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

1953–54 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–10 (5–6 ACC)
Head coach	Frank McGuire
Home arena	Woollen Gymnasium

1953–54 ACC men's basketball standings

	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

Date time, TV	Rank#	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	L 62–86	3–1
Dec 29, 1953*		Seton Hall	L 63–73	3–2
Dec 30, 1953*		No. 4 Oregon State	L 53–65	3–3
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