Conference Independent AP No. 2 | Coaches No. 1 1953-54 record 26-4 | |
Season summary
Some basketball historians have called La Salle star Tom Gola the Magic Johnson of his day because, at 6-7, he could play all five positions. But not even Magic piled up the kind of numbers Gola did in leading the Explorers to the 1954 national championship - 21.7 points and 23 rebounds per game. Guard Frank O’Hara was Gola’s capable running mate along with five sophomores who played complementary roles.
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Sophomore Robert Ames, later a CIA official killed in the 1983 bombing of the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, averaged two points and one rebound in 14 games for the Explorers.
NCAA tournament
Awards and honors
References
1953–54 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA