| 1953–54UCLA Bruins men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 18–7 (7–5 PCC) |
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| Assistant coach | Doug Sale |
| Home arena | Men's Gym |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 8 | .652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 8 | – | 18 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. 11USC † | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 15 | – | 10 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1953–54 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented theUniversity of California, Los Angeles during the1953–54 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of thePacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by sixth year head coachJohn Wooden. They finished the regular season with a record of 18–7 and finished 2nd in the PCC Southern Division with a record of 7–5.
The Bruins finished the regular season with a record of 16–8 and were 3rd in the PCC Southern Division with a record of 8–4.
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| December 5, 1953* | West Texas State | W 79–48 | 1–0 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| December 11, 1953* | Arizona | W 90–45 | 2–0 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| December 12, 1953* | Arizona | W 84–48 | 3–0 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| December 18, 1953* | No. 17 | at Denver | W 70–63 | 4–0 | Denver University Fieldhouse[2] Denver, CO | ||||||
| December 19, 1953* | No. 17 | at Denver | W 66–45 | 5–0 | Denver University Fieldhouse Denver, CO | ||||||
| December 21, 1953* | No. 17 | vs. No. 20 La Salle | L 53–62 | 5–1 | Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY | ||||||
| December 22, 1953* | No. 13 | vs. Duke | W 72–67 | 6–2 | Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY | ||||||
| December 26, 1953 | No. 13 | Oregon | W 89–74 | 7–2 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 28, 1953 | No. 13 | Oregon | W 79–53 | 8–2 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 30, 1953* | No. 14 | Iowa | L 60–65 | 8–3 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| December 31, 1953* | No. 14 | Michigan State | W 67–57 | 9–4 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| January 8, 1954 | at California | L 53–62 | 9–5 (0–1) | Men's Gym Berkeley, CA | |||||||
| January 9, 1954 | at California | L 65–73 | 9–6 (0–2) | Men's Gym Berkeley, CA | |||||||
| January 15, 1954 | at USC | L 65–68 | 9–7 (0–3) | Pan-Pacific Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| January 16, 1954 | at USC | W 81–63 | 10–7 (1–3) | Pan-Pacific Auditorium Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| January 29, 1954* | Pacific | W 66–56 | 11–7 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| January 30, 1954 | Pepperdine | W 103–68 | 12–7 | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| February 5, 1954 | Stanford | W 92–73 | 13–7 (2–3) | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| February 6, 1954 | Stanford | W 77–58 | 14–7 (3–3) | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| February 12, 1954 | No. 14 California | W 82–54 | 15–7 (4–3) | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| February 13, 1954 | No. 14 California | W 71–62 | 16–7 (5–3) | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| February 19, 1954 | at Stanford | W 92–77 | 17–7 (6–3) | Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA | |||||||
| February 20, 1954 | at Stanford | W 88–80 | 18–8 (7–3) | Stanford Pavilion Stanford, CA | |||||||
| February 26, 1954 | USC | L 68–79 | 18–9 (7–4) | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| February 27, 1954 | USC | L 68–79 | 18–10 (7–5) | Men's Gym Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inPacific Time. | |||||||||||
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