1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1953–54 Penn State Nittany Lions Basketball 150 Independent 9 18–6 Elmer Gross 5th Jack Sherry Rec Hall NCAA Tournament Final Four 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 recordPenn State season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/penn-state/ May 9, 2014 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. Schedule and results no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 12/5/1953 yes 1953 men Washington & Jefferson Presidents Washington & Jefferson Rec Hall University Park, PA 66–41 1–0 12/12/1953 yes yes 1953 men Penn Quakers Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 72–67 2–0 12/18/1953 yes yes 1953 men American Eagles American Washington, D.C. 65–52 3–0 12/19/1953 yes yes 1953 men NC State Wolfpack NC State Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC 74–89 3–1 1/6/1954 yes 1953 men Syracuse Orangemen Syracuse Rec Hall University Park, PA 77–63 4–1 1/9/1954 yes 1953 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate Rec Hall University Park, PA 78–58 5–1 1/13/1954 yes yes 1953 men West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia WVU Fieldhouse Morgantown, WV 74–66 6–1 1/16/1954 yes yes 1953 men Navy Midshipmen Navy Annapolis, MD 58–62 6–2 1/27/1954 yes yes 1953 men Bucknell Bison Bucknell Lewisburg, PA 49–43 7–2 1/28/1954 yes 1953 men Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh Rec Hall University Park, PA 91–85 3OT 8–2 2/3/1954 yes yes 1953 men Gettysburg Bullets Gettysburg Gettysburg, PA 64–51 9–2 2/6/1954 yes 1953 men West Virginia Mountaineers West Virginia Rec Hall University Park, PA 85–68 10–2 2/13/1954 yes yes 1953 men Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House Pittsburgh, PA 62–74 10–3 2/19/1954 yes yes 1953 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate Hamilton, NY 63–75 10–4 2/20/1954 yes yes 1953 men Syracuse Orangemen Syracuse Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY 69–71 10–5 2/24/1954 yes 1953 men Gettysburg Bullets Gettysburg Rec Hall University Park, PA 76–67 11–5 2/27/1954 yes 1953 men Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers Rec Hall University Park, PA 76–59 12–5 3/4/1954 yes Georgetown Rec Hall University Park, PA 61–54 13–5 3/6/1954 yes 1953 men Temple Owls Temple Rec Hall University Park, PA 67–52 14–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 1954 NCAA Tournament 3/9/1954 yes yes 1953 men Toledo Rockets Toledo Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN NCAA first round 62–50 15–5 3/12/1954 yes yes 1953 men LSU Tigers LSU 14 Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA NCAA Quarterfinals 78–70 16–5 3/13/1954 yes yes 1953 men Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame 6 Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA NCAA Quarterfinals 71–63 17–5 3/19/1954 yes yes La Salle 2 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO NCAA Final Four 54–69 17–6 3/20/1954 yes yes USC 11 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO NCAA third-place game 70–61 18–6 Source2010–11 Penn State Nittany Lions Men's Basketball Media Guide Yearly records Pennsylvania State University 2010 http://issuu.com/gopsusports/docs/2010-11_psu_mbb_mg May 9, 2014 Rankings 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball rankings References Category:Penn State Nittany Lions basketball seasons Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Penn State Penn State Penn State Nittany Lions Basketball Team Penn State Nittany Lions Basketball Team