1953–54 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1953–54 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1953–54 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Seven Co-Champions
Conference	Big Eight Conference\|Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 18
Record	16–5 (10–2 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (37th season);
Assistant coach	Dick Harp (5th season)
Captains	B. H. Born; Allen Kelley;
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium

1953–54 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 Kansas	10	–	2	.833	16	–	5	.762
Colorado	10	–	2	.833	11	–	11	.500
Missouri	6	–	6	.500	11	–	10	.524
Kansas State	5	–	7	.417	11	–	10	.524
Nebraska	5	–	7	.417	8	–	13	.381
Oklahoma	4	–	8	.333	8	–	13	.381
Iowa State	2	–	10	.167	6	–	15	.286

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1953–54 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1953–54 college men's basketball season.

Roster

B. H. Born
Dallas Dobbs
Allen Kelley
Hal Patterson
Larry Davenport
Bill Brainard
Bill Heitholt
Harold McElroy
Gary Padgett
John Anderson
Jerry Alberts
Jack Wolfe
Chris Divich
LaVannes Squires
Jim Toft
Len Martin
Bob Crisler

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 10*	No. 5	at Tulane	L 65–69	0-1	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA
December 12*	No. 5	at No. 10 LSU	L 63–68	0-2	Huey Long Field House Baton Rouge, LA
December 16*		Tulsa	W 72–61	1-2	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
December 26		vs. Colorado	W 79–62	2-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Oklahoma	W 82–73	3-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Missouri Border War	W 69–66	4-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 4		Oklahoma	W 76–72	5-2 (1-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 9	No. 16	Missouri Border War	W 86–69	6-2 (2-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
January 12*	No. 11	at No. 4 Oklahoma A&M	L 50–54	6-3	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 16	No. 11	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 65–62	7-3 (3-0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
January 18	No. 11	Iowa State	W 76–61	8-3 (4-0)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 2	No. 19	at Colorado	L 62–70	8-4 (4-1)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 6	No. 19	at Oklahoma	W 93–80	9-4 (5-1)	Field House Norman, OK
February 8*	No. 19	at Tulsa	W 71–58	10-4	Expo Square Pavilion Tulsa, OK
February 13	No. 20	Nebraska	W 79–68	11-4 (6-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 17		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 85–74	12-4 (7-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
February 20		at Iowa State	W 78–70	13-4 (8-1)	The Armory Ames, IA
February 22		at Nebraska	W 67–62	14-4 (9-1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 26*	No. 17	No. 5 Oklahoma A&M	W 66–55	15-4	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 1	No. 17	Colorado	W 83–62	16-4 (10-1)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
March 9	No. 13	at Missouri	L 67–76	16-5 (10-2)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

References

↑ sports-reference.com 1953-54 Big Seven Conference Season Summary
↑ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.
↑ 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

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[1] sports-reference.com 1953-54 Big Seven Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[3] 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

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Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State (results) Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	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
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics