1953-54 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Schedule and Results

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

Coach: Ozzie Cowles

PS/G: 73.3 (48th of 173)

PA/G: 68.9 (85th of 173)

SRS: 14.03 (13th of 160)

SOS: 9.58 (2nd of 160)

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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
Minnesota	12	6	8	6	6	10	9	8	12	12	18	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 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	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	REG		Nebraska	Big 7	-0.29	W	75	64	1	0	W 1	Williams Arena
2	Mon, Dec 7, 1953	REG		Tulsa	MVC	2.96	W	62	60	2	0	W 2	Williams Arena
3	Thu, Dec 10, 1953	REG		Oklahoma State (4)	MVC	14.57	W	57	56	3	0	W 3	Williams Arena
4	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	REG		Colorado	Big 7	4.71	W	74	46	4	0	W 4	Williams Arena
5	Mon, Dec 21, 1953	REG	@	Tulsa	MVC	2.96	W	66	63	5	0	W 5	Expo Square Pavillion
6	Wed, Dec 23, 1953	REG		Marquette	Ind	-0.80	W	91	73	6	0	W 6	Williams Arena
7	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	5.96	W	67	64	7	0	W 7	Schmidt Fieldhouse
8	Mon, Dec 28, 1953	REG	@	Kentucky (1)	SEC	26.72	L	59	74	7	1	L 1	Memorial Coliseum
9	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	REG	@	Illinois (8)	Big Ten	18.81	W	84	72	8	1	W 1	Huff Hall
10	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	REG		Indiana (3)	Big Ten	17.47	L	63	71	8	2	L 1	Williams Arena
11	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	15.41	W	59	55	9	2	W 1	Iowa Field House
12	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	8.17	W	82	78	10	2	W 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
13	Mon, Jan 25, 1954	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	3.23	W	80	64	11	2	W 3	Williams Arena
14	Sat, Jan 30, 1954	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	10.24	W	79	71	12	2	W 4	Williams Arena
15	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	3.23	W	67	64	13	2	W 5	Lambert Fieldhouse
16	Mon, Feb 8, 1954	REG	@	Indiana (3)	Big Ten	17.47	L	77	90	13	3	L 1	Field House
17	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	15.41	L	82	86	13	4	L 2	Williams Arena
18	Mon, Feb 15, 1954	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12.31	W	78	68	14	4	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
19	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	8.29	L	73	84	14	5	L 1	Ohio State Men's Gymnasium
20	Mon, Feb 22, 1954	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	3.50	W	79	70	15	5	W 1	Williams Arena
21	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	8.17	W	81	69	16	5	W 2	Williams Arena
22	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	12.31	W	78	73	17	5	W 3	Williams Arena