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1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball
Independent
No. 9
18–6
Elmer Gross (5th season)
Jack Sherry
Rec Hall

The 1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1953–54 season. The team finished the season with an 18–6 record and made it to the 1954 NCAA tournament's Final Four, their only Final Four appearance in school history. Penn State posted an upset of eighth-ranked Louisiana State University and ended Notre Dame's 18-game winning streak to advance to Kansas City where they eventually finished third after a loss to eventual champion La Salle.

Datetime, TV	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
12/5/1953*	Washington & Jefferson	W 66–41	1–0	Rec Hall University Park, PA
12/12/1953*	at Penn	W 72–67	2–0	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
12/18/1953*	at American	W 65–52	3–0	Washington, D.C.
12/19/1953*	at NC State	L 74–89	3–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
1/6/1954*	Syracuse	W 77–63	4–1	Rec Hall University Park, PA
1/9/1954*	Colgate	W 78–58	5–1	Rec Hall University Park, PA
1/13/1954*	at West Virginia	W 74–66	6–1	WVU Fieldhouse Morgantown, WV
1/16/1954*	at Navy	L 58–62	6–2	Annapolis, MD
1/27/1954*	at Bucknell	W 49–43	7–2	Lewisburg, PA
1/28/1954*	Pittsburgh	W 91–85 3OT	8–2	Rec Hall University Park, PA
2/3/1954*	at Gettysburg	W 64–51	9–2	Gettysburg, PA
2/6/1954*	West Virginia	W 85–68	10–2	Rec Hall University Park, PA
2/13/1954*	at Pittsburgh	L 62–74	10–3	Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA
2/19/1954*	at Colgate	L 63–75	10–4	Hamilton, NY
2/20/1954*	at Syracuse	L 69–71	10–5	Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY
2/24/1954*	Gettysburg	W 76–67	11–5	Rec Hall University Park, PA
2/27/1954*	Rutgers	W 76–59	12–5	Rec Hall University Park, PA
3/4/1954*	Georgetown	W 61–54	13–5	Rec Hall University Park, PA
3/6/1954*	Temple	W 67–52	14–5	Rec Hall University Park, PA
3/9/1954*	vs. Toledo NCAA first round	W 62–50	15–5	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
3/12/1954*	vs. No. 14 LSU NCAA Quarterfinals	W 78–70	16–5	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/13/1954*	vs. No. 6 Notre Dame NCAA Quarterfinals	W 71–63	17–5	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/19/1954*	vs. No. 2 La Salle NCAA Final Four	L 54–69	17–6	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
3/20/1954*	vs. No. 11 USC NCAA third-place game	W 70–61	18–6	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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