1953-54 Penn State Nittany Lions Men's Schedule and Results

Record: 18-6 (Independent)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Elmer Gross

PS/G: 69.2 (86th of 173)

PA/G: 62.7 (29th of 173)

SRS: 5.48 (41st of 160)

SOS: 0.88 (75th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (62-50) versus Toledo
Won East Regional Semifinal (78-70) versus Louisiana State
Won East Regional Final (71-63) versus Notre Dame
Lost National Semifinal (69-54) versus La Salle
Won National Third Place (70-61) versus Southern California

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
Penn State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	REG	@	Pennsylvania	Ivy	5.09	W	72	67		1	0	W 1	The Palestra
2	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	REG	@	NC State (8)	ACC	10.68	L	74	89		1	1	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum
3	Wed, Jan 6, 1954	REG		Syracuse	Ind	-1.06	W	77	63		2	1	W 1	Rec Hall
4	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	REG		Colgate	Ind	-4.81	W	78	58		3	1	W 2	Rec Hall
5	Wed, Jan 13, 1954	REG	@	West Virginia	Southern	-1.80	W	74	66		4	1	W 3	Stansbury Hall
6	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	REG	@	Navy	Ind	5.01	L	58	62		4	2	L 1	Dahlgren Hall
7	Wed, Jan 27, 1954	REG	@	Bucknell	Ind	-18.23	W	49	43		5	2	W 1	Davis Gym
8	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	REG		Pittsburgh	Ind	-5.23	W	91	85		6	2	W 2	Rec Hall
9	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	REG		West Virginia	Southern	-1.80	W	85	68		7	2	W 3	Rec Hall
10	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	REG	@	Pittsburgh	Ind	-5.23	L	62	74		7	3	L 1	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
11	Fri, Feb 19, 1954	REG	@	Colgate	Ind	-4.81	L	63	75		7	4	L 2	Huntington Gymnasium
12	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	REG	@	Syracuse	Ind	-1.06	L	69	71		7	5	L 3	Archbold Gym
13	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	REG		Rutgers	Ind	-6.97	W	76	59		8	5	W 1	Rec Hall
14	Thu, Mar 4, 1954	REG		Georgetown	Ind	-7.34	W	61	54		9	5	W 2	Rec Hall
15	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	REG		Temple	Ind	0.91	W	67	52		10	5	W 3	Rec Hall
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
16	Tue, Mar 9, 1954	NCAA	N	Toledo	MAC	1.43	W	62	50		11	5	W 4	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
17	Fri, Mar 12, 1954	NCAA	N	Louisiana State (8)	SEC	13.49	W	78	70		12	5	W 5	Iowa Field House
18	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	NCAA	N	Notre Dame (6)	Ind	16.87	W	71	63		13	5	W 6	Iowa Field House
19	Fri, Mar 19, 1954	NCAA	N	La Salle (12)	Ind	14.76	L	54	69		13	6	L 1	Municipal Auditorium
20	Sat, Mar 20, 1954	NCAA	N	Southern California	PCC	7.55	W	70	61		14	6	W 1	Municipal Auditorium