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1953-54 Holy Cross Crusaders Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 26-2 (Independent)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Buster Sheary

PS/G: 83.2 (5th of 173)

PA/G: 64.5 (45th of 173)

SRS: 15.66 (6th of 160)

SOS: 2.71 (47th of 160)

NIT Champion

AP Poll Summary

1953-54 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	3/8	Final
Holy Cross	19	14	10	12	7	6	8	7	10	9	9	7	13	9	3

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Wed, Dec 16, 1953	REG		Colgate	Ind	-4.81	W	101	64		1	0	W 1	Worcester Auditorium
2	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	REG	@	New York University	Metro NY	-3.28	W	78	66		2	0	W 2	Alumni Gymnasium
3	Mon, Dec 28, 1953	REG	N	DePaul	Ind	4.39	W	79	55		3	0	W 3
4	Tue, Dec 29, 1953	REG	N	Louisiana State (18)	SEC	13.49	W	66	56		4	0	W 4
5	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	2.73	W	70	68		5	0	W 5	Foster Auditorium
6	Tue, Jan 12, 1954	REG		Boston College	Ind	-8.17	W	83	57		6	0	W 6	Worcester Auditorium
7	Fri, Jan 15, 1954	REG		Notre Dame	Ind	16.87	L	61	83		6	1	L 1	Worcester Auditorium
8	Tue, Jan 19, 1954	REG		Dartmouth	Ivy	-5.79	W	82	67		7	1	W 1	Worcester Auditorium
9	Fri, Jan 29, 1954	REG		Niagara	WNY3	12.54	W	93	85		8	1	W 2	Worcester Auditorium
10	Tue, Feb 2, 1954	REG		Boston College	Ind	-8.17	W	82	77		9	1	W 3	Worcester Auditorium
11	Fri, Feb 5, 1954	REG		St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	-1.18	W	78	58		10	1	W 4	Worcester Auditorium
12	Fri, Feb 12, 1954	REG		Fordham	Metro NY	10.76	W	68	54		11	1	W 5	Worcester Auditorium
13	Mon, Feb 15, 1954	REG	@	Yale	Ivy	-6.74	W	87	57		12	1	W 6	John J. Lee Ampitheater
14	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	REG	@	Canisius	WNY3	-3.92	W	88	76		13	1	W 7	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
15	Wed, Feb 24, 1954	REG	@	Dartmouth	Ivy	-5.79	W	76	60		14	1	W 8	Alumni Gym
16	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	REG		Connecticut	Yankee	3.75	L	77	78		14	2	L 1	Worcester Auditorium
17	Wed, Mar 3, 1954	REG		Temple	Ind	0.91	W	85	73		15	2	W 1	Worcester Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
18	Tue, Mar 9, 1954	NIT	N	St. Francis (NY)	Metro NY	2.70	W	93	69		16	2	W 2	Madison Square Garden (III)
19	Thu, Mar 11, 1954	NIT	N	Western Kentucky (4)	OVC	15.60	W	75	69		17	2	W 3	Madison Square Garden (III)
20	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	NIT	N	Duquesne (3)	Ind	18.25	W	71	62		18	2	W 4	Madison Square Garden (III)