1953–54 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
1953–54 II Corps Artillery Armory | |
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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
Park Slope, Brooklyn
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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
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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
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November 23, 1953* |
Fort Monmouth | W 83–60[5] | 2–0 |
Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
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November 25, 1953* |
Equatable Life | W 68–57[6] | 3–0 |
Brooklyn, NY
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 28, 1953* |
vs. Pace
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W 81–61 | 1–0 |
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December 2, 1953* |
Loyola (Baltimore) | W 74–58[7] | 2–0 |
Brooklyn, NY
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December 5, 1953* |
Mount St. Mary's | W 74–54 | 3–0 |
Brooklyn, NY
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December 12, 1953* |
Providence | W 85–63[8] | 4–0 |
Brooklyn, NY
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December 17, 1953* 7:45 pm |
vs. No. 7 Western Kentucky
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L 55–78[9] | 4–1 |
New York, NY
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December 19, 1953* |
at Seton Hall | L 65–86[10] | 4–2 |
South Orange, NJ
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December 31, 1953* |
vs. South Carolina All-American City Basketball Tournament First Round |
W 58–55[11] | 5–2 |
Owensboro, KY
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January 1, 1954* |
at Kentucky Wesleyan All-American City Basketball Tournament Second Round |
L 69–71[12] | 5–3 |
Owensboro, KY
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January 2, 1954* |
vs. Evansville All-American City Basketball Tournament 3rd Place Game |
W 84–76[13] | 6–3 |
Owensboro, KY
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January 6, 1954 |
Fordham | W 53–49[14] | 7–3 (1–0) |
Brooklyn, NY
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January 9, 1954* |
Panzer College
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W 89–76[15] | 8–3 |
Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
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January 13, 1954* |
Saint Peter's | W 85–66[16] | 9–3 |
Brooklyn, NY
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January 15, 1954* |
at Villanova | W 72–62[17] | 10–3 |
Villanova, PA
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January 23, 1954* |
Georgetown | W 77–52[18] | 11–3 |
Brooklyn, NY
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January 28, 1954 |
at St. John's | W 67–48[19] | 12–3 (2–0) |
DeGray Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
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February 3, 1954* |
Siena | W 51–47[20] | 13–3 |
Brooklyn, NY
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February 6, 1954* |
Adelphi
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W 70–59[21] | 14–3 |
Brooklyn, NY
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February 10, 1954* |
Temple | W 71–62[22] | 15–3 |
Brooklyn, NY
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February 13, 1954* |
at Queens College
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W 75–74[23] | 16–3 |
Fitzgerald Gymnasium Flushing, NY
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February 17, 1954 |
CCNY
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W 71–51[24] | 17–3 (3–0) |
Brooklyn, NY
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February 22, 1954 |
at Brooklyn College | W 82–49[25] | 18–3 (4–0) |
Roosevelt Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY
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February 25, 1954* 7:45 pm |
vs. Iona | W 69–61[26] | 19–3 |
New York, NY
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February 27, 1954 |
Manhattan | W 84–72[27] | 20–3 (5–0) |
Brooklyn, NY
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March 3, 1954* |
at Siena | L 60–67[28] | 20–4 |
Albany, NY
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National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
March 6, 1954* |
vs. No. 20 Louisville First Round |
W 60–55[3] | 21–4 |
New York, NY
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March 9, 1954* |
vs. No. 9 Holy Cross Quarterfinals |
L 69–93[29] | 21–5 |
New York, NY
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. .All times are in Eastern Time |
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 May 18, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Is Selected For Invitation Tourney". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ a b "ST. FRANCIS BEATS LOUISVILLE, 60-55". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "BROOKLYN POLY TRIUMPHS". New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Five Wins, 83-60". New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Wins, 68-57". New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Cagers in Dazzling Display". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ^ "Article 1 -- No Title". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 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 May 18, 2016.
- ^ "Seton Hall Topples St. Francis by 86-65". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS FIVE WINS". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Loses, 71 -- 69". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "MARYLAND WINS TOURNEY". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Upsets Fordham Basketball Team". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Beats Panzer". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Five Wins". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "Heylmun Stars for Penn". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS BEATS GEORGETOWN FIVE". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS TRIPS ST. JOHN'S, 67 TO 48". New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Wagner Downs St. John's, 59-51, For 15th Victory in 16 Games". New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Daubenschmidt Scores 24". New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Conquers Temple". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "St. Francis Wins, 75-54". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "City College Bows, 71-51". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS BEATS BROOKLYN COLLEGE". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "St. John's and St. Francis Win in Garden Basketball". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS BEATS MANHATTAN, 84-72". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "SIENA TEAM UPSETS ST. FRANCIS, 67 TO 60". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ "Duquesne, Holy Cross Gain at Garden". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2016.