1953–54 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1953–54 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1953–54 college men's basketball season.

1953–54 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Seven Co-Champions
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 18
Record	16–5 (10–2 Big 7)
Head coach	Phog Allen (37th season)
Assistant coach	Dick Harp (5th season)
Captains	B. H. Born Allen Kelley
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium

1953–54 Big Seven Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Kansas	10	–	2		.833			16	–	5		.762
Colorado	10	–	2		.833			11	–	11		.500
Missouri	6	–	6		.500			11	–	10		.524
Kansas State	5	–	7		.417			11	–	10		.524
Nebraska	5	–	7		.417			8	–	13		.381
Oklahoma	4	–	8		.333			8	–	13		.381
Iowa State	2	–	10		.167			6	–	15		.286
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

• B. H. Born
• Dallas Dobbs
• Allen Kelley
• Hal Patterson
• Larry Davenport
• Bill Brainard
• Bill Heitholt
• Harold McElroy
• Gary Padgett
• John Anderson
• Jerry Alberts
• Jack Wolfe
• Chris Divich
• LaVannes Squires
• Jim Toft
• Len Martin
• Bob Crisler

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 10*	No. 5	at Tulane	L 65–69	0-1	Avron B. Fogelman Arena  New Orleans, LA
December 12*	No. 5	at No. 10 LSU	L 63–68	0-2	Huey Long Field House  Baton Rouge, LA
December 16*		Tulsa	W 72–61	1-2	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
December 26		vs. Colorado	W 79–62	2-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Oklahoma	W 82–73	3-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Missouri Border War	W 69–66	4-2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 4		Oklahoma	W 76–72	5-2 (1-0)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 9	No. 16	Missouri Border War	W 86–69	6-2 (2-0)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
January 12*	No. 11	at No. 4 Oklahoma A&M	L 50–54	6-3	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
January 16	No. 11	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 65–62	7-3 (3-0)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
January 18	No. 11	Iowa State	W 76–61	8-3 (4-0)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 2	No. 19	at Colorado	L 62–70	8-4 (4-1)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 6	No. 19	at Oklahoma	W 93–80	9-4 (5-1)	Field House  Norman, OK
February 8*	No. 19	at Tulsa	W 71–58	10-4	Expo Square Pavilion  Tulsa, OK
February 13	No. 20	Nebraska	W 79–68	11-4 (6-1)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 17		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 85–74	12-4 (7-1)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
February 20		at Iowa State	W 78–70	13-4 (8-1)	The Armory  Ames, IA
February 22		at Nebraska	W 67–62	14-4 (9-1)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
February 26*	No. 17	No. 5 Oklahoma A&M	W 66–55	15-4	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
March 1	No. 17	Colorado	W 83–62	16-4 (10-1)	Hoch Auditorium  Lawrence, KS
March 9	No. 13	at Missouri	L 67–76	16-5 (10-2)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1953–54 NCAA men's basketball rankings