1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The head coach was Frank McGuire. The team played its home games at Woollen Gymnasium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
1953–54 record | 11–10 (5–6 ACC) |
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Home arena | Woollen Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Duke | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 21 | – | 6 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Maryland | 7 | – | 2 | .778 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State † | 5 | – | 3 | .625 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | 11 | – | 10 | .524 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 0 | – | 9 | .000 | 5 | – | 18 | .217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1954 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
1953–54 Record: 11–10; H: 7–3, A: 4–3, N: 1–4 ACC 5–6, 5th Place
Coach: Frank McGuire
Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state |
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Dec 11, 1953* |
William & Mary | W 71–61 | 1–0 |
Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC | |
Dec 12, 1953 |
South Carolina | W 82–56 | 2–0 |
Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC | |
Dec 19, 1953 |
Clemson | W 85–48 | 3–0 |
Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC | |
Dec 28, 1953* |
Navy | L 62–86 | 3–1 |
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Dec 29, 1953* |
Seton Hall | L 63–73 | 3–2 |
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Dec 30, 1953* |
No. 4 Oregon State | L 53–65 | 3–3 |
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Jan 8, 1954 |
The Citadel | W 83–42 | 4–3 |
Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC | |
Jan 9, 1954 |
at Wake Forest | W 66–65 | 5–3 |
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Jan 11, 1954 |
at Davidson | W 70-54 | 6-3 |
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January 16 Virginia H W 78–66
January 19 NC State H L 77–84
February 2 Washington and Lee LY W 69–60
February 4 Duke (-/8) A L 47–63
February 8 Virginia A L 69–83
February 11 Wake Forest H L 62–76
February 13 Clemson (-/14) A W 72–56
February 16 Davidson H W 89–69
February 20 Duke (-/14) H L 63–67
February 24 NC State A L 48–57
February 27 The Citadel A W 79–52
ACC Tournament
March 4 NC State (-/18) RAL L 51–52
Roster
Name | # | Height | Year | Home Town |
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Gene Clancy | 20 | 6–0 | Sophomore | Belleville, NJ |
Dick Kocornik | 40 | 6–5 | Senior | West Orange, NJ |
Al Lifson | 21 | 6–2 | Junior | Elizabeth, NJ |
Paul Likins | 41 | 6–9 | Junior | Elkhart, IN |
Al Long | 25 | 6–0 | Junior | Durham, NC |
Bud Maddie | 42 | 6–4 | Senior | Bronx, NY |
Gerry McCabe | 31 | 6–3 | Sophomore | New York, NY |
Tony Radovich | 44 | 6–2 | Senior | Hoboken, NJ |
Cooper Taylor | 35 | 5–10 | Senior | Raleigh, NC |
Jerry Vayda | 43 | 6–4 | Sophomore | Bayonne, NJ |
Cliff Walker | 30 | 6–4 | Sophomore | Durham, NC |
Skippy Winstead | 23 | 6–2 | Senior | Roxboro, NC |
References
- "1953-1954 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.