1953-54 Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 17-5 (10-4, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Rank: 19th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Harry Combes

PS/G: 76.3 (28th of 173)

PA/G: 64.7 (48th of 173)

SRS: 18.81 (2nd of 160)

SOS: 7.22 (11th of 160)

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
Illinois	9	4	4	8	15	19	20	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	19

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Tue, Dec 1, 1953	REG		Ohio	MAC	-2.16	W	85	54	1	0	W 1	Huff Hall
2	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	REG	@	Oklahoma	Big 7	1.20	W	86	61	2	0	W 2	Field House
3	Wed, Dec 9, 1953	REG		Butler	Ind	-2.91	W	80	48	3	0	W 3	Huff Hall
4	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	REG		Alabama	SEC	2.73	W	77	54	4	0	W 4	Huff Hall
5	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	REG		DePaul	Ind	4.39	W	79	65	5	0	W 5	Huff Hall
6	Mon, Dec 21, 1953	REG		Oklahoma State (5)	MVC	14.57	L	60	65	5	1	L 1	Huff Hall
7	Tue, Dec 29, 1953	REG		Utah State	MSAC	-3.62	W	88	61	6	1	W 1	Huff Hall
8	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	REG		Minnesota (6)	Big Ten	14.03	L	72	84	6	2	L 1	Huff Hall
9	Mon, Jan 4, 1954	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	8.17	W	66	65	7	2	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
10	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	10.24	L	59	60	7	3	L 1	Jenison Field House
11	Mon, Jan 11, 1954	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	8.29	W	90	76	8	3	W 1	Huff Hall
12	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	8.29	W	82	78	9	3	W 2	Ohio State Men's Gymnasium
13	Mon, Jan 18, 1954	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	15.41	L	70	79	9	4	L 1	Huff Hall
14	Mon, Feb 1, 1954	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	4.39	W	71	61	10	4	W 1	DePaul Auditorium
15	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	3.50	W	87	68	11	4	W 2	Huff Hall
16	Mon, Feb 8, 1954	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	3.23	W	89	55	12	4	W 3	Huff Hall
17	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12.31	W	70	64	13	4	W 4	Wisconsin Field House
18	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	REG	@	Iowa (10)	Big Ten	15.41	W	74	51	14	4	W 5	Iowa Field House
19	Mon, Feb 22, 1954	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	12.31	W	66	64	15	4	W 6	Huff Hall
20	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	3.50	W	79	61	16	4	W 7	Yost Field House
21	Mon, Mar 1, 1954	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	8.17	W	84	82	17	4	W 8	Huff Hall
22	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	REG	@	Indiana (2)	Big Ten	17.47	L	64	67	17	5	L 1	Field House