1953–54 Bradley Braves men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1953–54
Prev Year:	1952–53
Next Year:	1954–55
Team:	Bradley Braves
Conference:	Independent
Aprank:	7
Record:	19–13
Hc Year:	6th
Captain2:	John Riley
Champion:	NCAA Tournament, Runner-up
Bowl Result:	L 76-92 vs. La Salle

The 1953–54 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University in college basketball during the 1953–54 season. The team finished the season with a 19–13 record^[1] and were national runners-up to La Salle University in the 1954 NCAA tournament. It was the second time in five seasons that Bradley was the national runner-up; in 1949–50, they lost to CCNY in both the NCAA and NIT championships.

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style="background:#BA122B; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#BA122B; color:#FFFFFF;"| 1954 NCAA TournamentSource^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bradley season-by-season results. sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. May 9, 2014.
2. Web site: 2005–06 Bradley Braves Men's Basketball Media Guide. Yearly records (page 161). Bradley University. 2005. PDF. May 9, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215854/http://www.bradleybraves.com/pdf5/21012.pdf?ATCLID=201568&SPSID=19336&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400. 2014-05-12. dead.