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1953-54 USC Trojans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 19-14 (8-4, 1st in PCC MBB South)

Rank: 11th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Forrest Twogood

PS/G: 63.6 (129th of 173)

PA/G: 63.0 (32nd of 173)

SRS: 7.55 (35th of 160)

SOS: 8.51 (6th of 160)

NCAA Tournament:
Won West Regional Semifinal (73-59) versus Idaho State
Won West Regional Final (66-65) versus Santa Clara
Lost National Semifinal (74-72) versus Bradley
Lost National Third Place (70-61) versus Penn State

PCC Reg Season Champ

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
USC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 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	Fri, Dec 4, 1953	REG	@	Utah	MSAC	-1.42	W	54	48		1	0	W 1	Nielsen Field House
2	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	REG	@	Utah	MSAC	-1.42	W	65	55		2	0	W 2	Nielsen Field House
3	Fri, Dec 18, 1953	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	15.41	L	57	66		2	1	L 1	Iowa Field House
4	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	10.24	L	63	81		2	2	L 2	Jenison Field House
5	Mon, Dec 21, 1953	REG		Bradley	Ind	9.04	L	64	79		2	3	L 3
6	Wed, Dec 23, 1953	REG	@	Oklahoma State (5)	MVC	14.57	L	49	52		2	4	L 4	Gallagher-Iba Arena
7	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	REG	@	Arizona	BIAA	-9.60	L	55	57		2	5	L 5	Bear Down Gym
8	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	10.24	W	75	73		3	5	W 1
9	Thu, Dec 31, 1953	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	15.41	W	70	60		4	5	W 2
10	Fri, Jan 8, 1954	REG		Stanford	PCC	5.41	L	59	61		4	6	L 1
11	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	REG		Stanford	PCC	5.41	W	71	69		5	6	W 1
12	Fri, Jan 15, 1954	REG		UCLA	PCC	15.32	W	68	65		6	6	W 2
13	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	REG		UCLA	PCC	15.32	L	63	81		6	7	L 1
14	Fri, Feb 5, 1954	REG	@	California (15)	PCC	9.73	W	53	49		7	7	W 1	Harmon Gym
15	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	REG	@	California (15)	PCC	9.73	L	32	46		7	8	L 1	Harmon Gym
16	Fri, Feb 12, 1954	REG	@	Stanford	PCC	5.41	W	57	53		8	8	W 1	Old Pavilion
17	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	REG	@	Stanford	PCC	5.41	L	67	72		8	9	L 1	Old Pavilion
18	Fri, Feb 19, 1954	REG		California	PCC	9.73	W	56	36		9	9	W 1
19	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	REG		California	PCC	9.73	W	62	56		10	9	W 2
20	Fri, Feb 26, 1954	REG	@	UCLA (19)	PCC	15.32	W	79	68		11	9	W 3	UCLA Men's Gymnasium
21	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	REG	@	UCLA (19)	PCC	15.32	W	69	67		12	9	W 4	UCLA Men's Gymnasium
22	Thu, Mar 4, 1954	REG	@	Oregon State	PCC	9.12	W	53	48		13	9	W 5	Gill Coliseum
23	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	REG	@	Oregon State	PCC	9.12	L	47	65		13	10	L 1	Gill Coliseum
24	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	REG		Oregon State	PCC	9.12	W	48	45		14	10	W 1
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
25	Fri, Mar 12, 1954	NCAA	N	Idaho State	Ind		W	73	59		15	10	W 2	Gill Coliseum
26	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	NCAA	N	Santa Clara	CBA	3.81	W	66	65	2OT	16	10	W 3	Gill Coliseum
27	Fri, Mar 19, 1954	NCAA	N	Bradley	Ind	9.04	L	72	74		16	11	L 1	Municipal Auditorium
28	Sat, Mar 20, 1954	NCAA	N	Penn State	Ind	5.48	L	61	70		16	12	L 2	Municipal Auditorium