1953-54 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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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

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

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	11.15	8.20	1	1	0	Indiana
2	Metropolitan New York Conference	5	74	42	.638	1.70	2.58	0	1	0	St. Francis (NY)
3	Pacific Coast Conference	9	136	101	.574	5.33	3.22	0	1	1	Southern California (South)
4	Mid-American Conference	8	91	87	.511	-4.29	-2.13	0	1	0	Toledo
5	Southwest Conference	7	89	77	.536	2.37	2.81	0	1	0	Rice, Texas
6	Big Seven Conference	7	71	77	.480	3.69	4.43	0	1	0	Colorado, Kansas
7	Yankee Conference	2	30	17	.638	-5.14	-4.78	0	1	0	Connecticut
8	Southeastern Conference	12	154	128	.546	-1.83	-1.41	0	1	0	Kentucky, Louisiana State
9	Mountain States Athletic Conference	8	109	106	.507	-2.45	-1.17	0	1	0	Colorado State
10	Independent	42	603	451	.572	-0.53	1.02	0	7	3
11	Missouri Valley Conference	6	102	67	.604	5.39	3.66	0	1	0	Oklahoma State
12	Western New York Little Three Conference	3	45	31	.592	2.49	3.25	0	0	0	Niagara
13	Ohio Valley Conference	3	51	35	.593	1.28	3.48	0	0	0	Western Kentucky	Western Kentucky
14	Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	7	73	83	.468	-11.52	-7.94	0	1	0	Texas Tech
15	Ivy League	8	108	91	.543	-4.48	-2.89	0	1	0	Cornell
16	California Basketball Association	5	65	60	.520	-4.31	-1.99	0	1	0	Santa Clara
17	Atlantic Coast Conference	8	129	87	.597	-3.19	-6.03	0	1	0	Duke	NC State
18	Southern Conference	10	116	130	.472	-15.62	-10.48	0	1	0	George Washington	George Washington

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	Pre	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Indiana	Big Ten	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	1
Kentucky	SEC	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	1	2
Duquesne	Ind	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3
Oklahoma State	MVC	5	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Notre Dame	Ind	19	14	20			17	9	8	9	8	8	7	6	5
Western Kentucky	OVC		18	14	11	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	6
Kansas	Big 7	4	13	17		8	7	8	9	10	11	10	9	7	7
LSU	SEC	7	5	12	13	12	12	10	12	11	12	9	8	9	8
Holy Cross	Ind	14	17	19	16	6	5	12	10	8	8	6	6	8	9
Iowa	Big Ten								15	14	14	7	18	11	10
La Salle	Ind	6	11	10	12	16	13	19	11	12	10	11	10	10	11
Illinois	Big Ten	11	4	4	7	9	15	16		18			11	14	12
Colorado State	MSAC										17	18	16	13	13
UNC	ACC														14
USC	PCC													20	15
Oregon State	PCC	15	15	11	4	11	20	16	17		17			20	16
Seattle	Ind										14	16	15	16	17
Dayton	Ind	16												18	18
Rice	SWC			17	14	10	14						19		19
Duke	ACC					13	9	11	14	13	13	13	14	12	20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
School	Conf	Pre	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Wichita State	MVC						20	14		18		19	17	15
NC State	ACC	8	8	7	8	16	16	15	20	14	16	20	20	17
Minnesota	Big Ten	9	6	5	6	5	8	6	6	6	5	12		18
UCLA	PCC	20	9	8	14	15						17	11	20
George Washington	Southern										20	15	13
California	PCC	10	12	12	18	20	9	7	7	7	7	13
Fordham	Metro NY		10	9	9						19
Wyoming	MSAC	17	20	16	17		19	19	13	16
Bradley	Ind								19	17
Louisville	Ind									18
Oklahoma City	Ind					19	18	12	16
Texas	SWC								18
Niagara	WNY3					14	11	18
Navy	Ind				20	18
BYU	MSAC				10
Kansas State	Big 7	12	20		19
Wisconsin	Big Ten			15
Ohio State	Big Ten		16
Saint Louis	MVC	13	18

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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