1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
NCAA Tournament Final Four
Conference Independent
Ranking
AP No. 9
1953–54 record 18–6
Head coach Elmer Gross (5th season)
Captain Jack Sherry
Home arena Rec Hall
1953–54 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Holy Cross       26 2   .929
#17 Seattle       26 2   .929
#5 Duquesne       26 3   .897
#6 Notre Dame       22 3   .880
#2 La Salle       26 4   .867
Dayton       25 7   .781
Louisville       22 7   .759
#9 Penn State       18 6   .750
Oklahoma City       18 7   .720
Navy       18 8   .692
Army       15 7   .682
Villanova       20 11   .645
Lafayette       17 10   .630
Saint Joseph's       14 9   .609
Xavier       18 12   .600
#7 Bradley       19 13   .594
John Carroll       15 11   .577
Seton Hall       13 10   .565
Temple       15 12   .556
Muhlenberg       12 10   .545
Washington University       12 10   .545
Syracuse       10 9   .526
Cincinnati       11 10   .524
DePaul       11 10   .524
Iona       11 10   .524
Butler       13 12   .520
Boston College       11 11   .500
Loyola Marymount       14 16   .467
Rutgers       11 13   .458
Creighton       14 17   .452
Gonzaga       12 15   .444
Valparaiso       10 13   .435
Marquette       11 15   .423
Lehigh       8 12   .400
Pittsburgh       9 14   .391
Georgetown       11 18   .379
Siena       7 14   .333
Portland       9 19   .321
Loyola (IL)       7 15   .318
Drake       7 16   .304
Colgate       5 12   .294
Bucknell       4 16   .200
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1953–54 season. The team finished the season with an 18–6 record[1] and made it to the 1950 NCAA Tournament's Final Four, their only Final Four appearance in school history. Penn State posted an upset of eighth-ranked Louisiana State University and ended Notre Dame's 18-game winning streak to advance to Kansas City where they eventually finished third after a loss to eventual champion La Salle.

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season

12/5/1953*
Washington & Jefferson W 66–41  1–0
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA

12/12/1953*
at Penn W 72–67  2–0
Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA

12/18/1953*
at American W 65–52  3–0
 
Washington, D.C.

12/19/1953*
at NC State L 74–89  3–1
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC

1/6/1954*
Syracuse W 77–63  4–1
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA

1/9/1954*
Colgate W 78–58  5–1
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA

1/13/1954*
at West Virginia W 74–66  6–1
WVU Fieldhouse 
Morgantown, WV

1/16/1954*
at Navy L 58–62  6–2
 
Annapolis, MD

1/27/1954*
at Bucknell W 49–43  7–2
 
Lewisburg, PA

1/28/1954*
Pittsburgh W 91–85 3OT 8–2
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA

2/3/1954*
at Gettysburg W 64–51  9–2
 
Gettysburg, PA

2/6/1954*
West Virginia W 85–68  10–2
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA

2/13/1954*
at Pittsburgh L 62–74  10–3
Fitzgerald Field House 
Pittsburgh, PA

2/19/1954*
at Colgate L 63–75  10–4
 
Hamilton, NY

2/20/1954*
at Syracuse L 69–71  10–5
Archbold Gymnasium 
Syracuse, NY

2/24/1954*
Gettysburg W 76–67  11–5
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA

2/27/1954*
Rutgers W 76–59  12–5
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA

3/4/1954*
Georgetown W 61–54  13–5
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA

3/6/1954*
Temple W 67–52  14–5
Rec Hall 
University Park, PA
1954 NCAA Tournament

3/9/1954*
vs. Toledo
NCAA First Round
W 62–50  15–5
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 
Fort Wayne, IN

3/12/1954*
vs. No. 14 LSU
NCAA Quarterfinals
W 78–70  16–5
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, IA

3/13/1954*
vs. No. 6 Notre Dame
NCAA Quarterfinals
W 71–63  17–5
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, IA

3/19/1954*
vs. No. 2 La Salle
NCAA Final Four
L 54–69  17–6
Municipal Auditorium 
Kansas City, MO

3/20/1954*
vs. No. 11 USC
NCAA Third Place Game
W 70–61  18–6
Municipal Auditorium 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source[2]

References

  1. "Penn State season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  2. "2010–11 Penn State Nittany Lions Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly records. Pennsylvania State University. 2010. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
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