1953–54 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

1953–54 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
Conference Independent
1953–54 record 1118
Head coach Harry "Buddy" Jeannette (2nd year)
Assistant coach Hugh Beins (1st year)
Captain Joe Carroll (1st year)
Captain Lou Gigante (1st year)
Home arena McDonough Gymnasium
1953–54 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Holy Cross       26 2   .929
#17 Seattle       26 2   .929
#5 Duquesne       26 3   .897
#6 Notre Dame       22 3   .880
#2 La Salle       26 4   .867
Dayton       25 7   .781
Louisville       22 7   .759
#9 Penn State       18 6   .750
Oklahoma City       18 7   .720
Navy       18 8   .692
Army       15 7   .682
Villanova       20 11   .645
Lafayette       17 10   .630
Saint Joseph's       14 9   .609
Xavier       18 12   .600
#7 Bradley       19 13   .594
John Carroll       15 11   .577
Seton Hall       13 10   .565
Temple       15 12   .556
Muhlenberg       12 10   .545
Washington University       12 10   .545
Syracuse       10 9   .526
Cincinnati       11 10   .524
DePaul       11 10   .524
Iona       11 10   .524
Butler       13 12   .520
Boston College       11 11   .500
Loyola Marymount       14 16   .467
Rutgers       11 13   .458
Creighton       14 17   .452
Gonzaga       12 15   .444
Valparaiso       10 13   .435
Marquette       11 15   .423
Lehigh       8 12   .400
Pittsburgh       9 14   .391
Georgetown       11 18   .379
Siena       7 14   .333
Portland       9 19   .321
Loyola (IL)       7 15   .318
Drake       7 16   .304
Colgate       5 12   .294
Bucknell       4 16   .200
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953–54 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1953-54 NCAA Division I college basketball season. Harry "Buddy" Jeannette coached them in his second season as head coach. The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.. It finished the season with a record of 11-18 and had no postseason play.

Season recap

Sophomore forward Warren Buehler joined the varsity team as a starter after a year on the freshman team, replacing star Bill Bolger, who had graduated after the previous season. Destined to become the top Georgetown scorer of the 1950s, Buehler got off to a quick start, ending the season as the team's top scorer for the first of two consecutive seasons. Playing in 28 of the season's 29 games, he scored in double figures 26 times, including 29 points each against Pittsburgh and Duquesne, 30 against Detroit, and a career-high 36 points against Virginia in a game which Georgetown nonetheless lost when Virginia's Buzzy Wilkinson scored 45 points against the Hoyas. By the end of the year, Buehler had scored a Georgetown-record 511 points and averaged 18.2 points per game, second in school history.[1]

Senior guard and team co-captain Lou Gigante had starred for the team during the two previous seasons, and began another strong season this year, averaging in double figures. During the game against New York University at Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 12, 1954, however, he broke his foot, ending his season and collegiate career. He had averaged 9.2 points per game during his three varsity seasons.[2]

The previous season, Georgetown had made its first-ever appearance in the National Invitation Tournament and its first post-season tournament appearance since the 1942-43 team went to the 1943 NCAA Tournament. In sharp contrast, this season was a disappointment: In the face of academic losses and injuries that would plague the Hoyas throughout the last three seasons of Buddy Jeannette's four-year tenure as head coach,[3] in addition to losing Gigante to an injury, the team lost one of its top scorers at midseason to an academic suspension[1] the Hoyas finished with a record of 11-18 and had no post-season play. They were not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll or Coaches' Poll at any time.[4][5]

Roster

Sources[1][6][7]

After senior guard Lou Gigante suffered an injury, senior guard Jim Frisby replaced him on the team. Both wore No. 13 during the season.[7]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
5 Warren Buehler 6"4" 185 F So. Bayonne, NJ, U.S. Sweeney HS
6 Tommy Doyle 6'0" N/A F Sr. New York, NY, U.S. St. Francis Preparatory School
8 Tom Heyman N/A N/A F So. N/A N/A
9 Bob Scott N/A N/A F Sr. N/A N/A
10 Jack Vail 6'0" N/A C Jr. South Amboy, NJ, U.S. St. Mary High School
11 John Morchower 6'7" N/A G So. Bayonne, NJ, U.S. Sweeney HS
12 Joe Bolger 6'3" N/A G Jr. New York, NY, U.S. Xavier HS
13 Lou Gigante 5'9" N/A G Sr. New York, NY, U.S. Cardinal Hayes HS
13 Jim Frisby 6'0 N/A G Sr. Washington, DC, U.S. Gonzaga College HS
14 Frank Major N/A N/A G Jr. Washington, DC, U.S. St. John's HS
17 Bill Cowley N/A N/A F So. N/A N/A
20 Jack Walsh 5'11" N/A F So. New York, NY, U.S. Brooklyn Preparatory School
21 Dale Seymour 6'5" N/A G Fr. Washington, DC, U.S. Gonzaga College HS
22 Joe Carroll N/A N/A G Sr. Baltimore, MD, U.S. Calvert Hall College HS
N/A Matt Grochowski
(also spelled
Grohoski)
N/A N/A F Jr. Glen Lyon, PA, U.S. N/A

1953–54 schedule and results

Sources[8][9][10][11]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular Season

Wed., Dec. 2, 1953
no, no
Baltimore W 11059  1-0
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Sat., Dec. 5, 1953
no, no
Saint Peter's W 6960  2-0
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Mon., Dec. 7, 1953
no, no
Mount St. Mary's W 9383  3-0
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Sat., Dec. 12, 1953
no, no
St. Joseph's W 7571  4-0
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Mon., Dec. 14, 1953
no, no
Xavier L 5474  4-1
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Wed., Dec. 16, 1953
no, no
Loyola Maryland W 9279  5-1
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Fri., Dec. 18, 1953
no, no
at No. 20 La Salle L 4958  5-2
Philadelphia Convention Hall 
Philadelphia, PA

Mon., Dec. 28, 1953
no, no
vs. Detroit
Motor City Tournament
L 6672  5-3
Detroit Olympia 
Detroit, MI

Tue., Dec. 29, 1953
no, no
vs. Wayne State
Motor City Tournament
L 4862  5-4
Detroit Olympia 
Detroit, MI

Thu., Jan. 7, 1954
no, no
at No. 12 George Washington L 6488  5-5
Uline Arena 
Washington, DC

Sat., Jan. 9, 1954
no, no
Maryland W 5856  6-5
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Tue., Jan. 12, 1954
no, no
at New York University W 7567  7-5
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY

Sat., Jan. 16, 1954
no, no
American W 5946  8-5
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Sat., Jan. 23, 1954*
no, no
at St. Francis (NY) L 5277  8-6
II Corps Armory 
Brooklyn, NY

Wed., Jan. 27, 1954
no, no
at No. 2 Duquesne L 5669  8-7
Duquesne Gardens 
Pittsburgh, PA

Thu., Jan. 28, 1954
no, no
at Youngstown State L 7478  8-8
South Field House 
Youngstown, OH

Sat., Jan. 30, 1954
no, no
at John Carroll L 8897  8-9
Cleveland Arena 
Cleveland, OH

Tue., Feb. 2, 1954
no, no
Pittsburgh L 7380  8-10
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Sat., Feb. 6, 1954
no, no
at Fordham L 5168  8-11
Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY

Wed., Feb. 10, 1954
no, no
at No. 16 Navy L 75110  8-12
Dahlgren Hall 
Annapolis, MD

Sat., Feb. 13, 1954
no, no
Virginia L 7885  8-13
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Tue., Feb. 16, 1954
no, no
at Mount St. Mary's W 65-54  9-13
Alumni Gymnasium 
Emmitsburg, MD

Thu., Feb. 18, 1954
no, no
at No. 11 Maryland L 5053  9-14
Ritchie Coliseum 
College Park, MD

Sat., Feb. 20, 1954
no, no
Niagara L 5669  9-15
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Wed., Feb. 24, 1954
no, no
at American W 5649  10-15
Clendenen Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Sat., Feb. 27, 1954
no, no
Temple W 6159  11-15
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Tue., Mar. 2, 1954
no, no
No. 9 George Washington L 6779  11-16
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC

Thu., Mar. 4, 1954
no, no
at Penn State L 5461  11-17
Recreation Hall 
State College, PA

Sat., Mar. 6, 1954
no, no
at Saint Francis (Pa.) L 80109  11-18
Doyle Hall 
Loretto, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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