1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team

1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–10 (5–6 ACC)
Head coach	Frank McGuire;
Assistant coach	Buck Freeman
Home arena	Woollen Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1952–53 1954–55 →

1953–54 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Duke	9	–	1	.900	21	–	6	.778
No. 20 Maryland	7	–	2	.778	23	–	7	.767
Wake Forest	8	–	4	.667	17	–	12	.586
NC State †	5	–	3	.625	26	–	7	.788
North Carolina	5	–	6	.455	11	–	10	.524
South Carolina	2	–	8	.200	10	–	16	.385
Virginia	1	–	4	.200	16	–	11	.593
Clemson	0	–	9	.000	5	–	18	.217

† 1954 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The head coach was Frank McGuire. The team played its home games at Woollen Gymnasium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

1953–54 Record: 11–10; H: 7–3, A: 4–3, N: 1–4 ACC 5–6, 5th Place

Coach: Frank McGuire

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Dec 11, 1953*	William & Mary	W 71–61	1–0	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 12, 1953	South Carolina	W 82–56	2–0	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 19, 1953	Clemson	W 85–48	3–0	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 28, 1953*	Navy Dixie Classic quarterfinal	L 62–86	3–1	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
Dec 29, 1953*	Seton Hall Dixie Classic consolation semifinals	L 63–73	3–2	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
Dec 30, 1953*	No. 4 Oregon State Dixie Classic seventh place game	L 53–65	3–3	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
Jan 8, 1954	The Citadel	W 83–42	4–3	Woollen Gymnasium Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 9, 1954	at Wake Forest	W 66–65	5–3
Jan 11, 1954	at Davidson	W 70-54	6-3

January 16 Virginia H W 78–66
January 19 NC State H L 77–84
February 2 Washington and Lee LY W 69–60
February 4 Duke (-/8) A L 47–63
February 8 Virginia A L 69–83
February 11 Wake Forest H L 62–76
February 13 Clemson (-/14) A W 72–56
February 16 Davidson H W 89–69
February 20 Duke (-/14) H L 63–67
February 24 NC State A L 48–57
February 27 The Citadel A W 79–52
ACC Tournament
March 4 NC State (-/18) RAL L 51–52

Roster

Name	#	Height	Year	Home Town
Gene Clancy	20	6–0	Sophomore	Belleville, NJ
Dick Kocornik	40	6–5	Senior	West Orange, NJ
Al Lifson	21	6–2	Junior	Elizabeth, NJ
Paul Likins	41	6–9	Junior	Elkhart, IN
Al Long	25	6–0	Junior	Durham, NC
Bud Maddie	42	6–4	Senior	Bronx, NY
Gerry McCabe	31	6–3	Sophomore	New York, NY
Tony Radovich	44	6–2	Senior	Hoboken, NJ
Cooper Taylor	35	5–10	Senior	Raleigh, NC
Jerry Vayda	43	6–4	Sophomore	Bayonne, NJ
Cliff Walker	30	6–4	Sophomore	Durham, NC
Skippy Winstead	23	6–2	Senior	Roxboro, NC

References

^ "1953-1954 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.

[1] "1953-1954 UNC Tar Heels Schedule and Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.

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v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1910–1923) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)
Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Blue blood status Dixie Classic/Big Four Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road Academic-athletic scandal Gambling scandal
People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics