1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

1953–54 record

11–10 (5–6 ACC)

Head coach

Frank McGuire

Home arena

Woollen Gymnasium

Seasons

« 1952–53

1954–55 »

The 1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The head coach was Frank McGuire. The team played its home games at Woollen Gymnasium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

1953–54 Record: 11–10; H: 7–3, A: 4–3, N: 1–4 ACC 5–6, 5th Place

Coach: Frank McGuire

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Record
December 11*	William & Mary	Chapel Hill, NC	W 71–61	1–0
December 12	South Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W 82–56	2–0
December 19	Clemson	Chapel Hill, NC	W 85–48	3–0

December 19 Clemson H W 85–48
Dixie Classic
December 28 Navy RAL L 62–86
December 29 Seton Hall RAL L 63–73
December 30 Oregon State (-/4) RAL L 53–65
January 8 Citadel H W 83–42
January 9 Wake Forest A W 66–65
January 11 Davidson A W 70–54
January 16 Virginia H W 78–66
January 19 NC State H L 77–84
February 2 Washington and Lee LY W 69–60
February 4 Duke (-/8) A L 47–63
February 8 Virginia A L 69–83
February 11 Wake Forest H L 62–76
February 13 Clemson (-/14) A W 72–56
February 16 Davidson H W 89–69
February 20 Duke (-/14) H L 63–67
February 24 NC State A L 48–57
February 27 Citadel A W 79–52
ACC Tournament
March 4 NC State (-/18) RAL L 51–52

Roster

Name	#	Height	Year	Home Town
Gene Glancy	20	6–0	Sophomore	Belleville, NJ
Dick Kocornick	40	6–5	Senior	West Orange, NJ
Al Lifson	21	6–2	Junior	Elizabeth, NJ
Paul Likins	41	6–9	Junior	Elkhart, IN
Al Long	25	6–0	Junior	Durham, NC
Bud Maddie	42	6–4	Senior	Bronx, NY
Gerry McCabe	31	6–3	Sophomore	New York, NY
Tony Radovich	44	6–2	Senior	Hoboken, NJ
Cooper Taylor	35	5–10	Senior	Raleigh, NC
Jerry Vayda	43	6–4	Sophomore	Bayonne, NJ
Cliff Walker	30	6–4	Sophomore	Durham, NC
Skippy Winstead	23	6–2	Senior	Roxboro, NC

References

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Arenas – Bynum Gymnasium (now Bynum Hall, 1910–24) • Tin Can (Indoor Athletic Center, 1924–38) • Woollen Gymnasium (1938–65) • Carmichael Auditorium (1965–86) • Dean Smith Center (1986–)

Records - History of team Records

Radio Announcers – Woody Durham (1971-2011) Jones Angell (2011-Present)

Coaches – Cartmell • Doak • Peacock • Boye • N. Shepard • McDonald • Sanborn • Ashmore • B. Shepard • Skidmore • Lange • Carnevale • Scott • McGuire • Smith • Guthridge • Doherty • Williams
Honored Players – Carmichael • Cobb • Glamack • Jordan • Dillon • Rosenbluth • Brennan • Kearns • Shaffer • Larese • Moe • Brown • Cunningham • Lewis • Miller • Scott • Chamberlain • Wuycik • McAdoo • Jones • Kupchak • Davis • LaGarde • Ford • O'Koren • Wood • Worthy • Perkins • Jordan • Daugherty • Smith • Reid • Lynch • Montross • Stackhouse • Wallace • Carter • Jamison • Haywood • Forte • Felton • May • McCants • Hansbrough • Lawson • Ellington

National Championships

NCAA pre-tournament awarded championship - 1924
NCAA tournament champions - 1957 • 1982 • 1993 • 2005 • 2009
NIT champions - 1971

Southern Conference Championships

Conference tournament champions - 1921-22 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1935 • 1936 • 1940 • 1945

Conference regular season champions - 1935 • 1938 • 1941 • 1944 • 1946

ACC Conference Championships

Tournament champions - 1957 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1972 • 1975 • 1977 • 1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 1989 • 1991 • 1994 • 1997 • 1998 • 2007 • 2008

Regular season champions - 1956 • 1957 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1971 • 1972 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1987 • 1988 • 1993 • 1995 • 2001 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011

Seasons

1910–11 • 1911–12 • 1912–13 • 1913-14 • 1914-15 • 1915-16 • 1916-17 • 1917-18 • 1918-19 • 1919-20 • 1920-21 • 1921-22 • 1922-23 • 1923-24 • 1924-25 • 1925-26 • 1926-27 • 1927-28 • 1928-29 • 1929-30 • 1930-31 • 1931-32 • 1932-33 • 1933-34 • 1934-35 • 1935-36 • 1936-37 • 1937-38 • 1938-39 • 1939-40 • 1940-41 • 1941-42 • 1942-43 • 1943-44 • 1944-45 • 1945-46 • 1946-47 • 1947-48 • 1948-49 • 1949-50 • 1950-51 • 1951-52 • 1952-53 • 1953-54 • 1954-55 • 1955-56 • 1956-57 • 1957-58 • 1958-59 • 1959-60 • 1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1963-64 • 1964-65 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-00 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12

Bold denotes national championship, Italic denotes Final Four appearance

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball seasons

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12

Bold denotes national championship, Italic denotes Final Four appearance