NCAA men's basketball championship 1953
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The NCAA men's basketball championship of 1953 was the national title won by the Indiana Hoosiers under coach Branch McCracken, concluding the 1952–53 college basketball season.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22745763 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: NCAA men's basketball championship 1953 Context triple: [Branch McCracken, championshipWon, NCAA men's basketball championship 1953]
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1955 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1955 NCAA men's basketball championship was the national title game in which the University of San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, captured their first NCAA basketball crown.
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1956 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1956 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 1955–56 college basketball season, in which the San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, completed back-to-back national championships.
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1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game in which the University of Kansas, led by star center Clyde Lovellette, captured the collegiate basketball crown.
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1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game of the 1958–59 college basketball season, in which the California Golden Bears defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers to win the NCAA tournament.
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1954 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1954 NCAA men's basketball championship was the concluding tournament of the 1953–54 college basketball season in the United States, determining the national champion of NCAA Division I men's basketball.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: NCAA men's basketball championship 1953 Target entity description: The NCAA men's basketball championship of 1953 was the national title won by the Indiana Hoosiers under coach Branch McCracken, concluding the 1952–53 college basketball season.
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A.
1955 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1955 NCAA men's basketball championship was the national title game in which the University of San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, captured their first NCAA basketball crown.
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B.
1956 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1956 NCAA men's basketball championship was the title game of the 1955–56 college basketball season, in which the San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, completed back-to-back national championships.
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C.
1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game in which the University of Kansas, led by star center Clyde Lovellette, captured the collegiate basketball crown.
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D.
1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game of the 1958–59 college basketball season, in which the California Golden Bears defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers to win the NCAA tournament.
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E.
1954 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1954 NCAA men's basketball championship was the concluding tournament of the 1953–54 college basketball season in the United States, determining the national champion of NCAA Division I men's basketball.
- F. None of above. chosen
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