1953–54 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
1953–54 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball | |
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Metropolitan New York Conference Regular Season Champions | |
NIT Quarterfinals vs. Holy Cross, L 69–93 | |
Conference | Metropolitan New York Conference |
1953–54 record | 21–5 (5–0 MTNY) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Butler Street Gymnasium II Corps Artillery Armory |
1953–54 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Francis (NY) | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 23 | – | 5 | .821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | 18 | – | 6 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NYU | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CCNY | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brooklyn | 0 | – | 4 | .000 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of November 27, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1953–1954 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1953–54 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his sixth year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers.[1] The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the Bulter Street Gymnasium in their Cobble Hill, Brooklyn campus and at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
During the 1953–54 season the Terriers won their first regular season conference championship and participated in their first National Invitational Tournament reaching the Quarterfinals. Their participation in the NIT was more impressive considering they had the smallest student body of all schools ever selected and were the only school participating from the NYC area that year.[2] The Terries first round victory over 20th ranked Louisville was considered a notable upset.[3] The 1953–54 season also stands as the Terriers best record of all-time.
Roster[]
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Schedule[]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 21, 1953* |
Alumni | W 60–55[4] | 1–0 |
Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
November 23, 1953* |
Fort Monmouth | W 83–60[5] | 2–0 |
Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
November 25, 1953* |
Equatable Life | W 68–57[6] | 3–0 |
II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 28, 1953* |
vs. Pace | W 81–61 | 1–0 |
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December 2, 1953* |
Loyola (Baltimore) | W 74–58[7] | 2–0 |
II Corps Armory (1,500) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
December 5, 1953* |
Mount St. Mary's | W 74–54 | 3–0 |
II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
December 12, 1953* |
Providence | W 85–63[8] | 4–0 |
II Corps Armory (2,200) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
December 17, 1953* 7:45 pm |
vs. No. 7 Western Kentucky | L 55–78[9] | 4–1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
December 19, 1953* |
at Seton Hall | L 65–86[10] | 4–2 |
Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ | |||||||
December 31, 1953* |
vs. South Carolina All-American City Basketball Tournament First Round |
W 58–55[11] | 5–2 |
Owensboro Sports Center Owensboro, KY | |||||||
January 1, 1954* |
at Kentucky Wesleyan All-American City Basketball Tournament Second Round |
L 69–71[12] | 5–3 |
Owensboro Sports Center Owensboro, KY | |||||||
January 2, 1954* |
vs. Evansville All-American City Basketball Tournament 3rd Place Game |
W 84–76[13] | 6–3 |
Owensboro Sports Center Owensboro, KY | |||||||
January 6, 1954 |
Fordham | W 53–49[14] | 7–3 (1–0) |
II Corps Armory (3,000) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
January 9, 1954* |
Panzer College | W 89–76[15] | 8–3 |
Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
January 13, 1954* |
Saint Peter's | W 85–66[16] | 9–3 |
II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
January 15, 1954* |
at Villanova | W 72–62[17] | 10–3 |
Villanova Field House Villanova, PA | |||||||
January 23, 1954* |
Georgetown | W 77–52[18] | 11–3 |
II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
January 28, 1954 |
at St. John's | W 67–48[19] | 12–3 (2–0) |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
February 3, 1954* |
Siena | W 51–47[20] | 13–3 |
II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
February 6, 1954* |
Adelphi | W 70–59[21] | 14–3 |
II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
February 10, 1954* |
Temple | W 71–62[22] | 15–3 |
II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
February 13, 1954* |
at Queens College | W 75–74[23] | 16–3 |
Fitzgerald Gymnasium Flushing, NY | |||||||
February 17, 1954 |
CCNY | W 71–51[24] | 17–3 (3–0) |
II Corps Armory (2,500) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
February 22, 1954 |
at Brooklyn College | W 82–49[25] | 18–3 (4–0) |
Roosevelt Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
February 25, 1954* 7:45 pm |
vs. Iona | W 69–61[26] | 19–3 |
Madison Square Garden (4,876) New York, NY | |||||||
February 27, 1954 |
Manhattan | W 84–72[27] | 20–3 (5–0) |
II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
March 3, 1954* |
at Siena | L 60–67[28] | 20–4 |
Albany Armory (3,000) Albany, NY | |||||||
National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
March 6, 1954* |
vs. No. 20 Louisville First Round |
W 60–55[3] | 21–4 |
Madison Square Garden (16,259) New York, NY | |||||||
March 9, 1954* |
vs. No. 9 Holy Cross Quarterfinals |
L 69–93[29] | 21–5 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
NIT results[]
Below is the tournament bracket.[30]
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 64 | Bowling Green | 81 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Western Kentucky | 95 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Western Kentucky | 69 | |||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Holy Cross | 93 | |||||||||||||||
St. Francis (NY) | 60 | St. Francis (NY) | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Louisville | 55 | Holy Cross | 71 | ||||||||||||||
St. Francis (PA) | 81 | 1 | Duquesne | 62 | |||||||||||||
BYU | 68 | St. Francis (PA) | 63 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Duquesne | 69 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Duquesne | 66 | |||||||||||||||
Niagara | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Niagara | 77 | Third-place game | ||||||||||||||
Dayton | 90 | Dayton | 74 | 4 | Niagara | 71 | |||||||||||
Manhattan | 79 | 2 | Western Kentucky | 65 |
NBA Draft[]
At the end of the season Henry Daubenschmidt was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 23rd overall pick.
Awards[]
- Henry Daubenschmidt
- All-Metropolitan player by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers’ Association
References[]
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS FIVE ON CREST OF WAVE". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Is Selected For Invitation Tourney". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ a b "ST. FRANCIS BEATS LOUISVILLE, 60-55". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "BROOKLYN POLY TRIUMPHS". New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Five Wins, 83-60". New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Wins, 68-57". New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Cagers in Dazzling Display". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Article 1 -- No Title". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "ST. JOHN'S BEATEN BY RICE, 85 TO 81 Lance Paces Owls at Garden — Western Kentucky Defeats St. Francis by 78-55". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Seton Hall Topples St. Francis by 86-65". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS FIVE WINS". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Loses, 71 -- 69". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "MARYLAND WINS TOURNEY". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Upsets Fordham Basketball Team". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Beats Panzer". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Five Wins". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Heylmun Stars for Penn". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS BEATS GEORGETOWN FIVE". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS TRIPS ST. JOHN'S, 67 TO 48". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Wagner Downs St. John's, 59-51, For 15th Victory in 16 Games". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Daubenschmidt Scores 24". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Conquers Temple". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Wins, 75-54". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "City College Bows, 71-51". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS BEATS BROOKLYN COLLEGE". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "St. John's and St. Francis Win in Garden Basketball". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS BEATS MANHATTAN, 84-72". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "SIENA TEAM UPSETS ST. FRANCIS, 67 TO 60". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Duquesne, Holy Cross Gain at Garden". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
External links[]
- St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball seasons
- 1954 National Invitation Tournament participants
- 1953–54 Metropolitan New York Conference men's basketball season
- 1953 in sports in New York City
- 1954 in sports in New York City