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1953–54 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1953–54 season of University of Kentucky men's basketball team

Field	Value
year	1953–54
team	Kentucky Wildcats
sport	Basketball
image	5354-Kentucky-Wildcats-basketball.jpg
image_size	240px
conference	Southeast Conference
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	2
APRank	1
record	25–0
conf_record	14–0
head_coach	Adolph Rupp
asst_coach1	Harry Lancaster
stadium	Memorial Coliseum
champion	SEC Regular season co-champions
Helms Foundation National Champions

Helms Foundation National Champions The 1953–54 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented University of Kentucky. The head coach was Adolph Rupp. The team was a member of the Southeast Conference and played their home games at Memorial Coliseum. Kentucky ended the season ranked No. 1 in the final post-tournament AP Poll, and were additionally named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.

Season summary

This team finished unbeaten 25–0, and though it won the Southeastern Conference title and could have played in the NCAA tournament, it chose not to because star players Frank Ramsey, Cliff Hagan and Lou Tsioropoulos were ruled ineligible because they had already graduated. That rule has since been abolished, but it prevented the Wildcats from competing for the national championship.

Roster

Rankings

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

Postseason

The Wildcats were the top-ranked team in the nation with a record of 25–0. Despite the undefeated season, the Wildcats did not participate in any post-season tournament. Three players (Lou Tsioropoulos, Frank Ramsey, and Cliff Hagan) had technically graduated the year before (when Kentucky was banned from playing a competitive schedule due to the point-shaving scandal a few years earlier), so those players were ruled ineligible for the NCAA tournament. Despite the wishes of the players, coach Adolph Rupp ultimately decided his team wouldn't play.

Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the Wildcats was selected in the 1954 NBA Draft, as Ramsey, Hagan, and Tsioropoulos had been drafted the previous year, and those teams held their rights.

References

(2004). "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street.
"1954 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com".

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