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1953-54 Rice Owls Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-5 (9-3, 1st in SWC MBB)

Coach: Don Suman

PS/G: 71.4 (62nd of 173)

PA/G: 62.2 (25th of 173)

SRS: 11.11 (18th of 160)

SOS: 1.81 (64th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost West Regional Semifinal (51-45) versus Oklahoma State
Won West Regional Third Place (78-55) versus Colorado

SWC 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
Rice	-	-	11	16	11	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Mon, Dec 14, 1953	REG	@	Tulane	SEC	2.16	W	56	49		1	0	W 1	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
2	Thu, Dec 17, 1953	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Metro NY	-1.18	W	85	81		2	0	W 2	DeGray Gymnasium
3	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	-4.82	W	78	66		3	0	W 3	Alumni Memorial Gymnasium
4	Mon, Dec 21, 1953	REG	@	Vanderbilt (20)	SEC	0.58	W	79	60		4	0	W 4	Memorial Gymnasium
5	Mon, Dec 28, 1953	REG	N	Texas A&M	SWC	-10.76	W	55	43		5	0	W 5
6	Tue, Dec 29, 1953	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	8.05	W	80	79		6	0	W 6	Perkins Gym
7	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	REG	N	Texas	SWC	5.76	W	65	58		7	0	W 7
8	Tue, Jan 5, 1954	REG	@	Southern Methodist	SWC	8.05	L	66	79		7	1	L 1	Perkins Gym
9	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	REG		Texas A&M	SWC	-10.76	W	78	53		8	1	W 1	Rice Gymnasium
10	Tue, Jan 12, 1954	REG		TCU	SWC	-1.30	W	69	52		9	1	W 2	Rice Gymnasium
11	Fri, Jan 15, 1954	REG	@	Texas	SWC	5.76	L	66	74		9	2	L 1	Gregory Gymnasium
12	Mon, Jan 18, 1954	REG	@	Arkansas	SWC	5.07	W	80	55		10	2	W 1	The Field House
13	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	REG		Baylor	SWC	-1.33	W	72	60		11	2	W 2	Rice Gymnasium
14	Tue, Feb 9, 1954	REG	@	Texas A&M	SWC	-10.76	W	61	47		12	2	W 3	DeWare Fieldhouse
15	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	REG		Texas	SWC	5.76	W	61	51		13	2	W 4	Rice Gymnasium
16	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	REG		Arkansas	SWC	5.07	W	76	62		14	2	W 5	Rice Gymnasium
17	Tue, Feb 23, 1954	REG	@	Baylor	SWC	-1.33	L	73	76		14	3	L 1
18	Fri, Feb 26, 1954	REG	@	TCU	SWC	-1.30	W	72	65		15	3	W 1
19	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	REG		Southern Methodist	SWC	8.05	W	90	64		16	3	W 2	Rice Gymnasium
20	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	REG		Texas	SWC	5.76	W	70	62		17	3	W 3	Rice Gymnasium
21	Mon, Mar 8, 1954	REG	@	Texas	SWC	5.76	W	72	71		18	3	W 4	Gregory Gymnasium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Fri, Mar 12, 1954	NCAA	N	Oklahoma State (5)	MVC	14.57	L	45	51		18	4	L 1	Gallagher-Iba Arena
23	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	NCAA	N	Colorado	Big 7	4.71	W	78	55		19	4	W 1	Gallagher-Iba Arena