1953-54 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: La Salle

Final Four: Bradley, La Salle, Penn State and USC

Consensus Player of the Year: Tom Gola

AP First #1: Indiana

AP Final #1: Kentucky

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Big Ten Conference	10	130	92	.586	11.17	8.22	3	1	0	Indiana
2	Pacific Coast Conference	9	136	101	.574	5.47	3.33	1	1	1	Southern California (South)
3	Missouri Valley Conference	6	102	67	.604	5.36	3.63	1	1	0	Oklahoma State
4	Big Seven Conference	7	71	77	.480	3.69	4.43	1	1	0	Colorado, Kansas
5	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	45	31	.592	2.48	3.24	1	0	0	Niagara
6	Southwest Conference	7	89	77	.536	2.30	2.74	0	1	0	Rice, Texas
7	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	74	42	.638	1.68	2.56	0	1	0	St. Francis (NY)
8	Ohio Valley Conference	3	51	35	.593	1.28	3.47	1	0	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
9	Independent	42	603	451	.572	-0.54	1.03	7	7	3
10	Southeastern Conference	12	154	128	.546	-1.87	-1.45	2	1	0	Kentucky, Louisiana State
11	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	109	106	.507	-2.44	-1.16	0	1	0	Colorado State
12	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	129	87	.597	-3.21	-6.05	2	1	0	Duke	North Carolina State
13	Mid-American Conference	8	91	87	.511	-4.28	-2.11	0	1	0	Toledo
14	California Basketball Association	5	65	60	.520	-4.29	-1.97	0	1	0	Santa Clara
15	Ivy Group	8	108	91	.543	-4.48	-2.89	0	1	0	Cornell
16	Yankee Conference	2	30	17	.638	-5.16	-4.79	0	1	0	Connecticut
17	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	73	83	.468	-11.56	-7.98	0	1	0	Texas Tech
18	Southern Conference	10	116	130	.472	-15.64	-10.50	1	1	0	George Washington	George Washington

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	3/9	Final
Duke	-	13	-	-	8	9	13	20	8	15	14	10	11	18	15
Siena	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20	-	-
Kentucky	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wisconsin	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCLA	-	17	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-
Wichita State	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	16	14	18	15	14	12	20	-
Oklahoma City	19	12	15	11	9	8	7	9	16	13	16	15	-	-	-
La Salle	6	20	16	13	-	-	19	12	9	7	12	13	8	12	2
Saint Louis	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oregon State	13	11	12	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-
Western Kentucky	11	10	6	7	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	8
USC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
George Washington	-	-	-	-	12	7	10	10	11	10	8	8	9	7	12
Colorado State	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	19	18	-	19	-
Indiana	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4
Oklahoma State	4	7	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	6	5	10
Niagara	-	18	-	-	12	13	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
Duquesne	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	3	5
NC State	7	8	9	9	20	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	18	10	-
LSU	10	5	14	18	-	16	12	14	17	17	13	12	7	8	14
Penn State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Illinois	9	4	4	8	15	19	20	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	19
Seattle	-	-	-	15	16	14	16	11	6	8	7	9	10	11	17
Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	20	16	16	13
Holy Cross	19	14	10	12	7	6	8	7	10	9	9	7	13	9	3
Wyoming	14	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Navy	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	16	20	-	-	-	-
Kansas	5	-	-	-	16	11	17	17	19	20	-	17	15	13	18
Vanderbilt	-	-	20	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
California	17	15	-	-	-	-	15	14	15	14	-	-	-	-	-
Fordham	-	9	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Idaho	-	-	20	17	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Santa Clara	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rice	-	-	11	16	11	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	12	6	8	6	6	10	9	8	12	12	18	-	-	-	-
Dayton	15	-	16	-	14	17	-	18	-	-	17	16	14	15	-
Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	7
Maryland	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	11	11	11	17	14	20
BYU	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	-	16	19	-	-	-	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	6
UConn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	19	-	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1953-54 Season Pages

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