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1953–54 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

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1953–54Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
Record	17–5 (10-4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harry Combes (7th season)
Assistant coach	Howie Braun (17th season)
MVP	John Kerr
Captain	John Kerr
Home arena	Huff Hall
Seasons ← 1952–53 1954–55 →

1953–54 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Indiana	12	–	2	.857	20	–	4	.833
No. 13 Iowa	11	–	3	.786	17	–	5	.773
No. 19 Illinois	10	–	4	.714	17	–	5	.773
Minnesota	10	–	4	.714	17	–	5	.773
Wisconsin	6	–	8	.429	12	–	10	.545
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	9	–	13	.409
Ohio State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	11	.500
Michigan State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	13	.409
Michigan	3	–	11	.214	9	–	13	.409
Purdue	3	–	11	.214	9	–	13	.409

Rankings fromAP Poll

The1953–54 Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team represented the University of Illiniois.

Regular season

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In his seventh year atIllinois,Harry Combes continued to offer the fans of theFighting Illini a successful team that they could be follow across the country to record crowds. The 1953-54 team returned one of the most dominant players in the NCAA,Johnny"Red" Kerr. During the season, Kerr shattered Illinois’ single-season scoring record by tallying 556 points in his senior year. Kerr’s 1,299 career points in three seasons currently ranks 20th on the all-time Illinois scoring list. After his Illinois career came to an end, Kerr started a 12-year professional career followed by becoming the first head coach of theChicago Bulls in 1966.

The 1954 team added twin brothers,Paul and Phil Judson fromHebron, Illinois,Bruce Brothers andBill Ridley as sophomores. A youth movement that helped the Illini finish in a 3rd place tie in theBig Ten. Unfortunately the Illini would lose 5 total games with three of the five losses coming at the hands of ranked opponents. The starting lineup includedcaptain John Kerr at the center position, Jim Wright and Paul Judson at guard and Bruce Brothers and Max Hooper at the forward slots.^[1]

Roster

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1953–54 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	7	Morris Sterneck	6ft 1in(1.85 m)	170lb(77 kg)	Jr	Salem High School	Salem, Illinois
G	9	Elmer Plew	6ft 0in(1.83 m)	165lb(75 kg)	Jr	Paris High School	Paris, Illinois
G	11	Bill Ridley	5ft 9in(1.75 m)	152lb(69 kg)	So	Taylorville High School	Taylorville, Illinois
G	12	Warren Wilkinson	5ft 11in(1.8 m)	160lb(73 kg)	So	Frankfort Community High School	West Frankfort, Illinois
G	14	Robert Leigh	6ft 1in(1.85 m)	170lb(77 kg)	So	East Lynn High School	East Lynn, Illinois
G	15	Glass Peterson	5ft 11in(1.8 m)	180lb(82 kg)	So	Pekin High School	Pekin, Illinois
G	16	Jim Wright	6ft 0in(1.83 m)	165lb(75 kg)	Sr	Lawrenceville High School	Lawrenceville, Illinois
C	22	Johnny Kerr (C)	6ft 9in(2.06 m)	215lb(98 kg)	Sr	Tilden High School	Chicago, Illinois
G	24	Ed Makovsky	6ft 5in(1.96 m)	205lb(93 kg)	Jr	Morton High School	Cicero, Illinois
F	25	Robert Reitsch	6ft 3in(1.91 m)	188lb(85 kg)	So	Rockford West High School	Rockford, Illinois
F	27	Jim Dutcher	6ft 3in(1.91 m)	188lb(85 kg)	Jr	Downers Grove High School	Downers Grove, Illinois
G	30	Phil Judson	6ft 2in(1.88 m)	170lb(77 kg)	So	Alden-Hebron High School	Hebron, Illinois
F	32	Bruce Brothers	6ft 5in(1.96 m)	200lb(91 kg)	So	Quincy Senior High School	Quincy, Illinois
G	34	Paul Judson	6ft 3in(1.91 m)	170lb(77 kg)	So	Alden-Hebron High School	Hebron, Illinois
F	47	Max Hooper	6ft 5in(1.96 m)	195lb(88 kg)	Sr	Mt. Vernon High School	Mt. Vernon, Illinois
F	48	Earl Newman	6ft 3in(1.91 m)	220lb(100 kg)	Jr	Marshall High School	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Harry Combes (University of Illinois) (7th year)

Assistant coach(es)

Howie Braun (University of Illinois) (17th year)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W)Walk-on

Injured
Currentredshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Source^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state^[3]
Non-Conference regular season
12/1/1953*		Ohio	W 88–54	1-0	Huff Hall (6,913) Champaign, IL
12/5/1953*		at Oklahoma	W 86–61	2-0	McCasland Field House (5,000) Norman, OK
12/9/1953*	No. 9	Butler	W 80–48	3-0	Huff Hall (6,913) Champaign, IL
12/12/1953*	No. 9	Alabama	W 77–54	4-0	Huff Hall (6,410) Champaign, IL
12/19/1953*	No. 4	DePaul	W 79–65	5-0	Huff Hall (2,719) Champaign, IL
12/21/1953*	No. 4	No. 7 Oklahoma A&M	L 60–65 ^OT	5-1	Huff Hall (4,234) Champaign, IL
12/29/1953*	No. 8	Utah State	W 88–61	6-1	Huff Hall (2,649) Champaign, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/1/1954	No. 8	No. 6 Minnesota	L 72–84	6-2 (0-1)	Huff Hall (6,193) Champaign, IL
1/4/1954	No. 8	at Northwestern Rivalry	W 66–65	7-2 (1-1)	McGaw Memorial Hall (9,253) Evanston, IL
1/9/1954	No. 15	at Michigan State	L 59–60	7-3 (1-2)	Jenison Fieldhouse (9,002) East Lansing, MI
1/11/1954	No. 15	Ohio State	W 90–76	8-3 (2-2)	Huff Hall (8,683) Champaign, IL
1/16/1954	No. 19	at Ohio State	W 82–78	9-3 (3-2)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (8,683) Columbus, OH
1/18/1954	No. 19	Iowa Rivalry	L 70–79	9-4 (2-3)	Huff Hall (6,913) Champaign, IL
2/1/1954*		at DePaul	W 71–61	10-4	Alumni Hall (9,678) Chicago, IL
2/6/1954		Michigan	W 87–68	11-4 (3-3)	Huff Hall (6,913) Champaign, IL
2/8/1954		Purdue	W 89–55	12-4 (4-3)	Huff Hall (6,913) Champaign, IL
2/13/1954		at Wisconsin	W 70–64 ^OT	13-4 (5-3)	Wisconsin Field House (13,000) Madison, WI
2/20/1954		at No. 10 Iowa Rivalry	W 74–51	14-4 (6-3)	Iowa Field House (15,700) Iowa City, IA
2/22/1954		Wisconsin	W 66–64	15-4 (7-3)	Huff Hall (6,913) Champaign, IL
2/27/1954	No. 20	at Michigan	W 79–61	16-4 (8-3)	Yost Field House (4,500) Ann Arbor, MI
3/1/1954	No. 20	Northwestern Rivalry	W 84–82	17-4 (9-3)	Huff Hall (6,782) Champaign, IL
3/6/1954		at No. 2 Indiana Rivalry	L 64–67	17-5 (9-4)	The Fieldhouse (11,000) Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inCentral Time.

Rankings

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

Player stats

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Player	Games Played	Field Goals	Free Throws	Points
John Kerr	22	210	136	556
Paul Judson	22	92	62	246
Bruce Brothers	22	64	59	187
Max Hooper	22	67	34	168
Jim Wright	22	59	45	163
Bill Ridley	19	30	54	114
Jim Dutcher	19	30	32	92
Ed Makovsky	22	22	21	65
Morris Sterneck	16	17	9	43
Elmer Plew	13	7	6	20
Phil Judson	9	4	5	13
Warren Wilkinson	5	2	1	5
Robert Reitsch	9	1	2	4
Earl Newman	4	0	2	2

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Awards and honors

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Johnny Kerr

Team players drafted into the NBA

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Player	NBA Club	Round	Pick
Johnny Kerr	Syracuse Nationals	1	6

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Rankings

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

References

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^Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History ByNews-Gazette, Sports Publishing LLCISBN 1-58261-356-7
^University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1953-54, FightingIllini.com
^Schedule
^Season Stats Archived 2014-03-22 at theWayback Machine
^"List of MVPs"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 30, 2014. RetrievedJanuary 18, 2013.
^1954 NBA Draft

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