1953–54 USC Trojans men's basketball team

The 1953–54 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 1953–54 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Trojans were led by fourth-year head coach Forrest Twogood and played their home games off campus at Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

1953–54 USC Trojans men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 11
1953–54 record19–14 (8–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home arenaPan-Pacific Auditorium
1953–54 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
North
Oregon State115 .688  228  .733
Idaho97 .563  158  .652
Oregon97 .563  1710  .630
Washington79 .438  818  .308
Washington State412 .250  1017  .370
South
No. 11 USC84 .667  1914  .576
UCLA75 .583  187  .720
California66 .500  177  .708
Stanford39 .250  1510  .600
† Conference playoff series winner
As of 1954[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The Trojans were 15–11 overall in the regular season and 8–4 in conference play. They won the Southern Division for the first time since 1940 and met Northern Division champion Oregon State in the best-of-three PCC playoff series at Long Beach City College. USC won the first and third games and advanced to the 24-team NCAA Tournament.

At the West Regional at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon, the Trojans defeated Idaho State and Santa Clara (in double overtime). At the Final Four in Kansas City, Missouri, the Trojans dropped both games, to Bradley in the semifinals and Penn State in the consolation game.

NCAA tournament

Seeding in brackets

Source:[2]

Rankings

NBA draft

One Trojan was selected in the 1954 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
978Roy IrvinRochester Royals
Source:[3]

References

  1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1954
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2013-01-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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