1953–54 Michigan State Normal Hurons men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1953–54 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball | |
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IIAC All-Sports Trophy winners | |
Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 8–12 (4–8 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | K. Seng |
Home arena | Bowen Field House |
Seasons ← 1952–53 1954–55 → |
The 1953–54 Michigan State Normal Hurons men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University, in the 1953–54 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The team finished with a record of 8–12 and 4–8 in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Despite their losing record the team ended up winning the IIAC All-Sports Trophy winners. The team was led by first year head coach Robert Holloway. Web Kirksey was the team captain.
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Roster
Number | Name | Class | Hometown |
3 | B. Henderson | ||
4 | L. Bortz | ||
5 | E. Bossenberry | ||
6 | H. Minor | ||
7 | Carl Tshirhart | Senior | Milan, MI |
9 | Bob Woodward | ||
10 | Nick Manych | ||
11 | Cleon Gilliam | ||
12 | D. Preketes | ||
13 | J. Wise | ||
14 | Robert Dank | ||
15 | H. Joint | ||
J. Czanko | |||
L. Bortz | |||
R. Pogliano | |||
C. Jewett | |||
W. Kirksey | Saginaw, MI |
Schedule
Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
December 3, 1953* | Western Ontario | W 74–46 | 1–0 | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
December 5, 1953* | at Hillsdale | W 71–55 | 2–0 | Stock Field House Hillsdale, MI | |||||||
December 9, 1953* | Hope | L 65-74 | 2–1 | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
December 15, 1955* | at Wayne State | L 54-73 | 2–2 | Pershing H.S. Detroit, MI | |||||||
December 19, 1953 | at Illinois State | L 63-89 | 2–3 (0-1) | McCormick Gymnasium Normal, IL | |||||||
December 21, 1953 | Western Illinois | L 62-89 | 2–4 (0-2) | Macomb, IL | |||||||
January 8, 1954* | at Western Ontario | L 72-75 OT | 2–5 | Alumni Hall London, Ontario | |||||||
January 11, 1954 | Northern Illinois | L 62-64 | 2–6 (0-3) | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
January 16, 1954 | Central Michigan | L 51-61 | 2–7 (0-4) | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
January 19, 1954* | at Hope | W 93-68 | 3–7 | Holland,MI | |||||||
January 23, 1954* | Hillsdale | W 74-40 | 4–7 | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
January 30, 1954 | at Eastern Illinois | L 54-86 | 4–8 (0–5) | Health Education Building Charleston, IL | |||||||
February 1, 1954 | at Southern Illinois | L 66-72 | 4–9 (0–6) | Davies Gym Carbondale, IL | |||||||
February 6, 1954 | Illinois State | W 74-64 | 5–9 (1–6) | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
February 8, 1954 | Western Illinois | L 74-75 | 6–10 (1–7) | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
February 13, 1954 | at Central Michigan | W 64-58 | 6–10 (2–7) | Finch Fieldhouse Mount Pleasant, MI | |||||||
February 18, 1954* | Wayne State | L 54-60 | 6–11 | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
February 22, 1954 | at Northern Illinois | W 83-66 | 7–11 (3–7) | DeKalb, IL | |||||||
February 27, 1954 | Eastern Illinois | L 76-88 | 7–12 (3–8) | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
March 1, 1954 | Southern Illinois | W 86-72 | 8–12 (4–8) | Gymnasium Ypsilanti, MI | |||||||
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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