1953–54 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1953–54 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1953–54 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Regional Third Place
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#4
1953–54 record	20-4 (12-2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (13th year)
Assistant coach	Ernie Andres
Assistant coach	Phil Buck
Captain	Bobby Leonard
Home arena	The Fieldhouse
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The 1953–54 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 13th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

As reigning national champions, the Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 20-4 and a conference record of 12-2, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. As Big Ten Conference Champions, Indiana was invited to participate in the NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to Regional Third Place.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
13	Charlie Kraak	F	6–5	Sr.	Collinsville, Illinois
14	Phil Byers	G	5–11	Jr.	Evansville, Indiana
15	Neal Skeeters	G	5–11	So.	Louisville, Kentucky
20	Jim Barley	G	6–2	So.	Marion, Indiana
21	Bobby Leonard	G	6–3	Sr.	Terre Haute, Indiana
22	Jim DeaKyne	G	6–3	Sr.	Fortville, Indiana
23	Jim Phipps	G	5–11	So.	Kokomo, Indiana
24	Sherrill Marginet	G	6–1	So.	Fort Branch, Indiana
25	Burke Scott	G	6–1	Jr.	Tell City, Indiana
30	Paul Poff	G	6–1	Jr.	New Albany, Indiana
31	Dick Farley	F	6–3	Sr.	Winslow, Indiana
32	Warren Fisher	F	6–3	So.	Terre Haute, Indiana
33	Bill Maetschke	F	6–4	So.	New Albany, Indiana
34	Don Schlundt	C	6–10	Jr.	South Bend, Indiana
35	Lou Scott	C	6–10	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois
41	Dick White	F	6–1	Jr.	Terre Haute, Indiana
42	Charles Mead	G	6–3	So.	Oak Park, Illinois
43	Cliff Williamson	F	6–3	So.	Kokomo, Indiana
44	Wally Choice	F	6–4	So.	Montclair, New Jersey
45	Frank Stemle	F	6–3	So.	New Albany, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
12/5/1953*		Cincinnati	W 78-65	1-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/7/1953*		Kansas State	W 92-66	2-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/12/1953*	#1	at Butler	W 76-57	3-0	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/14/1953*	#1	Notre Dame	W 66-55	4-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/18/1953*	#1	at Montana	W 74-54	5-0	Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
12/21/1953*	#1	at Oregon State	W 76-72	6-0	Oregon State Coliseum Corvallis, OR
12/22/1953*	#1	at Oregon State	L 51-67	6-1	Oregon State Coliseum Corvallis, OR
1/2/1954	#3	at Michigan	W 62-60	7-1 (1-0)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
1/4/1954	#3	Wisconsin	W 70-67	8-1 (2-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/9/1954	#3	at Minnesota	W 71-63	9-1 (3-0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/11/1954	#3	Purdue Rivalry	W 73-67	10-1 (4-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/16/1954	#3	at Wisconsin	W 90-74	11-1 (5-0)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
1/18/1954	#3	Ohio State	W 94-72	12-1 (6-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/1/1954*	#3	Louisville	W 80-71	13-1 (6-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/6/1954	#3	Michigan State	W 79-74	14-1 (7-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/8/1954	#3	Minnesota	W 90-77	15-1 (8-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/13/1954	#3	at Northwestern	L 90-100	15-2 (8-1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/15/1954	#3	at Purdue Rivalry	W 86-50	16-2 (9-1)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
2/20/1954	#3	at Michigan State	W 63-61	17-2 (10-1)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
2/22/1954	#3	Iowa	L 64-82	17-3 (10-2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/27/1954	#3	at Ohio State	W 84-68	18-3 (11-2)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH
3/6/1954	#2	Illinois Rivalry	W 67-64	19-3 (12-2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/12/1954*	#2	vs. Notre Dame Regional Semifinals	L 64-65	19-4 (12-2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/13/1954*	#2	vs. LSU Regional Third Place	W 73-62	20-4 (12-2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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1953–54 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#4 Indiana	12	–	2	.857	20	–	4	.833
#13 Iowa	11	–	3	.786	17	–	5	.773
#19 Illinois	10	–	4	.714	17	–	5	.773
Minnesota	10	–	4	.714	17	–	5	.773
Wisconsin	6	–	8	.429	12	–	10	.545
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	9	–	13	.409
Ohio State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	11	.500
Michigan State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	13	.409
Michigan	3	–	11	.214	9	–	13	.409
Purdue	3	–	11	.214	9	–	13	.409

Rankings from AP Poll