# 1954–55 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team

The 1954–1955 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1954–55 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Daniel Lynch, who was in his seventh year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference and played their home games at the Bulter Street Gymnasium in their Cobble Hill, Brooklyn campus and at the II Corps Artillery Armory in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
The team was a member of the Metropolitan New York Conference continuously since 1945, although the team first joined the conference in its inaugural year, 1933.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| November 27, 1954* 8:30 pm | Alumni | | | Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY |
| Regular Season |||||
| December 1, 1954* 8:30 pm | New Britain State Teachers College | W 97–57 | 1–0 | Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY |
| December 4, 1954* | at Mount St. Mary's | L 84–99 | 1–1 | Emmitsburg, MD |
| December 6, 1954* 8:30 pm | Pace | W 97–45 | 2–1 | Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY |
| December 11, 1954* 8:30 pm | Providence | W 71–63 | 3–1 | Butler Street Gymnasium Brooklyn, NY |
| December 13, 1954* 8:30 pm | Toronto | W 90–49 | 4–1 | Second Corps Artillery Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| December 17, 1954* 7:30 pm | Chinese Nationalist Olympic Team Exhibition | W 71–56 | – | II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| December 29, 1954* | at Loyola (Baltimore) | W 97–75 | 5–1 | Baltimore, MD |
| January 5, 1955 8:30 pm, WATV | at Fordham | L 59–64 | 5–2 (0–1) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (900) Bronx, NY |
| January 7, 1955 8:30 pm, WATV | St. John's | L 71–80 | 5–3 (0–2) | II Corps Armory (3,200) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 10, 1955* 8:30 pm | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 61–52 | 6–3 | II Corps Armory (1,000) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 14, 1955* 8:30 pm | Fairfield | W 70–64 | 7–3 | II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| January 22, 1955 9:00 pm, WPIX | vs. Manhattan | L 69–73 | 7–4 (0–3) | 69th Regiment Armory (2,500) New York, NY |
| January 26, 1955* 8:30 pm | Siena | W 63–48 | 8–4 | II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| January 29, 1955* 8:30 pm | Ithaca | W 94–70 | 9–4 | II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 1, 1955* | at No. 14 Holy Cross | L 56–82 | 9–5 | Worcester, MA |
| February 5, 1955* | at Saint Peter's | W 79–61 | 10–5 | Jersey City Armory Jersey City, NJ |
| February 9, 1955 8:30 pm, WATV | Queens | W 91–66 | 11–5 (1–3) | II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 12, 1955 | at CCNY | W 94–79 | 12–5 (2–3) | |
| February 16, 1955 | Brooklyn College | W 81–67 | 13–5 (3–3) | II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 19, 1955* | at St. Bonaventure | W 71–64 | 14–5 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY |
| February 22, 1955* | Seton Hall | L 76–88 | 14–6 | II Corps Armory Brooklyn, NY |
| February 24, 1955* 7:45 pm | vs. Iona | W 65–61 | 15–6 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| February 26, 1955* | at Siena | L 55–61 | 15–7 | Albany Armory (3,300) Albany, NY |
| NAIA Tournament |||||
| February 28, 1955* | at Saint Peter's District 31 Semifinals | W 63–51 | 16–7 | Dickinson H.S. Gymnasium Jersey City, NJ |
| March 3, 1955* | vs. Panzer District 31 Finals | W 80–70 | 17–7 | Dickinson H.S. Gymnasium Jersey City, NJ |
| March 8, 1955* | vs. Quincy (Ill.) First Round | L 82–84 | 17–8 | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||