1954–55 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team

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{{Infobox NCAA team season

| mode=Basketball

| year=1954–55

| team=Connecticut Huskies

| image=

| image_size=

| conference= Yankee Conference

| division=

|short_conf=YC

|CoachRank=

|APRank =

|record= 20–5

|conf_record=8–0

|head_coach= Hugh Greer

|hc_year= 9th

|asst_coach1=Nick Rodis

|asst_coach2=

|asst_coach3=

|stadium= Hugh S. Greer Field House

|champion= Yankee Conference Regular Season Champions

|bowl= National Invitation Tournament

|bowl_result= First Round

}}

{{1954–55 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 1954–55 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1954–55 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 20–5 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Yankee Conference, where they ended the season with an 8–0 record. They were the Yankee Conference regular season champions and made it to the first round of the 1955 National Invitation Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by ninth-year head coach Hugh Greer.{{cite book|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/historicalsupplement.pdf|publisher=UConn Huskies|title=2012 Connecticut Basketball History|access-date=5 November 2015|archive-date=6 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106045704/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/historicalsupplement.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Ken |date=September 30, 2010 |title=The University of Connecticut Basketball Vault: The History of the Huskies|location=Atlanta, GA |publisher=Whitman LLC |isbn=0794828035}}

Schedule

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!colspan=12 style="{{NCAA color cell|Connecticut Huskies}}"| Regular Season

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/1/1954

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Rhode Island

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 116–77

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 1–0 (1–0)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/3/1954

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = St. Joseph's (PA)

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 79–78

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 2–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/8/1954

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Yale

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Payne Whitney Gymnasium

| site_cityst = New Haven, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 83–57

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 3–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/13/1954

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Boston College

| opprank =

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Boston, MA

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 117–74

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 4–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/17/1954

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent =American International

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 103–78

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 5–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/21/1954

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Manhattan

| opprank =

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Manhattan, NY

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 90–79

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 6–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/27/1954

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Harvard

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename = New England Tournament

| tv =

| score = 98–60

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 7–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/28/1954

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Brown

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename = New England Tournament

| tv =

| score = 91–68

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 8–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 12/29/1954

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Dartmouth

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename = New England Tournament

| tv =

| score = 68–69

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 8–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 1/5/1955

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = New Hampshire

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 102–84

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 9–1 (2–0)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 1/6/1955

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent =Maine

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 99–58

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 10–1 (3–0)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 1/8/1955

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Rhode Island

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 92–83

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 11–1 (4–0)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 1/11/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Boston University

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 84–75

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 12–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 1/15/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Boston College

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 95–76

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 13–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 1/29/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Northeastern

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Matthews Arena

| site_cityst = Boston, MA

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 72–44

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 14–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/2/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Fordham

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 65–70

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 14–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/5/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Colgate

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 93–85

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 15–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/8/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Dartmouth

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Alumni Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Hanover, NH

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 54–69

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 15–3

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/11/1955

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = New Hampshire

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Lundholm Gym

| site_cityst = Durham, NH

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 103–85

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 16–3 (5–0)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/12/1955

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Maine

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Memorial Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Orono, ME

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 116–73

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 17–3 (6–0)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/16/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Rutgers

| opprank =

| site_stadium = College Avenue Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Newark, NJ

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 91–78

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 18–3

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/19/1955

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away = yes

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Rhode Island

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Keaney Gymnasium

| site_cityst = Kingston, RI

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 90–72

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 19–3 (7–0)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/22/1955

| time =

| nonconf =

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Massachusetts

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 93–75

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 20–3 (8–0)

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 2/26/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral =

| rank =

| opponent = Holy Cross

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Hugh S. Greer Field House

| site_cityst = Storrs, CT

| gamename =

| tv =

| score = 58–60

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 20–4

}}

|-

!colspan=12 style="{{NCAA color cell|Connecticut Huskies}}"| National Invitation Tournament

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = 3/12/1955

| time =

| nonconf = yes

| homecoming =

| away =

| neutral = yes

| rank =

| opponent = St. Louis

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Madison Square Garden

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| gamename = First Round

| tv =

| score = 103–110

| overtime =

| attend =  

| record = 20–5

}}

{{CBB schedule end

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Schedule Source:{{cite web|title=Connecticut Men's Basketball Archive Schedule|url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-sched-1954.html|website=UConn Huskies|access-date=5 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706080554/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/conn-m-baskbl-sched-1954.html|archive-date=July 6, 2016}}

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