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1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

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1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
NCAA Tournament Final Four
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 9
Record	18–6
Head coach	Elmer Gross (5th season)
Captain	Jack Sherry
Home arena	Rec Hall
Seasons ← 1952–53 1954–55 →

1953–54 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.3Holy Cross		–		–	26	–	2	.929
No.17Seattle		–		–	26	–	2	.929
No.5Duquesne		–		–	26	–	3	.897
No.6Notre Dame		–		–	22	–	3	.880
No.2La Salle		–		–	26	–	4	.867
Dayton		–		–	25	–	7	.781
Louisville		–		–	22	–	7	.759
No.9Penn State		–		–	18	–	6	.750
Oklahoma City		–		–	18	–	7	.720
Navy		–		–	18	–	8	.692
Army		–		–	15	–	7	.682
Villanova		–		–	20	–	11	.645
Lafayette		–		–	17	–	10	.630
Saint Joseph's		–		–	14	–	9	.609
Xavier		–		–	18	–	12	.600
No.7Bradley		–		–	19	–	13	.594
John Carroll		–		–	15	–	11	.577
Seton Hall		–		–	13	–	10	.565
Temple		–		–	15	–	12	.556
Muhlenberg		–		–	12	–	10	.545
Washington University		–		–	12	–	10	.545
Syracuse		–		–	10	–	9	.526
Cincinnati		–		–	11	–	10	.524
DePaul		–		–	11	–	10	.524
Iona		–		–	11	–	10	.524
Butler		–		–	13	–	12	.520
Boston College		–		–	11	–	11	.500
Loyola Marymount		–		–	14	–	16	.467
Rutgers		–		–	11	–	13	.458
Creighton		–		–	14	–	17	.452
Gonzaga		–		–	12	–	15	.444
Valparaiso		–		–	10	–	13	.435
Marquette		–		–	11	–	15	.423
Lehigh		–		–	8	–	12	.400
Pittsburgh		–		–	9	–	14	.391
Georgetown		–		–	11	–	18	.379
Siena		–		–	7	–	14	.333
Portland		–		–	9	–	19	.321
Loyola (IL)		–		–	7	–	15	.318
Drake		–		–	7	–	16	.304
Colgate		–		–	5	–	12	.294
Bucknell		–		–	4	–	16	.200


Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State Universityinintercollegiate basketball during the 1953–54 season. The team finished the season with an 18–6 record^[1] and made it to the 1954 NCAA tournament's Final Four, their only Final Four appearance in school history. Penn State posted an upset of eighth-ranked Louisiana State University and ended Notre Dame's 18-game winning streak to advance to Kansas City where they eventually finished third after a loss to eventual champion La Salle.

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/5/1953*	Washington & Jefferson	W 66–41	1–0	Rec Hall University Park, PA
12/12/1953*	at Penn	W 72–67	2–0	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
12/18/1953*	at American	W 65–52	3–0	Washington, D.C.
12/19/1953*	at NC State	L 74–89	3–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
1/6/1954*	Syracuse	W 77–63	4–1	Rec Hall University Park, PA
1/9/1954*	Colgate	W 78–58	5–1	Rec Hall University Park, PA
1/13/1954*	at West Virginia	W 74–66	6–1	WVU Fieldhouse Morgantown, WV
1/16/1954*	at Navy	L 58–62	6–2	Annapolis, MD
1/27/1954*	at Bucknell	W 49–43	7–2	Lewisburg, PA
1/28/1954*	Pittsburgh	W 91–85 ^3OT	8–2	Rec Hall University Park, PA
2/3/1954*	at Gettysburg	W 64–51	9–2	Gettysburg, PA
2/6/1954*	West Virginia	W 85–68	10–2	Rec Hall University Park, PA
2/13/1954*	at Pittsburgh	L 62–74	10–3	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
2/19/1954*	at Colgate	L 63–75	10–4	Hamilton, NY
2/20/1954*	at Syracuse	L 69–71	10–5	Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY
2/24/1954*	Gettysburg	W 76–67	11–5	Rec Hall University Park, PA
2/27/1954*	Rutgers	W 76–59	12–5	Rec Hall University Park, PA
3/4/1954*	Georgetown	W 61–54	13–5	Rec Hall University Park, PA
3/6/1954*	Temple	W 67–52	14–5	Rec Hall University Park, PA
1954 NCAA Tournament
3/9/1954*	vs. Toledo NCAA first round	W 62–50	15–5	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
3/12/1954*	vs. No. 14 LSU NCAA Quarterfinals	W 78–70	16–5	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/13/1954*	vs. No. 6 Notre Dame NCAA Quarterfinals	W 71–63	17–5	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/19/1954*	vs. No. 2 La Salle NCAA Final Four	L 54–69	17–6	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
3/20/1954*	vs. No. 11 USC NCAA third-place game	W 70–61	18–6	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

Rankings[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Penn State season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.

^ "2010–11 Penn State Nittany Lions Men's Basketball Media Guide". Yearly records. Pennsylvania State University. 2010. Retrieved May 9, 2014.

v t e Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
Venues	Armory (1896–1929) Rec Hall (1929–1996) Bryce Jordan Center (1996–present)
Culture & lore	Legion of Blue Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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