-seed04=
 | RD2-team04='''Duquesne'''
 | RD2-score04='''69'''
 
 | RD2-seed05=
 | RD2-team05=Louisville
 | RD2-score05=66
 | RD2-seed06=
 | RD2-team06='''{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Manhattan Jaspers|title=Manhattan}}'''
 | RD2-score06='''79'''
 
 | RD2-seed07=
 | RD2-team07='''{{cbb link|1952|sex=men|team=Seton Hall Pirates|title=Seton Hall}}'''
 | RD2-score07='''79'''
 | RD2-seed08=
 | RD2-team08=Niagara
 | RD2-score08=74
 
 | RD3-seed01=
 | RD3-team01='''St. John's'''
 | RD3-score01='''64'''
 | RD3-seed02=
 | RD3-team02=Duquesne
 | RD3-score02=55
 
 | RD3-seed03=
 | RD3-team03=Manhattan
 | RD3-score03=56
 | RD3-seed04=
 | RD3-team04='''Seton Hall'''
 | RD3-score04='''74'''
 
 | RD4-seed01=
 | RD4-team01=St. John's
 | RD4-score01=46
 | RD4-seed02=
 | RD4-team02='''Seton Hall'''
 | RD4-score02='''58'''
}}

{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=Third place game
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1='''Duquesne'''
| RD1-score1='''81'''
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=Manhattan
| RD1-score2=67
}}

==See also==
* [[1953 NCAA basketball tournament]]
* [[1953 NAIA Basketball Tournament]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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