Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 1953–54 |
Prev Year: | 1952–53 |
Next Year: | 1954–55 |
Team: | Penn State Nittany Lions |
Conference: | Independent |
Aprank: | 9 |
Record: | 18–6 |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Bowl: | 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 record[1] 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.
|-!colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#1C3C6B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 1954 NCAA TournamentSource[2]
See main article: 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball rankings.