
1951-52 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
    
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        The 1951–52 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.
NCAA basketball tournament
- East
- Illinois 80, Dayton 61
 - Illinois 74, Duquesne 68
 
 - Final Four
- St. Johns, New York 61, Illinois 59
 
 - Third Place Game
- Illinois 67, Santa Clara 64
 
 
Team players drafted into the NBA
| Player | NBA Club | 
| Rod Fletcher Rod Fletcher (basketball) Rodney Adams "Rod" Fletcher is an American former basketball player for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who was named a consensus First Team NCAA All-American as a senior in 1951–52...  | 
Minneapolis Lakers | 
See also
- 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament-External links:* on Shrp Sports * , source for much of the information on this page....
 - List of NCAA Division I institutions
 

