1953–54 Bradley Braves men's basketball team

1953–54 Bradley Braves men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Runner-up
National Championship Game,
L 76-92 vs. La Salle
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 7
Record19–13
Head coach
Captains
Home arenaRobertson Memorial Field House
1953–54 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Holy Cross   26 2   .929
No. 17 Seattle   26 2   .929
No. 5 Duquesne   26 3   .897
No. 6 Notre Dame   22 3   .880
No. 2 La Salle   26 4   .867
Dayton   25 7   .781
Louisville   22 7   .759
No. 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
No. 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 (Calif.)   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 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University in college basketball during the 1953–54 season. The team finished the season with a 19–13 record and were national runners-up to La Salle University in the 1954 NCAA tournament. It was the second time in five seasons that Bradley was the national runner-up; in 1949–50, they lost to CCNY in both the NCAA and NIT championships.