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1953-54 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-6 (3-1, 1st in WNY3 MBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Taps Gallagher

PS/G: 74.1 (42nd of 173)

PA/G: 58.7 (12th of 173)

SRS: 12.54 (15th of 160)

SOS: 3.93 (31st of 160)

WNY3 Reg Season Champ

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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
Niagara	-	18	-	-	12	13	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16

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	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	REG		Fordham	Metro NY	10.76	L	59	77		0	1	L 1	Gallagher Center
2	Mon, Dec 7, 1953	REG		Toledo	MAC	1.43	W	79	62		1	1	W 1	Gallagher Center
3	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	REG		La Salle (6)	Ind	14.76	W	74	66		2	1	W 2	Gallagher Center
4	Wed, Dec 16, 1953	REG		Syracuse	Ind	-1.06	W	90	62		3	1	W 3	Gallagher Center
5	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	-1.18	W	70	69		4	1	W 4	DeGray Gymnasium
6	Mon, Dec 28, 1953	REG	N	La Salle (13)	Ind	14.76	W	69	50		5	1	W 5
7	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	REG	N	Duquesne (2)	Ind	18.25	L	61	66		5	2	L 1
8	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	REG		Arizona	BIAA	-9.60	W	79	46		6	2	W 1	Gallagher Center
9	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	REG		St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-1.15	W	82	58		7	2	W 2	Gallagher Center
10	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	REG		Duquesne (2)	Ind	18.25	L	53	61		7	3	L 1	Gallagher Center
11	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	REG	@	Canisius	WNY3	-3.92	L	46	53		7	4	L 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
12	Fri, Jan 29, 1954	REG	@	Holy Cross (7)	Ind	15.66	L	85	93		7	5	L 3	Worcester Auditorium
13	Tue, Feb 2, 1954	REG	@	Syracuse	Ind	-1.06	W	90	70		8	5	W 1	Archbold Gym
14	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-1.15	W	79	65		9	5	W 2	Butler Memorial Gym
15	Tue, Feb 9, 1954	REG		Siena	Ind	-7.97	W	74	50		10	5	W 3	Gallagher Center
16	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	REG	N	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	-1.18	W	67	64		11	5	W 4
17	Thu, Feb 18, 1954	REG	@	New York University	Metro NY	-3.28	W	72	54		12	5	W 5	Alumni Gymnasium
18	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	REG	@	Georgetown	Ind	-7.34	W	69	56		13	5	W 6	McDonough Gymnasium
19	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	REG	@	Colgate	Ind	-4.81	W	65	57		14	5	W 7	Huntington Gymnasium
20	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	REG		Canisius	WNY3	-3.92	W	74	54		15	5	W 8	Gallagher Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
21	Mon, Mar 8, 1954	NIT	N	Dayton (15)	Ind	10.29	W	77	74		16	5	W 9	Madison Square Garden (III)
22	Thu, Mar 11, 1954	NIT	N	Duquesne (3)	Ind	18.25	L	51	66		16	6	L 1	Madison Square Garden (III)
23	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	NIT	N	Western Kentucky (4)	OVC	15.60	W	71	65		17	6	W 1	Madison Square Garden (III)