1954-55 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-6 (3-1, 1st in WNY3 MBB)

Coach: Taps Gallagher

PS/G: 80.7 (29th of 175)

PA/G: 67.8 (43rd of 175)

SRS: 11.35 (17th of 162)

SOS: 2.63 (51st of 162)

WNY3 Reg Season Champ

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AP Poll Summary

1954-55 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	Final
Niagara	8	10	10	10	15	15	20	20	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 4, 1954	REG		Fordham	Metro NY	2.32	W	71	65		1	0	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
2	Sat, Dec 11, 1954	REG		La Salle (1)	Ind	18.40	L	75	76		1	1	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
3	Tue, Dec 14, 1954	REG	@	Cornell	Ivy	-6.53	W	71	65		2	1	W 1	Barton Hall
4	Thu, Dec 16, 1954	REG		Syracuse	Ind	-1.60	W	99	74		3	1	W 2	Gallagher Center
5	Sat, Dec 18, 1954	REG	@	Toledo	MAC	-9.75	W	80	61		4	1	W 3	The Field House
6	Mon, Dec 27, 1954	REG	N	UCLA (15)	PCC	19.83	L	86	88		4	2	L 1
7	Wed, Dec 29, 1954	REG	N	Syracuse	Ind	-1.60	W	91	70		5	2	W 1
8	Fri, Dec 31, 1954	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	1.54	W	79	70		6	2	W 2	Madison Square Garden (III)
9	Sat, Jan 8, 1955	REG		St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-1.27	W	85	61		7	2	W 3	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
10	Tue, Jan 11, 1955	REG	@	Canisius	WNY3	7.29	W	68	64		8	2	W 4	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
11	Sat, Jan 15, 1955	REG		Colgate	Ind	-3.54	W	82	64		9	2	W 5	Gallagher Center
12	Mon, Jan 31, 1955	REG	@	Duquesne (4)	Ind	17.72	L	48	65		9	3	L 1	Duquesne Gymnasium
13	Sat, Feb 5, 1955	REG		Holy Cross (14)	Ind	9.66	W	72	68		10	3	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
14	Tue, Feb 8, 1955	REG	@	Syracuse	Ind	-1.60	L	83	87		10	4	L 1	Archbold Gym
15	Sat, Feb 12, 1955	REG	N	St. Bonaventure	WNY3	-1.27	L	71	75		10	5	L 2	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
16	Thu, Feb 17, 1955	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	1.54	W	82	62		11	5	W 1	Madison Square Garden (III)
17	Sat, Feb 19, 1955	REG	@	Siena	Ind	-9.11	W	77	61		12	5	W 2	Washington Avenue Armory
18	Sat, Feb 26, 1955	REG		John Carroll	Ind	-3.77	W	83	72		13	5	W 3	Gallagher Center
19	Sat, Mar 5, 1955	REG	N	Canisius	WNY3	7.29	W	80	63		14	5	W 4	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
20	Sat, Mar 12, 1955	NIT	N	Lafayette	Ind	1.07	W	83	70		15	5	W 5	Madison Square Garden (III)
21	Mon, Mar 14, 1955	NIT	N	Cincinnati	Ind	8.72	L	83	85	2OT	15	6	L 1	Madison Square Garden (III)